Chromatin Rearrangements in the prnD-prnB bidirectional promoter:: Dependence on transcription factors

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作者
García, I
Gonzalez, R
Gómez, D
Scazzocchio, C
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[1] Univ Paris 11, Inst Genet & Microbiol, UMR8621, F-91405 Orsay, France
[2] Univ Paris 11, Inst Univ France, UMR8621, F-91405 Orsay, France
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10.1128/EC.3.1.144-156.2004
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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The prnD-prnB intergenic region regulates the divergent transcription of the genes encoding proline oxidase and the major proline transporter. Eight nucleosomes are positioned in this region. Upon induction, the positioning of these nucleosomes is lost. This process depends on the specific transcriptional activator PrnA but not on the general GATA factor AreA. Induction of prnB but not prnD can be elicited by amino acid starvation. A specific nucleosomal pattern in the prnB proximal region is associated with this process. Under conditions of induction by proline, metabolite repression depends on the presence of both repressing carbon (glucose) and nitrogen (ammonium) sources. Under these repressing conditions, partial nucleosomal positioning is observed. This depends on the CreA repressor's binding to two specific cis-acting sites. Three conditions (induction by the defective PrnA80 protein, induction by amino acid starvation, and induction in the presence of an activated CreA) result in similar low transcriptional activation. Each results in a different nucleosome pattern, which argues strongly for a specific effect of each signal on nucleosome positioning. Experiments with trichostatin A suggest that both default nucleosome positioning and partial positioning under induced-repressed conditions depend on deacetylated histones.
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