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P_comAB, a CSP inducible promoter derived from Streptococcus pneumoniae

CSP-depending promoter of Streptococcus pneumoniae (R6). This regulatory site has been shown to trigger ComE dependent expression in S. pneumoniae [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=comE%2FcomE~P+interplay].

CSP, a 17 amino acids long peptide pheromone, binds to and consequently activates the membrane-embedded sensor kinase ComD by changing the conformation of the polytopic kinase. ComD autophosphorylates and subsequently transphosphorylates the cognate response regulator ComE. ComE acts as transcription activator via binding to -10 promoters regions of early and late competence genes. These ComE binding sites (CEbs) consist of a 9 bp direct repeat separated by a stretch of 12 nucleotides [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23216914 (Martin et al. 2013)]. BBa_K1351024 is another BioBrick containing comC promoter of S. pneumoniae with an other CEbs.

ComE dependent promoters containing bases matching (blue) and differing (red) from the CEbs consensus sequence. (figure modified from [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23216914 Martin et al. 2013)]

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Sites of restriction enzymes generating compatible overhangs have the same color: EcoRI and PstI in blue, NotI in green, XbaI and SpeI in red.

Sequence and Features

References

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1. 1 ComE/ComE~P interplay dictates activation or extinction status of pneumococcal X-state (competence). Martin et al (2012) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=comE%2FcomE~P+interplay]

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