PHOSPHORYLATION OF A BACTERIAL ACTIVATOR PROTEIN, OMPR, BY A PROTEIN-KINASE, ENVZ, STIMULATES THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE OMPF AND OMPC GENES IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI

被引:83
作者
AIBA, H [1 ]
MIZUNO, T [1 ]
机构
[1] NAGOYA UNIV,SCH AGR,MICROBIOL LAB,CHIKUSA KU,NAGOYA,AICHI 464,JAPAN
关键词
(E. coli outer membrane); Activator protein; EnvZ; Kinase; OmpR; Phosphorylation; Transcription activation;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(90)80626-T
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The OmpR of Escherichia coli is a positive regulator specific for the ompF and ompC genes, which encode outer membrane proteins OmpF and OmpC, respectively. The EnvZ protein is a protein kinase which specifically phosphorylates the OmpR protein. In this study, the results of in vitro transcription experiments revealed that the phosphorylation of the OmpR protein by the EnvZ protein stimulates the transcription of both the ompF and ompC genes. © 1990.
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