Röder, R. ; Pfeifer, Felicitas (1996)
Influence of salt on the transcription of the gas-vesicle genes of Haloferax mediterranei and identification of the endogenous transcriptional activator gene.
In: Microbiology (Reading, England), 142
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
The transcription of the 14 gvp genes of the gas-vesicle-encoding mc-vac region was investigated, using RNA from 25% and 15% (w/v) salt cultures of the moderately halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei. Transcription occurred only from two promoters, located in front of the mc-gvpA and mc-gvpD genes. In both cultures transcripts spanning the entire mc-gvpDEFGHIJKLM transcription unit were formed only during the exponential growth phase. Amounts of these transcripts were larger in the 25% salt culture, in which the 2.0 kb mc-gvpD transcripts were also synthesized during the stationary phase. The levels of the mc-gvpD transcripts and of the 324 nt mc-gvpA mRNA increased in parallel during the stationary phase of the 25% salt culture. Only under these conditions were mRNAs spanning the entire mc-gvpACNO transcription unit observed, and gas-vesicles were formed. Investigation of the influence of the mc-gvpDE genes on both mc-vac promoters in transformants revealed that by themselves they were nearly inactive. The addition of mc-gvpE, however, resulted in a high level of constitutively produced mc-gvpA and mc-gvpD mRNA, indicating a transcriptional activator function for the mc-gvpE product.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 1996 |
| Autor(en): | Röder, R. ; Pfeifer, Felicitas |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Influence of salt on the transcription of the gas-vesicle genes of Haloferax mediterranei and identification of the endogenous transcriptional activator gene. |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 1996 |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Microbiology (Reading, England) |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 142 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | The transcription of the 14 gvp genes of the gas-vesicle-encoding mc-vac region was investigated, using RNA from 25% and 15% (w/v) salt cultures of the moderately halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei. Transcription occurred only from two promoters, located in front of the mc-gvpA and mc-gvpD genes. In both cultures transcripts spanning the entire mc-gvpDEFGHIJKLM transcription unit were formed only during the exponential growth phase. Amounts of these transcripts were larger in the 25% salt culture, in which the 2.0 kb mc-gvpD transcripts were also synthesized during the stationary phase. The levels of the mc-gvpD transcripts and of the 324 nt mc-gvpA mRNA increased in parallel during the stationary phase of the 25% salt culture. Only under these conditions were mRNAs spanning the entire mc-gvpACNO transcription unit observed, and gas-vesicles were formed. Investigation of the influence of the mc-gvpDE genes on both mc-vac promoters in transformants revealed that by themselves they were nearly inactive. The addition of mc-gvpE, however, resulted in a high level of constitutively produced mc-gvpA and mc-gvpD mRNA, indicating a transcriptional activator function for the mc-gvpE product. |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 10 Fachbereich Biologie > Microbiology and Archaea ?? fb10_mikrobiologie ?? 10 Fachbereich Biologie |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 14 Feb 2011 10:41 |
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