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Control of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin gene expression by environmental factors: involvement of the pilA/pilB regulatory genes

¹Unitée des Neisseria, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
²Station Centrale de Microscopie Electronique, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France

ABSTRACT

The control of the expression of the pilin gene (pilE) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae under a wide variety of growth conditions has been studied. The expression of pilE was measured using transcriptional fusions between pilE and the gene encoding chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT), and the level of pilin production was measured by Western blot analysis. Many of the conditions tested affected both growth rate and pilin gene expression (e.g. isoleucine, high osmolarity, high temperature, anaerobic growth, pH 6, urea and iron depletion). Changes in the level of many other proteins were also observed, depending on the conditions, indicating that gonococci undergo an adaptive response to environmental variations. Moreover, environment-induced changes in the level of many proteins, including pilin, seem to involve the pilA/pilB regulatory system, which has been previously proposed to modulate the expression of the gonococcal pilin gene.

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