Rv3133c/<i>dosR</i> is a transcription factor that mediates the hypoxic response of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>

Molecular Microbiology - Tập 48 Số 3 - Trang 833-843 - 2003
Heui-Dong Park1, Kristi M. Guinn, Maria I. Harrell, Reiling Liao, Martin I. Voskuil, Martin Tompa, Gary K. Schoolnik, David R. Sherman
1Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

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SummaryUnlike many pathogens that are overtly harmful to their hosts, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can persist for years within humans in a clinically latent state. Latency is often linked to hypoxic conditions within the host. Among M. tuberculosis genes induced by hypoxia is a putative transcription factor, Rv3133c/DosR. We performed targeted disruption of this locus followed by transcriptome analysis of wild‐type and mutant bacilli. Nearly all the genes powerfully regulated by hypoxia require Rv3133c/DosR for their induction. Computer analysis identified a consensus motif, a variant of which is located upstream of nearly all M. tuberculosis genes rapidly induced by hypoxia. Further, Rv3133c/DosR binds to the two copies of this motif upstream of the hypoxic response gene alpha‐crystallin. Mutations within the binding sites abolish both Rv3133c/DosR binding as well as hypoxic induction of a downstream reporter gene. Also, mutation experiments with Rv3133c/DosR confirmed sequence‐based predictions that the C‐terminus is responsible for DNA binding and that the aspartate at position 54 is essential for function. Together, these results demonstrate that Rv3133c/DosR is a transcription factor of the two‐component response regulator class, and that it is the primary mediator of a hypoxic signal within M. tuberculosis.

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Molecular Microbiology

Tập 48 Số 3

833-843

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