Fragel, Susann Marlies (2018). Functional and structural characterization of LeuO, a pleiotropic LysR-type transcription regulator in Escherichia coli. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
LeuO is a conserved LysR-type transcriptional regulator (LTTR) of global function in Escherichia coli and other Gammaproteobacteria. LeuO regulates genes related to pathogenicity and stress adaptation, many of which are co-regulated by the nucleoid-associated global repressor protein H-NS. Therefore, LeuO is considered a general H-NS antagonist. LTTRs typically are tetramers that consist of two dimeric N-terminal DNA-binding domains (DBDs) and two dimeric C-terminal effector-binding domains (EBDs). Many LTTRs described so far require an effector which induces structural changes that lead to alteration of the LTTR activity in repression or activation of specific target genes. However, the regulation of LeuO activity and its structural features are poorly understood. In this work, I characterized the CRISPR-associated cas promoter as the most sensitive reporter for monitoring LeuO activity. Using this reporter nine LeuO mutants were identified in a genetic screen that render LeuO hyperactive. The solved crystal structures of the EBDs of wild-type LeuO and one of the hyperactive mutants (Serine 120 to aspartic acid exchange) revealed that all mutations causing hyperactivity localize to the dimerization interface of the EBD. Comparison and superposing of the structures of the wild-type and S120D EBDs suggests that the mutation of S120D induces a structural change that mimics an effector-bound state. This structural change is presumed to transmit to the arrangement of the DBDs and changes the binding to the DNA. DNase I footprinting of the cas promoter region presented here revealed a highly specific DNA-binding and a more distinct DNA-binding pattern of the S120D mutant compared to the wild-type LeuO. A detailed analysis of these footprints unraveled a “core-site” of palindromic sequence, which allowed the definition of a specific DNA-binding sequence motif for LeuO. The data indicate that LeuO might regulate a different set of target genes when an effector is bound. This is relevant in understanding the molecular mechanism of transcriptional regulation by LeuO and the role of LeuO as a global regulator.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-85853 | ||||||||
Date: | 27 June 2018 | ||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Biology > Institute for Genetics | ||||||||
Subjects: | Natural sciences and mathematics Life sciences |
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Date of oral exam: | 5 September 2018 | ||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/8585 |
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