THE N-TERMINAL PART OF THE ESCHERICHIA-COLI DNA-BINDING PROTEIN FIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR STIMULATING SITE-SPECIFIC DNA INVERSION BUT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING

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KOCH, C [1 ]
NINNEMANN, O [1 ]
FUSS, H [1 ]
KAHMANN, R [1 ]
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[1] INST GENBIOL FORSCH BERLIN GMBH,IHNESTR 63,W-1000 BERLIN 33,GERMANY
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10.1093/nar/19.21.5915
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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FIS protein is involved in several different cellular processes stimulating site-specific recombination in phages Mu and lambda as well as transcription of stable RNA operons in E. coli. We have performed a mutational analysis of fis and provide genetic and biochemical evidence that a truncated version of FIS lacking the N-terminal region is sufficient for specific DNA binding and for stimulating lambda-excision. These mutants also retain their ability to autoregulate fis gene expression. Such mutant proteins, however, cannot stimulate the enhancer dependent DNA inversion reaction.
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