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rpoS  -  RNA polymerase sigma factor RpoS

Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. EDL933

 
 
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Disease relevance of rpoS

  • It has identified the CFA synthase gene as one of several rpoS-regulated genes of E. coli and has provided for the construction of strains in which proposed cellular functions of CFAs can be properly evaluated [1].
  • Mutation of the phoP gene rendered Salmonella as sensitive to hydrogen peroxide as an rpoS mutant after growth in low Mg(2+) [2].
  • We examined the transcription of Pseudomonas aeruginosa rpoS as to the growth of cells [3].
  • The reason for this protective effect of polyP is the induction of HPII catalase and DNA repair enzymes as members of the rpoS regulon [4].
  • We chose to start with examination of the rpoS gene since, among gram-negative bacteria, many genes needed for survival are regulated by RpoS, the stationary-phase sigma factor [5].
 

High impact information on rpoS

  • This phenotype was conferred by mutations in rpoS, which encodes a putative stationary phase-specific sigma factor [6].
  • In vitro, the expression of ospC and rpoS from flacp was dependent on the inducer isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside and was unaffected by temperature or pH, conditions commonly used to mimic different aspects of the B. burgdorferi life cycle [7].
  • Moreover, a moderate (threefold) further increase in the transcription rate of chromosomally encoded activated bgl operon alleles in an rpoS mutant can result in high (up to 50-fold increased) expression levels [8].
  • DsrA also binds sequences in the 5'-untranslated leader region of rpoS mRNA, enhancing rpoS mRNA stability and RpoS translation [9].
  • The sequence preceding the 5' end of rpoS mRNA showed poor homology to the consensus sequences of the previously known promoters [3].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of rpoS

 

Biological context of rpoS

  • A multicopy plasmid carrying rpoS strongly repressed expression of Esp proteins, suggesting that positive regulation by ClpXP is partially mediated through a negative effect of RpoS on LEE expression [15].
  • Their expression is induced both by osmotic stress and by growth into the stationary phase and depend on the sigma factor encoded by rpoS (katF). rpoS is amber-mutated in E. coli K-12 and its DNA sequence varies among K-12 strains [16].
  • Because of their well-established role in morphogenesis, we investigated the status of the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) in Escherichia coli wild-type and isogenic rpoS mutants [17].
  • The failure of ppGpp-deficient strains to synthesize sigma s in response to these starvation regimens could indicate a general defect in gene expression rather than a specific dependence of rpoS expression on ppGpp [18].
  • Our data suggest that PsrA is an important regulatory protein of Pseudomonas spp. involved in the regulatory cascade controlling rpoS gene regulation in response to cell density [19].
 

Anatomical context of rpoS

 

Associations of rpoS with chemical compounds

  • Wild-type bacteria were rapidly displaced by rpoS mutants in both glucose- and nitrogen-limited chemostat populations [23].
  • The resultant rpoS mutant of P.putida, C1R1, showed reduced survival of carbon starvation and reduced cross-protection against other types of stress in cells starved for carbon, in particular after a challenge with ethanol [24].
  • The induction of mdtEF by GlcNAc is not mediated by the evgSA, ydeO, gadX, and rpoS signaling pathways that have been known to regulate mdtEF expression [25].
  • Polyamines, in particular putrescine, are involved in regulation of the rpoS expression by concentration-dependent stimulation at the levels of translation and stability of the protein sigmaS [26].
 

Regulatory relationships of rpoS

  • We found that overexpression of relA activated the expression of rpoS in P. aeruginosa and led to premature, cell density-independent LasB elastase production [27].
 

Other interactions of rpoS

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of rpoS

  • DksA appears to be involved in the expression of several genes in addition to rpoS based on two-dimensional SDS-PAGE analysis of whole-cell proteins [28].
  • Electrophoretic mobility-shift assays yielded an apparent binding affinity of H-NS binding to curved DNA of approximately 1 microM, whereas binding to rpoS mRNA or DsrA RNA was approximately 3 microM [29].
  • Patterns of resuscitation of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium rpoS mutants from water microcosms and heat stress were qualitatively similar, suggesting that the general stress response controlled by the sigma(s) subunit of RNA polymerase plays no role in autoinducer-dependent resuscitation [30].
  • Sequence determination and comparison with rpoS from E. coli demonstrates a high degree of conservation, although significant differences are found within the extragenic regulatory regions [31].
  • The intervening region between mutS and rpoS was amplified by long-range PCR, and the resulting amplicons varied substantially in length (7.8 to 14.2 kb) among pathogenic groups [32].

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  15. ClpXP protease controls expression of the type III protein secretion system through regulation of RpoS and GrlR levels in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Iyoda, S., Watanabe, H. J. Bacteriol. (2005) [Pubmed]
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  17. Penicillin-binding proteins are regulated by rpoS during transitions in growth states of Escherichia coli. Dougherty, T.J., Pucci, M.J. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (1994) [Pubmed]
  18. Synthesis of the stationary-phase sigma factor sigma s is positively regulated by ppGpp. Gentry, D.R., Hernandez, V.J., Nguyen, L.H., Jensen, D.B., Cashel, M. J. Bacteriol. (1993) [Pubmed]
  19. Regulation of rpoS gene expression in Pseudomonas: involvement of a TetR family regulator. Kojic, M., Venturi, V. J. Bacteriol. (2001) [Pubmed]
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  21. Effect of rpoS mutations on stress-resistance and invasion of brain microvascular endothelial cells in Escherichia coli K1. Wang, Y., Kim, K.S. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (2000) [Pubmed]
  22. The nlpD gene is located in an operon with rpoS on the Escherichia coli chromosome and encodes a novel lipoprotein with a potential function in cell wall formation. Lange, R., Hengge-Aronis, R. Mol. Microbiol. (1994) [Pubmed]
  23. rpoS mutations and loss of general stress resistance in Escherichia coli populations as a consequence of conflict between competing stress responses. Notley-McRobb, L., King, T., Ferenci, T. J. Bacteriol. (2002) [Pubmed]
  24. Cloning, sequencing, and phenotypic characterization of the rpoS gene from Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Ramos-González, M.I., Molin, S. J. Bacteriol. (1998) [Pubmed]
  25. N-acetyl-d-glucosamine induces the expression of multidrug exporter genes, mdtEF, via catabolite activation in Escherichia coli. Hirakawa, H., Inazumi, Y., Senda, Y., Kobayashi, A., Hirata, T., Nishino, K., Yamaguchi, A. J. Bacteriol. (2006) [Pubmed]
  26. Role of putrescine in regulation of the sigmaS subunit of RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli cells on transition to stationary phase. Tkachenko, A.G., Shumkov, M.S. Biochemistry Mosc. (2004) [Pubmed]
  27. Stringent response activates quorum sensing and modulates cell density-dependent gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. van Delden, C., Comte, R., Bally, A.M. J. Bacteriol. (2001) [Pubmed]
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  31. Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the RpoS (KatF) sigma factor from Salmonella typhimurium 14028s. Prince, R.W., Xu, Y., Libby, S.J., Fang, F.C. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1994) [Pubmed]
  32. Gene conservation and loss in the mutS-rpoS genomic region of pathogenic Escherichia coli. Herbelin, C.J., Chirillo, S.C., Melnick, K.A., Whittam, T.S. J. Bacteriol. (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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