A 14-20kDa protein binds to the upstream region of the phtM operon involved in the synthesis of phaseolotoxin in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola NPS3121.

A 14-20kDa protein binds to the upstream region of the phtM operon involved in the synthesis of phaseolotoxin in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola NPS3121. Rev Argent Microbiol. 2017 Nov 10;: Authors: Álvarez-Morales A, Hernández-Morales A, Arvizu-Gómez JL Abstract Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola is a phytopathogenic bacterium in beans that produces a phytotoxin called phaseolotoxin, in whose synthesis a group of genes that belong to the "Pht cluster" are involved. This cluster comprises 23 genes arranged in 5 transcriptional units, two monocistronic (argK, phtL) and three polycistronic (phtA, phtD, phtM) operons, whose expression is increased at 18°C, correlating with the production of phaseolotoxin by the bacterium. So far, the regulatory mechanisms involved in phaseolotoxin synthesis are poorly understood and only the requirement of low temperatures for its synthesis has been demonstrated. Therefore, in this study we searched for regulatory proteins that could be involved in the phaseolotoxin synthesis, focusing on the regulation of the phtM operon. Gel shift assays showed that the promoter region of the phtM operon contains binding sites for putative regulatory proteins, which are encoded outside the Pht cluster and are independent of the GacS-GacA two-component system. Deletion assays with the promoter region of the phtM operon show that the binding site for a putative transcription factor is located within a 58bp ...
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