PMID- 19440251 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20130704 LR - 20211020 IS - 1874-2858 (Electronic) IS - 1874-2858 (Linking) VI - 3 DP - 2009 TI - Regulation of clpQ(+)Y(+) (hslV(+)U(+)) gene expression in Escherichia coli. PG - 29-39 LID - 10.2174/1874285800903010029 [doi] AB - The Escherichia coli ClpYQ (HslUV) complex is an ATP-dependent protease, and the clpQ(+)Y(+) (hslV(+)U(+)) operon encodes two heat shock proteins, ClpQ and ClpY, respectively. The transcriptional (op) or translational (pr) clpQ(+)::lacZ fusion gene was constructed, with the clpQ(+)Y(+) promoter fused to a lacZ reporter gene. The clpQ(+)::lacZ (op or pr) fusion gene was each crossed into lambda phage. The lambdalpQ(+)::lacZ(+) (op), a transcriptional fusion gene, was used to form lysogens in the wild-type, rpoH or/and rpoS mutants. Upon shifting the temperature up from 30 degrees C to 42 degrees C, the wild-type lambdaclpQ(+)::lacZ(+) (op) demonstrates an increased beta-galactosidase (betaGal) activity. However, the betaGal activity of clpQ(+)::lacZ(+) (op) was decreased in the rpoH and rpoH rpoS mutants but not in the rpoS mutant. The levels of clpQ(+)::lacZ(+) mRNA transcripts correlated well to their betaGal activity. Similarly, the expression of the clpQ(+)::lacZ(+) gene fusion was nearly identical to the clpQ(+)Y(+) transcript under the in vivo condition. The clpQ(m1)::lacZ(+), containing a point mutation in the -10 promoter region for RpoH binding, showed decreased betaGal activity, independent of activation by RpoH. We conclude that RpoH itself regulates clpQ(+)Y(+) gene expression. In addition, the clpQ(+)Y(+) message carries a conserved 71 bp at the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) that is predicted to form the stem-loop structure by analysis of its RNA secondary structure. The clpQ(m2)Delta40::lacZ(+), with a 40 bp deletion in the 5'UTR, showed a decreased betaGal activity. In addition, from our results, it is suggested that this stem-loop structure is necessary for the stability of the clpQ(+)Y(+) message. FAU - Lien, Hsiang-Yun AU - Lien HY AD - Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei (106), Taiwan, R.O.C. FAU - Yu, Chien-Hung AU - Yu CH FAU - Liou, Chung-Ming AU - Liou CM FAU - Wu, Whi Fin AU - Wu WF LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20090317 PL - United Arab Emirates TA - Open Microbiol J JT - The open microbiology journal JID - 101480482 PMC - PMC2681174 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5' stem-loop structure OT - ATP-dependent protease OT - ClpYQ (HslUV) OT - E. coli OT - Gene regulation OT - Promoter activity OT - mRNA stability. EDAT- 2009/05/15 09:00 MHDA- 2009/05/15 09:01 PMCR- 2009/01/01 CRDT- 2009/05/15 09:00 PHST- 2009/02/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/02/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/02/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/05/15 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/05/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/05/15 09:01 [medline] PHST- 2009/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - TOMICROJ-3-29 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1874285800903010029 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Open Microbiol J. 2009;3:29-39. doi: 10.2174/1874285800903010029. Epub 2009 Mar 17.