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. 1990 Dec;172(12):6713-20.
doi: 10.1128/jb.172.12.6713-6720.1990.

Regulation of transcription of katE and katF in Escherichia coli

M R Mulvey  1 , J Switala, A Borys, P C Loewen
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Regulation of transcription of katE and katF in Escherichia coli

M R Mulvey et al. J Bacteriol. 1990 Dec.

Abstract

Fusion plasmids with lacZ under the control of the katE (encoding catalase or hydroperoxidase HPII) and katF (encoding a sigma factor-like protein required for katE expression) promoters were constructed. Expression from both katE and katF promoters was low in rich medium but elevated in poor medium during log-phase growth. Furthermore, the slowdown in growth as cells entered the stationary phase in rich medium, a result of carbon source depletion, was associated with an increase in katE and katF expression. A simple reduction in the carbon source level as the cells entered the stationary phase was not responsible for the increase in expression, because transferring the culture to a medium with no glucose did not induce expression from either promoter. Spent rich medium from stationary-phase cells was capable of inducing expression, as were simple aromatic acids such as benzoate, o-hydroxybenzoate, and p-aminobenzoate added to new medium. Anaerobiosis did not cause an increase in expression, nor did it significantly change the pattern of expression. Regardless of the medium, katF expression was always turned on before or coincidently with katE expression; in the presence of benzoate katF was fully induced, whereas katE was only partially induced, suggesting that a factor in addition to KatF protein was involved in katE expression. During prolonged aerobic incubation, cells lacking katF died off more rapidly than did cells lacking either katE or katG.

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