Three Tandem Promoters, Together with IHF, Regulate Growth Phase Dependent Expression of the Escherichia Coli Kps Capsule Gene Cluster

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Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2017 Dec 22

PMID 29263430

Citations 7

Authors

Jia Jia

Jane E King

Marie C Goldrick

Esraa Aldawood

Ian S Roberts

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Abstract

In this study we characterise three tandem promoters (PR1-1, PR1-2 and PR1-3) within the PR1 regulatory region of the Escherichia coli kps capsule gene cluster. Transcription from promoter PR1-2 was dependent on the activity of the upstream promoter PR1-1, which activated PR1-2 via transcription coupled DNA supercoiling. During growth at 37 °C a temporal pattern of transcription from all three promoters was observed with maximum transcriptional activity evident during mid-exponential phase followed by a sharp decrease in activity as the cells enter stationary phase. The growth phase dependent transcription was regulated by Integration Host Factor (IHF), which bound within the PR1 region to repress transcription from PR1-2 and PR1-3. This pattern of transcription was mirrored by growth phase dependent expression of the K1 capsule. Overall these data reveal a complex pattern of transcriptional regulation for an important virulence factor with IHF playing a role in regulating growth phase expression.

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