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Genome-Wide Analysis of the General Stress Response Network in Escherichia coli:
S-Dependent Genes, Promoters, and Sigma Factor Selectivity
Harald Weber,1
Tino Polen,2
Johanna Heuveling,1
Volker F. Wendisch,2 and
Regine Hengge1*
Institut für Biologie, Mikrobiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin,1
Institut für Biotechnologie I, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany2
Received 3 August 2004/
Accepted 22 November 2004
The
S (or RpoS) subunit of RNA polymerase is the master regulator of the general stress response in Escherichia coli. While nearly absent in rapidly growing cells,
S is strongly induced during entry into stationary phase and/or many other stress conditions and is essential for the expression of multiple stress resistances. Genome-wide expression profiling data presented here indicate that up to 10% of the E. coli genes are under direct or indirect control of
S and that
S should be considered a second vegetative sigma factor with a major impact not only on stress tolerance but on the entire cell physiology under nonoptimal growth conditions. This large data set allowed us to unequivocally identify a
S consensus promoter in silico. Moreover, our results suggest that
S-dependent genes represent a regulatory network with complex internal control (as exemplified by the acid resistance genes). This network also exhibits extensive regulatory overlaps with other global regulons (e.g., the cyclic AMP receptor protein regulon). In addition, the global regulatory protein Lrp was found to affect
S and/or
70 selectivity of many promoters. These observations indicate that certain modules of the
S-dependent general stress response can be temporarily recruited by stress-specific regulons, which are controlled by other stress-responsive regulators that act together with
70 RNA polymerase. Thus, not only the expression of genes within a regulatory network but also the architecture of the network itself can be subject to regulation.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Biologie, Mikrobiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 12-16a, 14195 Berlin, Germany. Phone: 49-30-838-53119. Fax: 49-30-838-53118. E-mail: Rhenggea{at}zedat.fu-berlin.de.
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Journal of Bacteriology, March 2005, p. 1591-1603, Vol. 187, No. 5
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