Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access originally published online on August 8, 2008
Nucleic Acids Research 2008 36(16):5297-5305; doi:10.1093/nar/gkn453
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Nucleic Acids Research, 2008, Vol. 36, No. 16 5297-5305
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Stringent promoter recognition and autoregulation by the group 3 
-factor SigF in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, 3-21-1 Ami, Inashiki, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan
*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel./Fax: +81 29 888 8651; Email: asam{at}mx.ibaraki.ac.jp.
Received April 8, 2008. Revised June 17, 2008. Accepted June 30, 2008.
The cyanobacteirum Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 possesses nine species of the sigma (
)-factor gene for RNA polymerase (RNAP). Here, we identify and characterize the novel-type promoter recognized by a group 3 -factor, SigF. SigF autoregulates its own transcription and recognizes the promoter of pilA1 that acts in pilus formation and motility in PCC 6803. The pilA1 promoter (PpilA1-54) was recognized only by SigF and not by other -factors in PCC 6803. No PpilA1-54 activity was observed in Escherichia coli cells that possess RpoF (28) for fragellin and motility. Studies of in vitro transcription for PpilA1-54 identified the region from –39 to –7 including an AG-rich stretch and a core promoter with TAGGC (–32 region) and GGTAA (–12 region) as important for transcription. We also confirmed the unique PpilA1-54 architecture and further identified two novel promoters, recognized by SigF, for genes encoding periplasmic and phytochrome-like phototaxis proteins. These results and a phylogenetic analysis suggest that the PCC 6803 SigF is distinct from the E. coli RpoF or RpoD (70) type and constitutes a novel eubacterial group 3 -factor. We discuss a model case of stringent promoter recognition by SigF. Promoter types of PCC 6803 genes are also summarized.
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