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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
In the oligotrophic freshwater bacterium Caulobacter crescentus, D-xylose induces expression of over 50 genes, including the xyl operon, which encodes key enzymes for xylose metabolism. The promoter (P(xylX)) controlling expression of the xyl operon is widely used as a tool for inducible heterologous gene expression in C. crescentus. We show here that P(xylX) and at least one other promoter in the xylose regulon (P(xylE)) are controlled by the CC3065 (xylR) gene product, a LacI-type repressor. Electrophoretic gel mobility shift assays showed that operator binding by XylR is greatly reduced in the presence of D-xylose. The data support the hypothesis that there is a simple regulatory mechanism in which XylR obstructs xylose-inducible promoters in the absence of the sugar; the repressor is induced to release DNA upon binding D-xylose, thereby freeing the promoter for productive interaction with RNA polymerase. XylR also has an effect on glucose metabolism, as xylR mutants exhibit reduced expression of the Entner-Doudoroff operon and their ability to utilize glucose as a sole carbon and energy source is compromised.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1098-5530
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
189
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8828-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of D-xylose metabolism in Caulobacter crescentus by a LacI-type repressor.
pubmed:affiliation
Biology Department, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA. CStephens@scu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't