Summary
ResA is a positive regulator of genes for extracellular polysaccharide biosynthesis in the Enterobacteriaceae. The nucleotide sequence of the rcsA gene from Erwinia stewartii was determined and compared to rcsA sequences from E. amylovora, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Three highly conserved regions of the gene were identified. The C-terminal end of the open reading frame (ORF) shared significant amino acid homology to the LuxR class of bacterial activator proteins. Insertion and deletion mutagenesis of the 5′ non-coding region indicated that maximal expression of rcsA was dependent upon cis-acting regulatory sequences located more than 300 by upstream of the translational start site.
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Poetter, K., Coplin, D.L. Structural and functional analysis of the rcsA gene from Erwinia stewartii . Molec. Gen. Genet. 229, 155–160 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00264225
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