Regulation of dndB Gene Expression in Streptomyces lividans

DNA sulfur modification is a unique modification occurring in the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA, with a nonbridging oxygen atom substituted with sulfur in a sequence-specific and p stereo-specific manner. Bioinformatics, RNA-seq, and transcriptional analyses have shown that DNA sulfur modification...

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Published in:Frontiers in microbiology 2018-10, Vol.9, p.2387-2387
Main Authors: Dai, Daofeng, Pu, Tianning, Liang, Jingdan, Wang, Zhijun, Tang, Aifa
Format: Article
Language:English
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DNA sulfur modification
dndB gene
epigenetic regulation
Microbiology
Streptomyces lividans
transcriptional regulation
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Summary:DNA sulfur modification is a unique modification occurring in the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA, with a nonbridging oxygen atom substituted with sulfur in a sequence-specific and p stereo-specific manner. Bioinformatics, RNA-seq, and transcriptional analyses have shown that DNA sulfur modification may be involved in epigenetic regulation. However, the evidence supporting this assertion is not convincing. Here, we aimed to characterize two sulfur-modified sites near the promoter region in . Single mutation of either site had no effect on transcription, whereas double mutation of both sites significantly elevated expression. These findings suggested that DNA sulfur modification affected gene expression, and the role of DNA sulfur modification in epigenetic regulation depended on the number of sulfur-modified sites. We also identified an inverted repeat, the R repeat sequence, and showed that this sequence participated in the positive regulation of gene expression.
ISSN:1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02387