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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
Transcription of the antiphagocytic M protein in the group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes) is environmentally regulated in response to CO2 and requires Mry, a trans-acting positive regulatory protein. We have examined the role of Mry in environmental regulation by analysing the factors that regulate expression of the gene that encodes Mry (mry). By employing a strategy that utilizes integrational plasmids, it was found that expression of mry requires the participation of DNA sequences that extend 473 base pairs upstream of the Mry coding region. Transcription of mry, as analysed in S1 nuclease protection assays, is initiated from two separate promoters located within this extended regulatory region. Construction and analysis of transcriptional fusions between the mry promoters and a promoterless chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene demonstrated that mry is autoregulated and environmentally regulated in response to the level of CO2. These data suggest a model for the regulation of virulence in S. pyogenes where positive transcriptional control of mry in response to environmental stimuli regulates the expression of the M protein.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:geneSymbol
emm12, emm6.1, mry, mry-1, virR
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
893-903
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Positive transcriptional control of mry regulates virulence in the group A streptococcus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110-1093.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.