Negative regulation of β and β' synthesis by RNA polymerase
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- Vol. 183 (3) , 514-517
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00268773
Abstract
The genes for the β and β' subunits of RNA polymerase, rpoB and rpoC, and the genes for the two ribosomal proteins, rplL and rplJ, are part of the β operon. Although this operon contains a single strong promoter, the genes of the operon are not always coordinately expressed in vivo. This has now been confirmed in vitro where the lack of coordinate expression has been shown to be correlated with the selective inhibition of rpoB and rpoC gene expression by RNA polymerase. Rifampicin, which stops the initiation of transcription, also relieves this autogenous inhibition of β and β' (ββ') synthesis. The inhibitory action of RNA polymerase and its reversal by rifampicin most likely occurs at a posttranscriptional or translational level.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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