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Structural highlights

Function

SIGR_STRCO 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 an anti-sigma factor (RsrA) until released. Responds to thiol-oxidative stress, involved in regulation of about 30 genes and operons, including the thioredoxin system (trxB-trxA, trxC), ribosomal protein L31, RNA polymerase-binding protein RbpA and mycothiol (MSH) biosynthetic (mshA) and recycling genes (mca). In conjunction with its cognate anti-sigma factor RsrA may sense the intracellular level of reduced MSH.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Evolutionary Conservation

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See Also

• Sigma factor 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Kang JG, Paget MS, Seok YJ, Hahn MY, Bae JB, Hahn JS, Kleanthous C, Buttner MJ, Roe JH. RsrA, an anti-sigma factor regulated by redox change. EMBO J. 1999 Aug 2;18(15):4292-8. PMID:10428967 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emboj/18.15.4292
2. ↑ Paget MS, Molle V, Cohen G, Aharonowitz Y, Buttner MJ. Defining the disulphide stress response in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): identification of the sigmaR regulon. Mol Microbiol. 2001 Nov;42(4):1007-20. PMID:11737643
3. ↑ Li W, Bottrill AR, Bibb MJ, Buttner MJ, Paget MS, Kleanthous C. The Role of zinc in the disulphide stress-regulated anti-sigma factor RsrA from Streptomyces coelicolor. J Mol Biol. 2003 Oct 17;333(2):461-72. PMID:14529630 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022283603010763
4. ↑ Paget MS, Kang JG, Roe JH, Buttner MJ. sigmaR, an RNA polymerase sigma factor that modulates expression of the thioredoxin system in response to oxidative stress in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). EMBO J. 1998 Oct 1;17(19):5776-82. PMID:9755177 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emboj/17.19.5776