Abstract
Basing on a common signal previously identified in nine regions upstream of Escherichia coli genes regulated by ArcA, orthologous ArcA-regulated genes were identified in genomes of gamma-proteobacteria: Escherichia coli, Yersinia pestis, Pasteurella multocida, and Vibrio vulnificus. In addition to 10 genes in the training set, 23 new genes with conserved candidate ArcA-binding sites were identified. Fourteen of them have been described in the literature as transcriptionally regulated depending on the oxygen level. A candidate site upstream of arcA makes it plausible that this gene is autoregulated by the negative feedback loop mechanism.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | S21-S25 |
Journal | Biophysics |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | SUPPL1 |
State | Published - 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aerobic-anaerobic switch
- ArcA
- Gamma-proteobacteria
- Gibbs sampler
- Protein binding site
- Protein-DNA binding
- Regulation of transcription
- SeSiMCMC
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics