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. 1989 Aug;171(8):4189–4195. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.8.4189-4195.1989

Identification of multiple repressor recognition sites in the hut system of Pseudomonas putida.

L Hu 1, S L Allison 1, A T Phillips 1
PMCID: PMC210189  PMID: 2666390

Abstract

The hutC gene in Pseudomonas putida encodes a repressor protein that negatively regulates the expression of all hut genes. We have overexpressed this cloned hutC gene in Escherichia coli to identify P. putida hut regions that could specifically bind the repressor. Ten restriction fragments, some of which were partially overlapping and spanned the coding portions of the P. putida hut region, were labeled and tested for their ability to recognize repressor in a filter binding assay. This procedure identified three binding sites, thus supporting previous indications that there were multiple operons. A 1.0-kilobase-pair SalI restriction fragment contained the operator region for the hutUHIG operon, whereas a 1.9-kilobase-pair SmaI fragment contained the hutF operator. A 2.9-kilobase-pair XhoI segment appeared to contain the third operator, corresponding to a separate and perhaps little used control region for hutG expression only. The addition of urocanate, the normal inducer, caused dissociation of all operator-repressor complexes, whereas N-formylglutamate, capable of specifically inducing expression of the hutG gene, inhibited binding only of repressor to fragments containing that gene. Formylglutamate did not affect the action of urocanate on the repressor-hutUHIG operator complex, indicating that it binds to a site separate from urocanate on the repressor. DNA footprinting and gel retardation analyses were used to locate more precisely the operator for the hutUHIG operon. A roughly 40-base-pair portion was identified which contained a 16-base-pair region of dyad symmetry located near the transcription initiation site for this operon.

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