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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-21
pubmed:abstractText
We have examined the roles of pap DNA methylation patterns in the regulation of the switch between phase ON and OFF pyelonephritis-associated pili (Pap) expression states in E. coli. Two Dam methyltransferase sites, GATC1028 and GATC1130, were shown previously to be differentially methylated in phase ON versus phase OFF cells. In work presented here, these sites were mutated so that they could not be methylated, and the effects of these mutations on Pap phase variation were examined. Our results show that methylation of GATC1028 blocks formation of the ON state by inhibiting the binding of Lrp and PapI regulatory proteins to this site. Conversely, methylation of GATC1130 is required for the ON state. Evidence indicates that this occurs by the inhibition of binding of Lrp to sites overlapping the pilin promoter. A model describing how the transition between the phase ON and OFF methylation states might occur is presented.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Bacterial, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dam methyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Escherichia coli Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Leucine-Responsive Regulatory..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lrp protein, E coli, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Methyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Site-Specific..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/dam protein, E coli
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:geneSymbol
lacY, lacZ, pap, papB, papI
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
577-88
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Fimbriae, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Methyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific), pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:7906204-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Methylation patterns in pap regulatory DNA control pyelonephritis-associated pili phase variation in E. coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City 84132.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.