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Nucleic Acids Research, 1990, Vol. 18, No. 4 979-988
© 1990

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The roles of indoleglycerol phosphate and the Trpl protein in the expression of trpBA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Ming Chang and Irving P. Crawfordt{dagger}

Department of Microbiology, University of Lowa Lowa Cfty, Lowa 52242, USA

Received September 25, 1989. Revised January 5, 1990. Accepted January 5, 1990.

The Trpl protein belongs to the LysR-family of procaryotic regulatory proteins. Members of this family share a characteristic similarity of their N-terminal amino acid sequences, and many of them are activators of divergently transcribed genes or operons. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the genes for tryptophan synthase, trpBA, are regulated by indoleglycerol phosphate (InGP) and Trpl. We demonstrate here that in the absence of 1nGP, the binding site of Trpl is located in the –52 to –77 region of the trpBA promoter; in the presence of InGP, the binding region is extended to the –32 region. In addition, two major, slow moving protein-DNA complexes are seen in gel retardation assays: the faster moving complex is formed in the absence of InGP and the amount of the slower moving complex is greatly enhanced in the presence of InGP. These results suggest that the binding of a second Trpl protein molecule, promoted by InGP, plays a crucial role in activating the expression of the trpBA gene pair.

{dagger}Deceased October 8, 1989


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