Titelangaben
Schreiber, Valerie ; Steegborn, Clemens ; Clausen, Tim ; Boos, Winfried ; Richet, Evelyne:
A new mechanism for the control of a prokaryotic transcriptional regulator: antagonistic binding of positive and negative effectors.
In: Molecular Microbiology.
Bd. 35
(Februar 2000)
Heft 4
.
- S. 765-776.
ISSN 1365-2958
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01747.x
Abstract
MalT, the transcriptional activator of the Escherichia coli maltose regulon, self-associates, binds promoter DNA and activates initiation of transcription only in the presence of ATP and maltotriose, the inducer. In vivo studies have revealed that MalT action is negatively controlled by the MalY protein. Using a biochemical approach, we analyse here the mechanism whereby MalY represses MalT activity. We show that MalY inhibits transcription activation by MalT in a purified transcription system. In vitro, a constitutive MalT variant (which is partially active in the absence of maltotriose) is less sensitive than wild-type MalT to repression by MalY, as observed in vivo. We demonstrate that MalY forms a complex with MalT only in the absence of maltotriose and that, conversely, MalY inhibits maltotriose binding by MalT. Together, these results establish that MalY acts directly upon MalT without the help of any factor, and that MalY is a negative effector of MalT competing with the inducer for MalT binding.
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Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
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Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
Zusätzliche Informationen: | PubMed-ID: 10692154 |
Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie > Lehrstuhl Biochemie > Lehrstuhl Biochemie I - Proteinbiochemie der Signaltransduktion - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Clemens Steegborn Fakultäten Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie > Lehrstuhl Biochemie |
Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Nein |
Themengebiete aus DDC: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 540 Chemie |
Eingestellt am: | 13 Apr 2015 06:47 |
Letzte Änderung: | 17 Feb 2021 13:02 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/10005 |