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Published on: February 23, 2021
Optimization of a two-plasmid system for the identification of promoters recognized by RNA polymerase containing
Dagmar Homerova1, Markus Bischoff, Alexis Dumolin
1Institute of Molecular Biology, Center of Excellence for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 21, 845 51 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Abstract:
We optimized a previously established two-plasmid system for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus promoters that are recognized by the alternative transcription factor sigma(B). The method allowed the identification of 18 S. aureus sigma(B)-dependent promoters, 12 of which are reported here for the first time to be sigma(B)-dependent. S1-nuclease mapping of the respective transcriptional start points revealed that all the promoters contained sequences exhibiting high similarity to the consensus sequence of Bacillus subtilis sigma(B)-dependent promoters. The promoters governed expression of genes encoding proteins proposed to be involved in various cellular functions, including the stress response genes and virulence-associated clfA gene for fibrinogen-binding clumping factor. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences upstream of the identified transcription start points identified a sigma(B) consensus promoter (GttTaa-N(12-15)-gGGTAt) that is highly homologous to that of sigma(B) of B. subtilis.

