Genome-wide identification of Bacillus subtilis Zur-binding sites associated with a Zur box expands its known regulatory network

BMC Microbiology

Sandrine Auger¹  Philippe Noirot¹  Eric Prestel¹ 

[1] AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, F-78352, France

关键词: Disulfide stress;    Zinc homeostasis;    ChIP-on-chip;    B. subtilis;    Zur regulator;   

Others  :  1137579
DOI  :  10.1186/s12866-015-0345-4

 received in 2014-09-23, accepted in 2015-01-13,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

The Bacillus subtilis Zur transcription factor recognizes a specific DNA motif, the Zur box, to repress expression of genes in response to zinc availability. Although several Zur-regulated genes are well characterized, a genome-wide mapping of Zur-binding sites is needed to define further the set of genes directly regulated by this protein.

Results

Using chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with hybridization to DNA tiling arrays (ChIP-on-chip), we reported the identification of 80 inter- and intragenic chromosomal sites bound by Zur. Seven Zur-binding regions constitute the Zur primary regulon while 35 newly identified targets were associated with a predicted Zur box. Using transcriptional fusions an intragenic Zur box was showed to promote a full Zur-mediated repression when placed within a promoter region. In addition, intragenic Zur boxes appeared to mediate a transcriptional cis-repressive effect (4- to 9-fold) but the function of Zur at these sites remains unclear. Zur binding to intragenic Zur boxes could prime an intricate mechanisms of regulation of the transcription elongation, possibly with other transcriptional factors. However, the disruption of zinc homeostasis in Δzur cells likely affects many cellular processes masking direct Zur-dependent effects. Finally, most Zur-binding sites were located near or within genes responsive to disulfide stress. These findings expand the potential Zur regulon and reveal unknown interconnections between zinc and redox homeostasis regulatory networks.

Conclusions

Our findings considerably expand the potential Zur regulon, and reveal a new level of complexity in Zur binding to its targets via a Zur box motif and via a yet unknown mechanism that remains to be characterized.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Prestel et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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