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ArticleArchives of microbiology2011

Two promoters and two translation start sites control the expression of the Shigella flexneri outer membrane protease IcsP.

Christopher T Hensley, Olga K Kamneva, Karen M Levy, Stephanie K Labahn, Lia A Africa, Helen J Wing

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Article in Archives of microbiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher T HensleySchool of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-4004, USA.
Olga K Kamneva
Karen M Levy
Stephanie K Labahn
Lia A Africa
Helen J Wing
University of Nevada, Las Vegas · USUniversity of California System · USUniversity of Nevada, Reno · USWyoming Department of Education · US

Funding

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND TRAININGP20RR016464 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI LORICO, AURELIO · 2001 to 2011
$30.3M
Understanding transcriptional silencing & anti-silencing mechanisms in ShigellaR15AI090573 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS · PI WING, HELEN J · 2010 to 2024
$2.3M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR-016464NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016464NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI090573
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Shigella flexneri outer membrane protease IcsP proteolytically cleaves the actin-based motility protein IcsA from the bacterial surface. The icsP gene is monocistronic and lies downstream of an unusually large intergenic region on the Shigella virulence plasmid. In silico analysis of this region predicts a second transcription start site 84 bp upstream of the first. Primer extension analyses and beta-galactosidase assays demonstrate that both transcription start sites are used. Both promoters are regulated by the Shigella virulence gene regulator VirB and both respond similarly to conditions known to influence Shigella virulence gene expression (iron concentration, pH, osmotic pressure, and phase of growth). The newly identified promoter lies upstream of a Shine-Dalgarno sequence and second 5'-ATG-3', which is in frame with the annotated icsP gene. The use of either translation start site leads to the production of IcsP capable of proteolytically cleaving IcsA. A bioinformatic scan of the Shigella genome reveals multiple occurrences of in-frame translation start sites associated with putative Shine-Dalgarno sequences, immediately upstream and downstream of annotated open reading frames. Taken together, our observations support the possibility that the use of in-frame translation start sites may generate different protein isoforms, thereby expanding the proteome encoded by bacterial genomes.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialPromoter Regions, GeneticBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceComputational BiologyDNA, BacterialMolecular Sequence DataOpen Reading FramesPlasmidsProtein BiosynthesisProtein IsoformsSequence Analysis, DNAShigella flexneriTranscription Initiation SiteVirulenceBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialProtein IsoformsSopA protein, Bacteria

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PMID21225241
PMCPMC3071033
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