Transcription factor sigma B of Bacillus subtilis controls a large stationary-phase regulon - PubMed (original) (raw)

Transcription factor sigma B of Bacillus subtilis controls a large stationary-phase regulon

S A Boylan et al. J Bacteriol. 1993 Jul.

Abstract

Transcription factor sigma B of Bacillus subtilis is active during the stationary growth phase, but its physiological role remains unknown. Understanding the function and regulation of genes controlled by sigma B (csb genes) should provide important clues to sigma B function in stationary-phase cells. To this end, we used a genetic approach to identify six new csb genes. This strategy relies on two elements: (i) random transcriptional fusions between the Escherichia coli lacZ gene and genes on the B. subtilis chromosome, generated in vivo with transposon Tn917lacZ, and (ii) a plate transformation technique to introduce a null sigB mutation into the fusion-bearing recipients directly on indicator plates. This strategy allowed the comparison of fusion expression in strains that were isogenic save for the presence or absence of a functional sigma B protein. Beginning with 1,400 active fusions, we identified 11 that were wholly or partly controlled by sigma B. These fusions mapped to six different loci that exhibit substantial contrasts in their patterns of expression in the logarithmic and stationary growth phases, suggesting that they participate in diverse cellular functions. However, for all six loci, the sigma B-dependent component of their expression was manifest largely in the stationary phase. The high frequency of six independent csb loci detected in a random collection of 1,400 fusions screened, the fact that four of the six new loci were defined by a single fusion, and the absence of the previously identified ctc and csbA genes in the present collection strongly suggest that sigma B controls a large stationary-phase regulon.

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Transcription factor sigma B of Bacillus subtilis controls a large stationary-phase regulon - PubMed (original) (raw)