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Journal of Bacteriology, October 2006, p. 6953-6965, Vol. 188, No. 19
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00681-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Dual Role of the PhoP~P Response Regulator: Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB45 Phytase Gene Transcription Is Directed by Positive and Negative Interactions with the phyC Promoter{dagger}

Oliwia Makarewicz,1 Sarah Dubrac,2 Tarek Msadek,2 and Rainer Borriss1*

Institut für Biologie, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, D-10115 Berlin, Germany,1 Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram Positif, CNRS URA 2172, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr ROUX, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France2

Received 12 May 2006/ Accepted 17 July 2006

Several Bacillus strains secrete phytase, an enzyme catalyzing dephosphorylation of myo-inositol hexakisphosphate (phytate). We identified the phyC (phytase) gene from environmental Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB45 as a member of the phosphate starvation-inducible PhoPR regulon. In vivo and in vitro assays revealed that PhoP~P is essential for phyC transcription. The transcriptional start site was identified downstream of a {sigma}A-like promoter region located 27 bp upstream of the probable translation ATG start codon. Inspection of the phyC promoter sequence revealed an unusual structure. The –35 and –10 regions are separated by a window of 21 bp. A pair of tandemly repeated PhoP TT(T/A/C)ACA binding boxes was located within and upstream of the –35 consensus promoter region. A single PhoP box was found within the –10 consensus promoter region. DNase I footprinting experiments performed with isolated PhoP confirmed that PhoP~P binds at two sites overlapping with the phyC –35 and –10 consensus promoter region. While binding of dimeric PhoP~P at –35 is essential for activation of the phyC promoter, binding of PhoP~P at –10 suppresses promoter activity. A sixfold enhancement of phyC gene expression was registered after T:G substitution of nucleotide –13 (mutant MUT13), which eliminates PhoP binding at the single PhoP box without impairing the –10 consensus sequence. Moreover, MUT13 also expressed phyC during phosphate-replete growth, suggesting that the repressing effect due to binding of PhoP~P at –10 was abolished. A model is presented in which transcription initiation of phyC is positively and negatively affected by the actual concentration of the PhoP~P response regulator.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Biologie, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. Phone: 49 30 2093 8137. Fax: 49 30 2093 8127. E-mail: rainer.borriss{at}rz.hu-berlin.de.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://jb.asm.org/.

Journal of Bacteriology, October 2006, p. 6953-6965, Vol. 188, No. 19
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00681-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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