Interactions between Two MerR Regulators and Three Operator/Promoter Regions in the Mercury Resistance Module of Bacillus megaterium

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• The mercury resistance module of Bacillus transposon TnMERI1 is regulated by three operator/promoter regions (O/PmerB3, O/PmerR1, and O/PmerR2) and two regulatory proteins (MerR1 and MerR2) encoded by the module itself. To clarify the roles of MerR1 and MerR2 in the regulatory mechanism, both proteins were overexpressed and purified. MerR1 bound the regulatory regions O/PmerB3 and O/PmerR1, with a preference for O/PmerB3 as measured on in vitro gel shift assays. However, MerR2 bound O/PmerR2, as revealed by gel shift and restriction endonuclease protection assays. The transcriptional start sites of O/PmerB3 and O/PmerR2 were determined by rapid amplification of 5′-cDNA ends (5′-RACE) in the TnMERI1 original host, Bacillus megaterium strain MB1. Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays showed that O/PmerB3 and O/PmerR1 were induced in the presence of Hg2+ but not O/PmerR2. It was concluded that MerR1 regulates O/PmerB3 and O/PmerR1, while MerR2 regulates O/PmerR2.

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著者

• Huang Chieh-chen

  Department Of Life Sciences National Chung Hsing University

• CHEN Ching-Yi

  Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University

• HSIEH Ju-Liang

  Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University

• SILVER Simon

  Department of Microbiology and Immunology, M/C 790, Room E704, University of Illinois at Chicago

• ENDO Ginro

  Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku Gakuin University

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