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Positive control of a global antioxidant defense regulon activated by superoxide-generating agents in Escherichia coli.

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Greenberg, J T, Monach, P, Chou, J H, Josephy, P D, Demple, B·1990·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Escherichia coli responds to superoxide-generating agents by inducing approximately 40 proteins. We have identified a genetic locus, soxR (superoxide response), that positively regulates 9 of these proteins during superoxide stress. Induction under soxR control is at the transcriptional level, as shown with lac fusions to five paraquat-inducible promoters. Members of the soxR regulon include at least three proteins with demonstrable antioxidant roles: Mn-containing superoxide dismutase (which destroys superoxide radicals), endonuclease IV (which repairs radical-induced damages in DNA), and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (which produces NADPH). Induction of the soxR regulon also leads to diminished levels of the major outer membrane protein OmpF and alteration of the small-subunit ribosomal protein S6. These latter changes confer resistance to a variety of antibiotics. The soxR regulon may thus operate as an inducible defense against xenobiotics in general.

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Authors
Greenberg, J. T., Monach, P., Chou, J. H., Josephy, P. D., & Demple, B.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
1990-08
Volume
87
Issue
16
Pages
6181-6185
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
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journal article
Language
en
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Greenberg, J. T., Monach, P., Chou, J. H., Josephy, P. D., & Demple, B. (1990). Positive control of a global antioxidant defense regulon activated by superoxide-generating agents in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.87.16.6181

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