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. 1991 Jan;173(2):879-85.
doi: 10.1128/jb.173.2.879-885.1991.

Osmotic signal transduction to proU is independent of DNA supercoiling in Escherichia coli

R M Ramirez  1 , M Villarejo
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Osmotic signal transduction to proU is independent of DNA supercoiling in Escherichia coli

R M Ramirez et al. J Bacteriol. 1991 Jan.

Abstract

proU expression has been proposed to form part of a general stress response that is regulated by increased negative DNA supercoiling brought about by environmental signals such as osmotic or anaerobic stress (N. Ni Bhriain, C. J. Dorman, and C. F. Higgins, Mol. Microbiol. 3:933-944, 1989). However, we find that although proU-containing plasmids derived from cells grown in media of elevated osmolarity were more supercoiled than plasmids from cells grown in standard media, they did not activate proU expression in vitro. The gyrA96 mutation and anaerobic conditions are known to affect DNA supercoiling but did not alter proU expression. Finally, the gyrase inhibitors coumermycin and novobiocin did not reduce in vitro proU expression. Therefore, this evidence rules out regulation by changes in DNA superhelicity for proU in Escherichia coli.

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