GroEL/GroES chaperone and Lon protease regulate expression of the Vibrio fischeri lux operon in Escherichia coli |
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Authors: | I. V. Manukhov V. Yu. Kotova G. B. Zavilgelsky |
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Affiliation: | (1) State Research Center GosNIIgenetika, Moscow, 117545, Russia |
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Abstract: | Chaperone GroEL/GroES and Lon protease were shown to play a role in regulating the expression of the Vibrio fischeri lux operon cloned in Escherichia coli cells. The E. coli groE mutant carrying a plasmid with the full-length V. fischeri lux regulon showed a decreased bioluminescence. The bioluminescence intensity was high in E. coli cells with mutant lonA and the same plasmid. Bioluminescence induction curves lacked the lag period characteristic of lon + strains. Regulatory luxR of V. fischeri was cloned in pGEX-KG to produce the hybrid gene GST-luxR. The product of its expression, GST-LuxR, was isolated together with GroEL and Lon upon affinity chromatography on a column with glutathione-agarose, suggesting complexation of LuxR with these proteins. It was assumed that GroEL/GroES is involved in LuxR folding, while Lon protease degrades LuxR before its folding into an active globule or after denaturation. |
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