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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-26
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A 4-kb fragment of the M. tuberculosis chromosome was identified which contains several genes including those involved in cell division and possibly macrophage survival. DNA sequence analysis revealed open reading frames (ORFs) encoding putative proteins bearing significant homology with proteins FtsX and FtsE associated with cell division in E. coli, with PemK protein which inhibits cell division in E. coli harboring plasmid R100 and with SmpB protein of Salmonella typhimurium implicated in its survival within macrophages. The ftsX gene is conserved among mycobacteria belonging to the M. tuberculosis Complex. Furthermore, ftsX-specific transcripts were prevalent in equivalent amounts in M. tuberculosis H37Rv and H37Ra as analyzed by RT-PCR and primer extension. Transcription start points (tsp) a and b map in the region upstream of the FtsX ORF whose promoter activity was established by (i) a promoter-fusion experiment and (ii) by mapping the 5' ends of transcripts derived from the promoter-fusion construct. FtsX transcription is modulated as a function of mycobacterial growth and division status, maximum expression being observed in log phase cells. Growth-related expression of ftsX may provide a basis for developing a marker to distinguish actively replicating M. tuberculosis cells from quiescent mycobacteria.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Cycle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Bacterial, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Viral, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Escherichia coli Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FtsE protein, E coli, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Genetic Markers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PemK protein, E coli
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
177
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
59-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8921846-ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Genetic Markers, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8921846-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
An M. tuberculosis DNA fragment contains genes encoding cell division proteins ftsX and ftsE, a basic protein and homologues of PemK and small protein B.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. ist@aiims.ernet.in
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.