ArticleNucleic acids research2018
Modulation of H-NS transcriptional silencing by magnesium.
Article in Nucleic acids research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- The MarR family transcription factor SlyA senses iron and respiratory status in enteric bacteria.mBio · 2025Article
- Post-translational modifications of the nucleoid protein H-NS: sites, mechanisms, and regulatory cues.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2025Review
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- Attenuation of a DNA cruciform by a conserved regulator directs T3SS1 mediated virulence in Vibrio parahaemolyticus.Nucleic acids research · 2023Article
- The B. subtilis Rok protein is an atypical H-NS-like protein irresponsive to physico-chemical cues.Nucleic acids research · 2022Article
- Bacterial H-NS contacts DNA at the same irregularly spaced sites in both bridged and hemi-sequestered linear filaments.iScience · 2022Article
- Hypothesis: nucleoid-associated proteins segregate with a parental DNA strand to generate coherent phenotypic diversity.Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften · 2021Article
- Coherent Domains of Transcription Coordinate Gene Expression During Bacterial Growth and Adaptation.Microorganisms · 2019Review
- Impact of Xenogeneic Silencing on Phage-Host Interactions.Journal of molecular biology · 2019Review
- Silencing cryptic specialized metabolism ineLife · 2019Article
- H-NS uses an autoinhibitory conformational switch for environment-controlled gene silencing.Nucleic acids research · 2019Article
- Endogenous and Foreign Nucleoid-Associated Proteins of Bacteria: Occurrence, Interactions and Effects on Mobile Genetic Elements and Host's Biology.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2019Review
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Abstract
The bacterial histone-like protein H-NS silences AT-rich DNA, binding DNA as 'stiffened' filaments or 'bridged' intrastrand loops. The switch between these modes has been suggested to depend on the concentration of divalent cations, in particular Mg2+, with elevated Mg2+ concentrations associated with a transition to bridging. Here we demonstrate that the observed binding mode is a function of the local concentration of H-NS and its cognate binding sites, as well as the affinity of the interactions between them. Mg2+ does not control a binary switch between these two modes but rather modulates the affinity of this interaction, inhibiting the DNA-binding and silencing activity of H-NS in a continuous linear fashion. The direct relationship between conditions that favor stiffening and transcriptional silencing activity suggests that although both modes can occur in the cell, stiffening is the predominant mode of binding at silenced genes.
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