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RESULTS Both ∆61 wild-type and ∆61 D constructs had low activity at low superhelical density, about tenfold higher activity at near physiological density and a lower, but intermediate, activity on hypernegatively supercoiled plasmid. However the two promoters differed in their response to varying superhelicity in the presence of the UAS. The wild-type promoter had an enhanced response to superhelicity. Again the promoter lacked significant activity at low superhelicity but was strongly activated at nearphysiological superhelical density and notably, activity was further increased with the hypernegatively supercoiled plasmid, similar to the effect observed by Bowater et al [Bowater et al., 1994]. However, with the discriminator mutant the presence UAS substantially increased promoter activity at all superhelical densities tested but did not alter the profile of the response. In sharp contrast the activities of the tyrTS and tyrT35U mutant promoters lacking the UAS were much less dependent on variations in superhelicity with both of these promoters exhibiting high activity in vivo at low superhelical density. Thus the loss of dependence on supercoiling was accompanied by a comparable loss of dependence on the UAS containing FIS binding sites. The relative activities of the promoters in this genetic background differ somewhat from those observed in CSH50 as also did the dependence of the activity of the discriminator mutant on the UAS. 3.2.4 Dependence of promoter activity on superhelical density in vitro The in vivo results on the supercoiling sensitivity of promoter constructs were verified by in vitro transcription assays with truncated wild-type and mutant promoter constructs. Transcription was performed using supercoiled and linearized templates. We observed higher levels of transcription from mutants compared to the wild-type on linearized template, while transcription of supercoiled template is comparable between the wild-type and the mutants (Figure 19). Of all the mutants, 35U shows highest activity on the linear template and is also least sensitive to changes of supercoiling as seen in the in vivo experiments (Figure 18). 53
RESULTS Figure 19: In vitro transcription of ∆61 constructs of wild type and derivatives. In vitro transcription assay was performed from supercoiled (σ = -0.075) and linearized templates. Transcripts originating from bla gene on the same plasmid is also shown. SC – supercoiled templates; lin – linear templates. The tyrT wild-type and tyrTD promoter constructs, which clearly showed sensitivity to supercoiling, were investigated in more detail to elucidate the extent of activation by FIS at different superhelical densities. The activity of the wild-type promoter showed a more strict dependence on supercoiling level for its activity, while tyrTD was active under a broader range of superhelical densities (Figure 20A). Presence of FIS was seen to activate the transcription at all supercoiling levels in both wild-type and the discriminator mutant, but the activation of the wild-type was more significant under non-optimal supercoiling levels (σ = - 0.036 & -0.068) (Figure 20B). 3.2.5 Effects of promoter mutations on the function Since the data obtained implicated the mutations in the core promoter region in the altered sensitivity to both supercoiling and FIS we next investigated the effects of these mutations on promoter function by using potassium permanganate footprinting 54
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ABSTRACT promoter region determines
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS first impression o
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.2.5 Preparation
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LIST OF TABLES List of tables Table
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ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations ∆61
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ABBREVIATIONS TBE Tris TS tyrT35U t
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APPENDIX I fabB b2323 0.6336 0.0043
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APPENDIX I ibpA b3687 2.4960 0.0181
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