A 5' leader sequence regulates expression of methanosarcinal CO dehydrogenase/acetyl coenzyme A synthase

J Bacteriol. 2009 Nov;191(22):7123-8. doi: 10.1128/JB.00731-09. Epub 2009 Sep 18.

Abstract

In vivo expression of CO dehydrogenase/acetyl coenzyme A synthase in Methanosarcina spp. is coordinately regulated in response to substrate by at least two mechanisms: differential transcription initiation and early elongation termination near the 3' end of a 371-bp leader sequence. This is the first report of regulation of transcription elongation in the Archaea.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • 5' Untranslated Regions / genetics
  • 5' Untranslated Regions / physiology
  • Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / genetics
  • Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / physiology*
  • Archaeal Proteins / genetics
  • Archaeal Proteins / physiology
  • Base Sequence
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Archaeal / genetics
  • Methanosarcina / enzymology*
  • Methanosarcina / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Multienzyme Complexes / genetics
  • Multienzyme Complexes / physiology*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Transcription, Genetic / genetics

Substances

  • 5' Untranslated Regions
  • Archaeal Proteins
  • Multienzyme Complexes
  • Aldehyde Oxidoreductases
  • carbon monoxide dehydrogenase