Genetically separable functional elements mediate the optimal expression and stringent regulation of a bacterial tRNA gene

Angus I. Lamond, Andrew A. Travers

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    Abstract

    The sequences required for stringent regulation of the E. coli tyrT gene have been analyzed in vivo. Stringent control was analyzed by nuclease-mapping RNA pulse-labeled with 32PO4. A 96 bp DNA fragment carrying the tyrT promoter was sufficient to confer regulation on a plasmid-encoded tyrT-galK fusion transcript. Deletion mutations that remove sequences upstream of the primary promoter elements greatly reduce promoter activity but do not remove the regulatory response. However, a 4 bp substitution mutation, adjacent to the transcription initiation site, disrupts stringent control. Thus the optimal expression and stringent regulation of the tyrT gene appears to result from the action of genetically separable promoter elements.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)319-326
    Number of pages8
    JournalCell
    Volume40
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 1985

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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