Effects of σ factor competition are promoter initiation kinetics dependent
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Effects of σ factor competition are promoter initiation kinetics dependent. / Kandavalli, Vinodh K.; Tran, Huy; Ribeiro, Andre S.
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T1 - Effects of σ factor competition are promoter initiation kinetics dependent
AU - Kandavalli, Vinodh K.
AU - Tran, Huy
AU - Ribeiro, Andre S.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - In Escherichia coli, the expression of a σ factor is expected to indirectly down-regulate the expression of genes recognized by another σ factor, due to σ factor competition for a limited pool of RNA polymerase core enzymes. Evidence suggests that the sensitivity of genes to indirect down-regulation differs widely. We studied the variability in this sensitivity in promoters primarily recognized by RNAP holoenzymes carrying σ70. From qPCR and live single-cell, single-RNA measurements of the transcription kinetics of several σ70-dependent promoters in various conditions and from the analysis of σ factors population-dependent models of transcription initiation, we find that, the smaller is the time-scale of the closed complex formation relative to the open complex formation, the weaker is a promoter's responsiveness to changes in σ38 numbers. We conclude that, in E. coli, a promoter's responsiveness to indirect regulation by σ factor competition is determined by the sequence-dependent kinetics of the rate limiting steps of transcription initiation.
AB - In Escherichia coli, the expression of a σ factor is expected to indirectly down-regulate the expression of genes recognized by another σ factor, due to σ factor competition for a limited pool of RNA polymerase core enzymes. Evidence suggests that the sensitivity of genes to indirect down-regulation differs widely. We studied the variability in this sensitivity in promoters primarily recognized by RNAP holoenzymes carrying σ70. From qPCR and live single-cell, single-RNA measurements of the transcription kinetics of several σ70-dependent promoters in various conditions and from the analysis of σ factors population-dependent models of transcription initiation, we find that, the smaller is the time-scale of the closed complex formation relative to the open complex formation, the weaker is a promoter's responsiveness to changes in σ38 numbers. We conclude that, in E. coli, a promoter's responsiveness to indirect regulation by σ factor competition is determined by the sequence-dependent kinetics of the rate limiting steps of transcription initiation.
KW - Closed Complex Formation
KW - In vivo Transcription dynamics
KW - Open Complex Formation
KW - Single RNA detection
KW - σ Factors competition
U2 - 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.07.011
DO - 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.07.011
M3 - Article
VL - 1859
SP - 1281
EP - 1288
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Gene Regulatory Mechanisms
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Gene Regulatory Mechanisms
SN - 1874-9399
IS - 10
ER -