ppGpp regulation of RpoS degradation via anti-adaptor protein IraP
- 31 July 2007
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 104 (31) , 12896-12901
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0705561104
Abstract
IraP is a small protein that interferes with the delivery of sigma(S) (RpoS) to the ClpXP protease by blocking the action of RssB, an adaptor protein for sigma(S) degradation. IraP was previously shown to mediate stabilization of sigma(S) during phosphate starvation. Here, we show that iraP is transcribed in response to phosphate starvation; this response is mediated by ppGpp. The iraP promoter is positively regulated by ppGpp, dependent on the discriminator region of the iraP promoter. Sensing of phosphate starvation requires SpoT but not RelA. The results demonstrate a target for positive regulation by ppGpp and suggest that the cell use of ppGpp to mediate a variety of starvation responses operates in part by modulating sigma(S) levels.Keywords
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