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Expression of Canonical SOS Genes Is Not under LexA Repression in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

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dc.creator Campoy, Susana
dc.creator Salvador, Noelia
dc.creator Cortés, Pilar
dc.creator Erill, Iván
dc.creator Barbé, Jordi
dc.date 2008-02-13T17:27:14Z
dc.date 2008-02-13T17:27:14Z
dc.date 2005-08
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:00:07Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:00:07Z
dc.identifier J Bacteriol. 2005 August; 187(15): 5367–5375.
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.187.15.5367–5375.2005
dc.identifier 0021-9193
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2928
dc.identifier 10.1128/JB.187.15.5367–5375.2005
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/2928
dc.description The here-reported identification of the LexA-binding sequence of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, a bacterial predator belonging to the δ-Proteobacteria, has made possible a detailed study of its LexA regulatory network. Surprisingly, only the lexA gene and a multiple gene cassette including dinP and dnaE homologues are regulated by the LexA protein in this bacterium. In vivo expression analyses have confirmed that this gene cassette indeed forms a polycistronic unit that, like the lexA gene, is DNA damage inducible in B. bacteriovorus. Conversely, genes such as recA, uvrA, ruvCAB, and ssb, which constitute the canonical core of the Proteobacteria SOS system, are not repressed by the LexA protein in this organism, hinting at a persistent selective pressure to maintain both the lexA gene and its regulation on the reported multiple gene cassette. In turn, in vitro experiments show that the B. bacteriovorus LexA-binding sequence is not recognized by other δ-Proteobacteria LexA proteins but binds to the cyanobacterial LexA repressor. This places B. bacteriovorus LexA at the base of the δ-Proteobacteria LexA family, revealing a high degree of conservation in the LexA regulatory sequence prior to the diversification and specialization seen in deeper groups of the Proteobacteria phylum.
dc.description This work was funded by grant BFM2004-02768/BMC from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC) de España and 2001SGR-206 from the Departament d’Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació (DURSI) de la Generalitat de Catalunya and by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). N. Salvador was recipient of a predoctoral fellowship from the DURSI, and S. Campoy is recipient of a postdoctoral contract from INIA-IRTA.
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Society for Microbiology
dc.rights openAccess
dc.title Expression of Canonical SOS Genes Is Not under LexA Repression in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
dc.type Artículo


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