TRANSCRIPTIONAL ATTENUATION CONTROL OF THE TYLOSIN-RESISTANCE GENE TLRA IN STREPTOMYCES-FRADIAE

被引:21
作者
KELEMEN, GH
ZALACAIN, M
CULEBRAS, E
SENO, ET
CUNDLIFFE, E
机构
[1] UNIV LEICESTER,DEPT BIOCHEM,LEICESTER LE1 7RH,LEICS,ENGLAND
[2] LILLY CORP CTR,LILLY RES LABS,INDIANAPOLIS,IN 46285
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D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb01319.x
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The tylosin producer Streptomyces fradiae contains four known resistance genes, two of which (tlrA and tlrD) encode methyltransferases that act on ribosomal RNA at a common site. Expression of tlrA is regulated via transcriptional attenuation. A short transcript, only 411 nucleotides long, terminates 27 nucleotides into the methylase-coding sequence in the uninduced state. Induction of tlrA ii; proposed to involve a ribosome-mediated conformational change within the mRNA leader that allows transcription to continue beyond the attenuation sites, resulting in a transcript about 1450 nucleotides long. Transplantation of tlrD and/or tlrA into Streptomyces albus revealed that the induction specificity of tlrA depends upon the state of the ribosomes and is significantly altered in strains also expressing tlrD.
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