Corepression of the P1 Addiction Operon by Phd and Doc

Journal of Bacteriology - Tập 180 Số 23 - Trang 6342-6351 - 1998
Roy David Magnuson1, Michael B. Yarmolinsky1
1Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4225

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ABSTRACT The P1 plasmid addiction operon encodes Doc, a toxin that kills plasmid-free segregants, and Phd, an unstable antidote that neutralizes the toxin. Additionally, these products repress transcription of the operon. The antidote binds to two adjacent sites in the promoter. Here we present evidence concerning the regulatory role of the toxin, which we studied with the aid of a mutation, docH66Y . The DocH66Y protein retained the regulatory properties of the wild-type protein, but not its toxicity. In vivo, DocH66Y enhanced repression by Phd but failed to affect repression in the absence of Phd, suggesting that DocH66Y contacts Phd. In vitro, a MalE-DocH66Y fusion protein was found to bind Phd. Binding of toxin to antidote may be the physical basis for the neutralization of toxin. DocH66Y failed to bind DNA in vitro yet enhanced the affinity, cooperativity, and specificity with which Phd bound the operator. Although DocH66Y enhanced the binding of Phd to two adjacent Phd-binding sites, DocH66Y had relatively little effect on the binding of Phd to a single Phd-binding site, indicating that DocH66Y mediates cooperative interactions between adjacent Phd-binding sites. Several electrophoretically distinct protein-DNA complexes were observed with different amounts of DocH66Y relative to Phd. Maximal repression and specificity of DNA binding were observed with subsaturating amounts of DocH66Y relative to Phd. Analogous antidote-toxin pairs appear to have similar autoregulatory circuits. Autoregulation, by dampening fluctuations in the levels of toxin and antidote, may prevent the inappropriate activation of the toxin.

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Journal of Bacteriology

Tập 180 Số 23

6342-6351

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