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TetR Is a Positive Regulator of the Tetanus Toxin Gene in Clostridium tetani and Is Homologous to BotR

机译:TetR是破伤风梭菌破伤风毒素基因的正向调节剂,与BotR同源

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The TetR gene immediately upstream from the tetanus toxin (TeTx) gene was characterized. It encodes a 21,562-Da protein which is related (50 to 65% identity) to the equivalent genes (botR) inClostridium botulinum. TetR has the feature of a DNA binding protein with a basic pI (9.53). It contains a helix-turn-helix motif and shows 29% identity with other putative regulatory genes inClostridium, i.e., uviA from C. perfringens and txeR from C. difficile. We report for the first time the transformation of C. tetani by electroporation, which permitted us to investigate the function of tetR. Overexpression of tetR inC. tetani induced an increase in TeTx production and in the level of the corresponding mRNA. This indicates that TetR is a transcriptional activator of the TeTx gene. Overexpression ofbotR/A (60% identity with TetR at the amino acid level) inC. tetani induced an increase in TeTx production comparable to that for overexpression of tetR. However,botR/C (50% identity with TetR at the amino acid level) was less efficient. This supports that TetR positively regulates the TeTx gene in C. tetani and that a conserved mechanism of regulation of the neurotoxin genes is involved in C. tetaniand C. botulinum.
机译:破伤风毒素(TeTx)基因上游的TetR基因的特征。它编码一个21,562-Da的蛋白质,与肉毒梭状芽胞杆菌的等效基因( botR )相关(50%到65%)。 TetR具有带有碱性pI(9.53)的DNA结合蛋白的特征。它包含一个螺旋-转-螺旋基序,并与 Clostridium 中其他推定的调节基因,即来自 C的 uviA 显示29%的同一性。来自 C的perfringens txeR 。困难。我们首次报告了 C的转化。 tetani 通过电穿孔,这使我们能够研究 tetR 的功能。 tetR C中的过表达。 tetani 诱导了TeTx产生和相应mRNA水平的增加。这表明TetR是TeTx基因的转录激活因子。 C中 botR / A 的过表达(在氨基酸水平上与TetR具有60%的同一性)。 tetani 诱导的TeTx产量增加与 tetR 的过表达相当。但是, botR / C (在氨基酸水平上与TetR的同一性为50%)效率较低。这支持TetR积极调节 C中的TeTx基因。破伤风,并且 C参与了神经毒素基因的保守调节机制。 tetani C。肉毒杆菌素

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