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  • Title: Characterization of an ECF sigma factor protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    Author: Wilson MJ, Lamont IL.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 2000 Jul 05; 273(2):578-83. PubMed ID: 10873648.
    Abstract:
    The PvdS protein is essential for synthesis of the siderophore pyoverdine by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PvdS has some sequence similarity to a family of alternative sigma factor proteins (the ECF [extracytoplasmic factor] family) that direct bacterial RNA polymerases to transcribe genes encoding extracytoplasmic factors. PvdS was purified as a His-tagged protein (hPvdS) and this was used to test the hypothesis that PvdS is a sigma factor protein. The purified protein caused core RNA polymerase from Escherichia coli to bind specifically to the promoters of pyoverdine synthesis genes and enabled transcription from these promoters in vitro. In addition, PvdS was found to co-purify with RNA polymerase from P. aeruginosa, indicating that PvdS associates with RNA polymerase inside the bacteria. These results show that PvdS is a sigma factor protein.
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