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Rhodobacter sphaeroides has a complex chemosensory system, with several loci encoding multiple homologues of the components required for chemosensing in Escherichia coli. The operons cheOp2 and cheOp3 each encode complete pathways, and both are essential for chemosensing. The components of cheOp2 are predominantly localized to the cell pole, whereas those encoded by cheOp3 are predominantly targeted to a discrete cluster in the cytoplasm. Here we show that the expression of the two pathways is regulated independently. Overlapping promoters recognized by σ28 and σ70 RNAP holoenzyme transcribe cheOp2, whereas cheOp3 is regulated by one of the four σ54 homologues, RpoN3. The different regulation of these operons may reflect the need for balancing responses to extra- and intracellular signals under different growth conditions. Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Original publication

DOI

10.1128/JB.00964-06

Type

Journal article

Journal

Journal of Bacteriology

Publication Date

01/11/2006

Volume

188

Pages

7932 - 7940