Cloning and transcriptional characterization of two sigma factor genes, sigA and sigB, from Brevibacterium flavum

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Halgasova, N [1 ]
Bukovska, G [1 ]
Timko, J [1 ]
Kormanec, J [1 ]
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[1] Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Mol Biol, Bratislava 84251, Slovakia
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10.1007/s002840010296
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Using a DNA fragment containing the principal sigma factor gene hrdB of Streptomyces aureofaciens, we identified two sigma (70) -like genes in a library of Brevibacterium flavum. Sequence analysis of the complete genes revealed two ORFs coding for gene products of 498 and 331 amino acid residues, which showed the greatest similarity to SigA and SigB sigma factors from Brevibacterium lactofermentum. We designated them similarly sigA and sigB. Transcription of B. flavum sigA and sigB has been investigated by S1-nuclease mapping by using RNA from different growth phases and after exposure to several stress conditions. Both genes are transcribed from a single promoter with transcription start points of 368 bp and 25 bp upstream from the proposed translation initiation codon of the sigA and sigB genes, respectively. Whereas sigA is transcribed almost constitutively during growth and after stress conditions, expression of sigB is significantly induced after several stress conditions, like acid stress, ethanol shock, and cold shock. Expression of both genes is significantly reduced after heat shock. Considering these transcriptional results, and also on the basis of the similarity to other principal sigma factor genes, sigA probably encodes the functional principal sigma factor, and sigB might have a function in stress response.
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