fis
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DNA-binding protein Fis | |||||||
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fis is an ). Fis is one of the most abundant DNA binding proteins in Escherichia coli under nutrient-rich growth conditions.
History
Fis was first discovered for its role in stimulating Gin catalyzed inversion of the G segment of phage Mu genome.[1] Fis was originally identified as the factor for inversion stimulation of the homologous Hin and Gin site-specific DNA recombinases of Salmonella and phage Mu, respectively. This small, basic, DNA-bending protein has recently been shown to function in many other reactions including phage lambda site-specific recombination, transcriptional activation of rRNA and tRNA operons, repression of its own synthesis, and oriC-directed DNA replication. Cellular concentrations of Fis vary tremendously under different growth conditions which may have important regulatory implications for the physiological role of Fis in these different reactions.[2]
Structure
Structurally, Fis folds into four
Properties and functions
Fis is a very important small nucleotide-associated protein which plays a role in affecting the bacterial chromosome structure and the initiation of DNA replication.[4] It is a nucleoid-associated protein in Escherichia coli that is abundant during early exponential growth in rich medium but is in short supply during stationary phase.[5] When stationary-phase cells are subcultured into a rich medium, Fis levels increase from less than 100 to over 50,000 copies per cell prior to the first cell division. As cells enter exponential growth, nascent synthesis is largely shut off, and intracellular Fis levels decrease as a function of cell division. Fis synthesis also transiently increases when exponentially growing cells are shifted to a richer medium. The magnitude of the peak of Fis synthesis appears to reflect the extent of the nutritional upshift. fis mRNA levels closely resemble the protein expression pattern, suggesting that regulation occurs largely at the transcriptional level. Two RNA polymerase-binding sites and at least six high-affinity Fis-binding sites are present in the fis promoter region. Expression of this fis operon is negatively regulated by Fis in vivo and purified Fis can prevent stable complex formation by RNA polymerase at the fis promoter in vitro. However, autoregulation only partially accounts for the expression pattern of Fis. Fluctuations in Fis levels have been shown to serve as an early signal of a nutritional upshift and is important in the physiological roles Fis plays in the cell.[6]
It is a global regulatory protein in
Fis has been known to activate ribosomal RNA transcription, as well other genes. It has a direct role in upstream activation of rRNA promoters. Fis binds to a recombinational enhancer sequence that is required to stimulate
It has been shown that sequences from 32 to 94
Fis has been deemed a bacterial chromatin architectural protein.[11] Besides modulating chromatin architecture, it is known to influence numerous promoters of E. coli and several other bacteria. Both in vivo and in vitro studies indicate that Fis acts as a transcriptional repressor of ''mom'' promoter. There is data that shows Fis mediates its repressive effect by denying access to RNA polymerase at the mom promoter. combined A repressive effect of Fis and previously characterized negative regulatory factors could be responsible to keep the gene silenced most of the time. In addition to bringing about overall downregulation of the Mu genome, it also ensures silencing of the advantageous but potentially lethal mom gene.[12]
Fis as a critical regulator of capsule expression. Fis is also involved in the regulation of a range of genes in bacterial species such as P. multocida, Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,[13] similar organisms. Some of these genes include important virulence factors.[14]
Role of Fis in bacterial motility
The role of fis is well studied in E. coli, but its role in
It was demonstrated that Fis is essential for the stability of the linear
Fis buffers decrease of negative supercoiling in tyrT and rrnA expression. The upstream FIS binding site of rrnA is required for this and it's probable that FIS enables local DNA curvature. See Travers and Muskhelishvili 2005 for more detail.
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