PMID:21926233

Citation	Uppal, S, Maurya, SR, Hire, RS and Jawali, N (2011) Cyclic AMP receptor protein regulates cspE, an early cold-inducible gene, in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 193:6142-51
Abstract	cspE, a member of the cspA family of cold shock proteins in Escherichia coli, is an early cold-inducible protein. The nucleic acid melting ability and transcription antiterminator activity of CspE have been reported to be critical for growth at low temperature. Here, we show that the cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP), a global regulator involved in sugar metabolism, upregulates cspE in E. coli. Sequence analysis of the cspE upstream region revealed a putative CRP target site centered at -61.5 relative to the transcription start. The binding of CRP to this target site was demonstrated using electrophoretic mobility shift assays. The presence of this site was shown to be essential for P(cspE) activation by CRP. Mutational analysis of the binding site indicated that the presence of an intact second core motif is more important than the first core motif for CRP-P(cspE) interaction. Based on the promoter architecture, we classified P(cspE) as a class I CRP-dependent promoter. This was further substantiated by our data demonstrating the involvement of the AR1 domain of CRP in P(cspE) transcription. Furthermore, the substitutions in the key residues of the RNA polymerase α-subunit C-terminal domain (α-CTD), which are important for class I CRP-dependent transcription, showed the involvement of 265 and 287 determinants in P(cspE) transcription. In addition, the deletion of crp led to a growth defect at low temperature, suggesting that CRP plays an important role in cold adaptation.
Links	PubMed PMC3209237 Online version:10.1128/JB.05728-11
Keywords	Base Sequence; Binding Sites; Cold Temperature; Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein/genetics; Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics; Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Protein Binding
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Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
ECOLI:CRP		GO:0009409: response to cold	ECO:0000315:		P		Figure 6 shows crp mutants show reduced cell growth compared to the WT at 15C.	complete CACAO 2524

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