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Structural highlights

Function

RPOE_ECOLI Sigma factors are initiation factors that promote the attachment of RNA polymerase (RNAP) to specific initiation sites and are then released. Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma-E controls the envelope stress response, responding to periplasmic protein stress, increased levels of periplasmic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as well as heat shock and oxidative stress; it controls protein processing in the extracytoplasmic compartment. The 90 member regulon consists of the genes necessary for the synthesis and maintenance of both proteins and LPS of the outer membrane.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} SIGW_BACSU Sigma factors are initiation factors that promote the attachment of RNA polymerase to specific initiation sites and are then released. Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors are held in an inactive form by a cognate anti-sigma factor (RsiW for this protein) until released by regulated membrane proteolysis. Sigma-W controls genes involved in transport processes and detoxification.^{[7] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Raina S, Missiakas D, Georgopoulos C. The rpoE gene encoding the sigma E (sigma 24) heat shock sigma factor of Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 1995 Mar 1;14(5):1043-55. PMID:7889935
2. ↑ Rouviere PE, De Las Penas A, Mecsas J, Lu CZ, Rudd KE, Gross CA. rpoE, the gene encoding the second heat-shock sigma factor, sigma E, in Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 1995 Mar 1;14(5):1032-42. PMID:7889934
3. ↑ Erickson JW, Gross CA. Identification of the sigma E subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: a second alternate sigma factor involved in high-temperature gene expression. Genes Dev. 1989 Sep;3(9):1462-71. PMID:2691330
4. ↑ Missiakas D, Mayer MP, Lemaire M, Georgopoulos C, Raina S. Modulation of the Escherichia coli sigmaE (RpoE) heat-shock transcription-factor activity by the RseA, RseB and RseC proteins. Mol Microbiol. 1997 Apr;24(2):355-71. PMID:9159522
5. ↑ De Las Penas A, Connolly L, Gross CA. The sigmaE-mediated response to extracytoplasmic stress in Escherichia coli is transduced by RseA and RseB, two negative regulators of sigmaE. Mol Microbiol. 1997 Apr;24(2):373-85. PMID:9159523
6. ↑ Rhodius VA, Suh WC, Nonaka G, West J, Gross CA. Conserved and variable functions of the sigmaE stress response in related genomes. PLoS Biol. 2006 Jan;4(1):e2. PMID:16336047 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040002
7. ↑ Helmann JD. The extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors. Adv Microb Physiol. 2002;46:47-110. PMID:12073657
8. ↑ Jung YG, Cho YB, Kim MS, Yoo JS, Hong SH, Roe JH. Determinants of redox sensitivity in RsrA, a zinc-containing anti-sigma factor for regulating thiol oxidative stress response. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Sep 1;39(17):7586-97. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr477. Epub 2011 , Jun 17. PMID:21685450 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr477