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Comparative Study
. 1990 Nov;87(22):8726-30.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.22.8726.

The mtr locus is a two-gene operon required for transcription attenuation in the trp operon of Bacillus subtilis

P Gollnick  1 , S Ishino, M I Kuroda, D J Henner, C Yanofsky
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Comparative Study

The mtr locus is a two-gene operon required for transcription attenuation in the trp operon of Bacillus subtilis

P Gollnick et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Nov.

Abstract

We have cloned and characterized the mtr operon of Bacillus subtilis. This operon encodes a presumed RNA-binding regulatory protein that is required for attenuation control of the trp operon. We have shown that the mtr operon consists of two structural genes, mtrA and mtrB, predicted to encode 22-kDa and 8-kDa polypeptides, respectively. MtrB shows homology with RegA, an RNA-binding regulatory protein of bacteriophage T4. The lesions in several mtr mutants were localized to mtrB or the putative mtr promoter. Several mtrB alleles were dominant to mtr+, suggesting that the regulatory factor is a multimeric protein. The in vivo action of the mtrA and mtrB gene products was analyzed in an E. coli strain containing a trpE-lacZ gene fusion under control of the B. subtilis trp promoter/attenuator region. Both MtrA and MtrB were necessary for regulation of beta-galactosidase production.

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