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EσG-dependent transcription of the splAB operon in the forespore at stage III of Bacillus subtilis sporulation initiates from two promoters, P1 preceding splA (major) and P3 preceding splB (minor). To explore the possible role of splA in controlling splB-encoded spore photoproduct lyase expression, we measured β-galactosidase from splB-lacZ fusions integrated at the SPβ prophage locus which contained point mutations or deletions which either inactivated or physically removed P1 and/or splA. Paradoxically, inactivation of P1 by point mutation or its removal by deletion from upstream resulted in elevated β-galactosidase expression of the resulting splB-lacZ fusion, as did an in-frame deletion of splA which left P1 and P3 intact; however, expression of all fusions remained sporulation specific and EσG dependent.
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Received: 13 July 1996 / Accepted: 26 August 1996
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Pedraza-Reyes, M., Gutiérrez-Corona, F. & Nicholson, W. Spore Photoproduct Lyase Operon (splAB) Regulation During Bacillus subtilis Sporulation: Modulation of splB-lacZ Fusion Expression by P1 Promoter Mutations and by an In-Frame Deletion of splA . Curr Microbiol 34 , 133 –137 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002849900157
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002849900157