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. 1988 Mar 25;16(5 Pt B):2031–2044. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.5.2031

Far upstream sequences of the bla promoter from TN3 are involved in complexation with E. coli RNA-polymerase.

G Duval-Valentin 1, R Ehrlich 1
PMCID: PMC338197  PMID: 2833726

Abstract

The structure of the final initiation complex between E. coli RNA polymerase (RNAP) and the bla promoter from the transposon TN3 has been probed by footprinting experiments and base accessibility to dimethyl sulfate at 37 degrees C. At RNAP/promoter molar ratios "standard" for these experiments (greater than or equal to 10), the contacts on bla extend from -100 to +20, i.e. a length exceeding twice the dimension of the RNAP major axis [33]. Since footprinting at about equimolar amounts of RNAP and bla extends to the usual (-55 to +20) promoter domain, it is very likely that at least two RNAP's participate in the complex observed at tenfold higher RNAP/bla ratios. Under the latter conditions, the extended footprint (-100 to +20) is observed above 30 degrees C, whereas at 15 degrees C, only the -55 to +20 promoter area is contacted. Furthermore, gel retardation experiments show the presence of two complexes of different migration rates. We have reported earlier [21] that at the "standard" RNAP/bla ratio, transcription initiation from the bla promoter is inhibited. The correlation of this inhibition with the postulated two RNAP/bla complex suggests a regulation of bla gene expression by RNAP availability controlled for instance by growth rate. These results can be correlated with those reported in [14, 15] for the tyrT promoter. Interestingly, both promoter share significant sequence homologies.

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