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Title: Promoter recognition by extracytoplasmic function σ factors: Analyzing DNA and protein interaction motifs
Authors: Guzina, Jelena 
Đorđević, Marko 
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2016
Journal: Journal of Bacteriology
Abstract: 
© 2016, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factors are the largest and the most diverse group of alternative σ factors, but their mechanisms of transcription are poorly studied. This subfamily is considered to exhibit a rigid promoter structure and an absence of mixing and matching; both-35 and-10 elements are considered necessary for initiating transcription. This paradigm, however, is based on very limited data, which bias the analysis of diverse ECF σ subgroups. Here we investigate DNA and protein recognition motifs involved in ECF σ factor transcription by a computational analysis of canonical ECF subfamily members, much less studied ECF σ subgroups, and the group outliers, obtained from recently sequenced bacteriophages. The analysis identifies an extended-10 element in promoters for phage ECF σ factors; a comparison with bacterial σ factors points to a putative 6-amino-acid motif just C-terminal of domain σ2, which is responsible for the interaction with the identified extension of the-10 element. Interestingly, a similar protein motif is found C-terminal of domain σ2 in canonical ECF σ factors, at a position where it is expected to interact with a conserved motif further upstream of the-10 element. Moreover, the phiEco32 ECF σ factor lacks a recognizable-35 element and σ4 domain, which we identify in a homologous phage, 7-11, indicating that the extended -10 element can compensate for the lack of-35 element interactions. Overall, the results reveal greater flexibility in promoter recognition by ECF σ factors than previously recognized and raise the possibility that mixing and matching also apply to this group, a notion that remains to be biochemically tested.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/379
ISSN: 0021-9193
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00244-16
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