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J Bacteriol. 1982 October; 152(1): 49-56

Regulatory region of the Klebsiella aerogenes tryptophan operon.

ABSTRACT

The trp operon of Klebsiella aerogenes was cloned, and its regulatory region was sequenced. Comparison with previously reported trp regulatory sequences of other enteric bacteria indicates that the K. aerogenes trp promoter-operator region is most similar to the corresponding region of Salmonella typhimurium. The trp leader regions of K. aerogenes and other enteric bacteria are organized similarly, but there are significant differences in the stabilities of the predicted secondary structures in their leader transcripts. These differences should make the K. aerogenes attenuator a weaker transcription termination site than any of the other attenuator regions studied; this was confirmed in in vitro transcription experiments. The sequence of the leader transcript and the precise site of in vitro termination were determined.