Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22815853›Full record

ArticlePloS one2012

Identification and characterization of the cognate anti-sigma factor and specific promoter elements of a T. tengcongensis ECF sigma factor.

Jingfang Liu, Jie Li, Zhenfang Wu, Huadong Pei, Jian Zhou, Hua Xiang

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jingfang LiuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Jie Li
Zhenfang Wu
Huadong Pei
Jian Zhou
Hua Xiang

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factors, the largest group of alternative σ factors, play important roles in response to environmental stresses. Tt-RpoE1 is annotated as an ECF σ factor in Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis. In this study, we revealed that the Tt-tolB gene located downstream of the Tt-rpoE1 gene encoded the cognate anti-σ factor, which could inhibit the transcription activity of Tt-RpoE1 by direct interaction with Tt-RpoE1 via its N-terminal domain. By in vitro transcription assay, the auto-regulation ability of Tt-RpoE1 was determined, and band shift assay showed that Tt-RpoE1 preferred to bind a fork-junction promoter DNA. With truncation or base-specific scanning mutations, the contribution of the nucleotides in -35 and -10 regions to interaction between Tt-RpoE1 and promoter DNA was explored. The promoter recognition pattern of Tt-RpoE1 was determined as 5' tGTTACN(16)CGTC 3', which was further confirmed by in vitro transcription assays. This result showed that the Tt-RpoE1-recognized promoter possessed a distinct -10 motif (-13CGTC-10) as the recognition determinant, which is distinguished from the -10 element recognized by σ(70). Site-directed mutagenesis in Region 2.4 of Tt-RpoE1 indicated that the "D" residue of DXXR motif was responsible for recognizing the -12G nucleotide. Our results suggested that distinct -10 motif may be an efficient and general strategy used by ECF σ factors in adaptive response regulation of the related genes.

Indexed as

Promoter Regions, GeneticAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceCytoplasmDNA, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, BacterialMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyProtein BindingSigma FactorThermoanaerobacterTranscription, GeneticBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialSigma Factor

Identifiers

PMID22815853
PMCPMC3397946

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.