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MyfF, an element of the network regulating the synthesis of fibrillae in Yersinia enterocolitica

Iriarte, M. and Cornelis, G. R.. (1995) MyfF, an element of the network regulating the synthesis of fibrillae in Yersinia enterocolitica. Journal of bacteriology, Vol. 177, H. 3. pp. 738-744.

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Abstract

The Yersinia enterocolitica surface antigen Myf is a fibrillar structure that resembles CS3 fimbriae. Gene myfA encodes the 21-kDa major subunit of the antigen, while genes myfB and myfC are required for the transport and assembly of pilin subunits at the bacterial cell surface. Here we show that the expression of Myf is regulated at the transcriptional level by temperature and pH. Gene myfA is transcribed at 37 degrees C and in acidic medium. The transcription start is preceded by a putative -10 box for the vegetative RNA polymerase as well as by sequences resembling the consensus sequence recognized by sigma 28. Thus, myfA could be transcribed either from a classical sigma 70 promoter or from a sigma 28 promoter. Transcription of myfA requires at least two genes, myfF and myfE, situated immediately upstream from myfA. The myfF product does not show similarity to any known regulatory protein. It is an 18.5-kDa protein with no typical helix-turn-helix motif and a unique hydrophobic domain in the NH2-terminal part. T7 expression, osmotic shock, fractionation experiments, and TnphoA fusion analyses carried out in Escherichia coli suggest that MyfF is associated with the inner membrane by means of its hydrophobic domain whereas the hydrophilic part protrudes in the periplasm. These features strikingly evoke ToxS, a protein involved in regulation of Tcp pilus production in Vibrio cholerae. MyfE resembles PsaE, a protein involved in regulation of pH6 antigen in Yersinia pestis. Genes myfF and myfE are presumably part of a whole regulatory network. MyfF could be an element of the signal transducing system.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Molecular Microbiology (Cornelis)
UniBasel Contributors:Cornelis, Guy R.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:American Society for Microbiology
ISSN:1098-5530
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:22 Mar 2012 13:22

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