Abstract:
:The mepRAB gene cluster of Staphylococcus aureus encodes a MarR family repressor (MepR; known to repress mepA expression), a MATE family multidrug efflux pump (MepA), and a protein of unknown function (MepB). In this report, we show that MepR also is autoregulatory, repressing the expression of its own gene. Exposure of strains containing a mepR::lacZ fusion with mepR provided in trans under the control of an inducible promoter, or a mepA::lacZ fusion alone, to subinhibitory concentrations of MepA substrates resulted in variably increased expression mainly of mepA. Mobility shift assays revealed that MepR binds upstream of mepR and mepA, with an apparently higher affinity for the mepA binding site. MepA substrates abrogated MepR binding to each site in a differential manner, with the greatest effect observed on the MepR-mepA operator interaction. DNase I footprinting identified precise binding sites which included promoter motifs, inverted repeats, and transcription start sites for mepR and mepA, as well as a conserved GTTAG motif, which may be a signature recognition sequence for MepR. Analogous to other multidrug efflux pump regulatory proteins such as QacR, the substrate-MepR interaction likely results in its dissociation from its mepA, and in a more limited fashion its mepR, operator sites and relief of its repressive effect. The enhanced effect of substrates on mepA compared to mepR expression, and on the MepR-mepA operator interaction, results in significant relief of mepA and relative maintenance of mepR repression, leading to increased MepA protein unimpeded by MepR when the need for detoxification exists.
journal_name
Antimicrob Agents Chemotherjournal_title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapyauthors
Kaatz GW,DeMarco CE,Seo SMdoi
10.1128/AAC.50.4.1276-1281.2006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-04-01 00:00:00pages
1276-81issue
4eissn
0066-4804issn
1098-6596pii
50/4/1276journal_volume
50pub_type
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