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ArticlePloS one2011

Molecular characterization of transcriptional regulation of rovA by PhoP and RovA in Yersinia pestis.

Yiquan Zhang, He Gao, Li Wang, Xiao Xiao, Yafang Tan, Zhaobiao Guo, Dongsheng Zhou, Ruifu Yang

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yiquan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
He Gao
Li Wang
Xiao Xiao
Yafang Tan
Zhaobiao Guo
Dongsheng Zhou
Ruifu Yang
Institute of Microbiology · CNNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundYersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague. The two transcriptional regulators, PhoP and RovA, are required for the virulence of Y. pestis through the regulation of various virulence-associated loci. They are the global regulators controlling two distinct large complexes of cellular pathways. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsBased on the LacZ fusion, primer extension, gel mobility shift, and DNase I footprinting assays, RovA is shown to recognize both of the two promoters of its gene in Y. pestis. The autoregulation of RovA appears to be a conserved mechanism shared by Y. pestis and its closely related progenitor, Y. pseudotuberculosis. In Y. pestis, the PhoP regulator responds to low magnesium signals and then negatively controls only one of the two promoters of rovA through PhoP-promoter DNA association. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: RovA is a direct transcriptional activator for its own gene in Y. pestis, while PhoP recognizes the promoter region of rovA to repress its transcription. The direct regulatory association between PhoP and RovA bridges the PhoP and RovA regulons in Y. pestis.

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Bacterial ProteinsDNA FootprintingElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenetic Complementation TestProtein BindingReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRegulonTranscription FactorsYersinia pestisBacterial ProteinsPhoP protein, BacteriaRovA protein, YersiniaTranscription Factors

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PMID21966533
PMCPMC3180457
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