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. 1986 Jun;166(3):993–998. doi: 10.1128/jb.166.3.993-998.1986

5'-noncoding region sacR is the target of all identified regulation affecting the levansucrase gene in Bacillus subtilis.

S Aymerich, G Gonzy-Tréboul, M Steinmetz
PMCID: PMC215223  PMID: 3086292

Abstract

The regulation of the levansucrase gene sacB was studied in Bacillus subtilis strains. Fusions were constructed in which genes of cytoplasmic proteins such as lacZ were placed immediately downstream from sacR, the regulatory region located upstream from sacB. These fusions were introduced in mutants affected in sacB regulation. In all cases the marker gene was affected in the same way as sacB by the genetic context. This result is of particular interest for the sacU pleiotropic mutations, which affect sacB expression and other cellular functions such as the synthesis of several exocellular enzymes. We also showed that strains harboring sacU+ or sacU-hyperproducing alleles contained different amounts of sacB mRNA, which was proportional to their levansucrase secretion. We concluded that the sacU gene does not affect sacB expression at the level of secretion but acts on a target within sacR. We discuss the possibility that sacU acts on a part of sacR, a homologous copy of which was found upstream from the gene of another sacU-dependent secreted enzyme of B. subtilis, beta-glucanase.

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