Analysis of DNA Regulatory Elements Required for Expression of the Legionella pneumophila icm and dot Virulence Genes
AUTOR(ES)
Gal-Mor, Ohad
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
To investigate the regulation of the Legionella pneumophila icm and dot genes required for intracellular growth, a series of nine icm::lacZ fusions were constructed. These icm::lacZ fusions were found to have different levels of expression in L. pneumophila, and five of them were more highly expressed at stationary phase than at exponential phase. When the expression of these fusions in Escherichia coli was tested, all of them were found to be expressed but three of them had dramatic changes in their levels of expression in comparison to those in L. pneumophila. Site-directed and PCR random mutagenesis with these icm::lacZ fusions was used to identify DNA regulatory elements of icm genes. Four icm genes (icmT, icmP, icmQ, and icmM) that had low levels of expression in L. pneumophila were found to contain a 6-bp sequence (TATACT) essential for their expression. This sequence was shown by primer extension to serve as their −10 promoter elements. A similar sequence, which constitutes the −10 promoter elements of the icmV, icmW, and icmR genes which had high levels of expression in L. pneumophila, was also identified. In addition, regulatory elements that probably serve as binding sites for transcription regulators were found in these genes. Altogether, 12 regulatory elements, 7 of which constitute the −10 promoter elements of the icm genes, were found. Even though all the icm and dot genes are part of one system required for L. pneumophila intracellular growth and even though their promoters are probably recognized by the vegetative sigma factor, it seems that they are subjected to different regulation mediated by several regulatory factors.
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