Abstract
To characterize the promoters of cytochrome P-450cam hydroxylase operon (camDCAB) and the repressor gene (camR), in vitro run-off transcription assays were performed using RNA polymerase (RNAP) holoenzyme reconstituted with the core enzyme and the σ70 protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Both the mRNAs of camDCAB and camR were accurately transcribed from the respective promoter by the reconstituted RNAP holoenzyme. Both the transcriptions were repressed by CamR protein and the repressions were suppressed by D-cam-phor, consistent with the regulation in P. putida. These results suggest that the RNA polymerase containing σ70 recognizes the promoter of camDCAB as well as that of camR.
