PMID- 12003931 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020607 LR - 20210526 IS - 0021-9193 (Print) IS - 1098-5530 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9193 (Linking) VI - 184 IP - 11 DP - 2002 Jun TI - Identification and physical characterization of the HbpR binding sites of the hbpC and hbpD promoters. PG - 2914-24 AB - Pseudomonas azelaica HBP1 can use 2-hydroxybiphenyl (2-HBP) and 2,2'-dihydroxybiphenyl as sole carbon and energy sources by means of the hbp regulon. This regulon is composed of three genes, hbpCA and hbpD, coding for enzymes of a meta-cleavage pathway and the hbpR gene, which codes for a XylR/DmpR-type transcription regulator. It was previously shown that HbpR activates transcription from two sigma(54)-dependent promoters, P(hbpC) and P(hbpD), in the presence of 2-HBP. In this study, by using gel mobility shift assays with a purified fusion protein containing calmodulin binding protein (CBP) and HbpR, we detected two binding regions for HbpR in P(hbpC) and one binding region in P(hbpD). DNase I footprints of the proximal binding region of P(hbpC) and of the binding region in P(hbpD) showed that CBP-HbpR protected a region composed of two inverted repeat sequences which were homologous to the binding sites identified for XylR. Unlike the situation in the XylR/P(u) system, we observed simultaneous binding of CBP-HbpR on the two upstream activating sequences (UASs). Fragments with only one UAS did not show an interaction with HbpR, indicating that both pairs of UASs are needed for HbpR binding. The addition of both ATP and 2-HBP increased the DNA binding affinity of HbpR. These results showed for the first time that, for regulators of the XylR/DmpR type, the effector positively affects the recruitment of the regulatory protein on the enhancer DNA. FAU - Tropel, David AU - Tropel D AD - Process of Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Ecotoxicology, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland. FAU - van der Meer, Jan Roelof AU - van der Meer JR LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Bacteriol JT - Journal of bacteriology JID - 2985120R RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 0 (Calmodulin-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (HBP2 protein) RN - 0 (HbpR protein, Pseudomonas azelaica) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (XylR protein, Pseudomonas) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 3.1.21.1 (Deoxyribonuclease I) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology MH - Bacterial Proteins/*metabolism MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites MH - Calmodulin-Binding Proteins/metabolism MH - DNA Footprinting MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Deoxyribonuclease I MH - Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay MH - Enhancer Elements, Genetic MH - Escherichia coli/metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Pseudomonas/*genetics MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis MH - Trans-Activators/pharmacology MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism PMC - PMC135056 EDAT- 2002/05/11 10:00 MHDA- 2002/06/12 10:01 PMCR- 2002/06/01 CRDT- 2002/05/11 10:00 PHST- 2002/05/11 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/06/12 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/05/11 10:00 [entrez] PHST- 2002/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1341 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JB.184.11.2914-2924.2002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Bacteriol. 2002 Jun;184(11):2914-24. doi: 10.1128/JB.184.11.2914-2924.2002.