The expression of the virulence-associated genes in Bordetella species is co-ordinately regulated by the gene products encoded by the bvg locus. In Bordetella pertussis the expression of this locus is regulated by the P1, P2, P3 and P4 promoters which are located in a 350 bp DNA fragment also containing the PFHA promoter. Here we report the transcriptional regulation of the bvg locus and the fha gene in Bordetella parapertussis and a sequence analysis of the bvg-regulated promoters. The Pp1, Pp2, Pp4 and PpFHA promoters are indistinguishable, both in transcription initiation sites and environmental regulation, from the corresponding promoters of B. pertussis, while the Pp3 promoter is not active. Sequence homologies from nine bvg-regulated promoters show a conserved dinucleotide, 5'-TG-3', at approximately one turn of helix upstream of the -10 5'-A.AaTat-3' region, and a 5'-TTTCC-3' sequence in the -90 region. Since the nucleotide sequence of the inactive Pp3 promoter shows several base substitutions with respect to the found sequence homologies, it is likely that some of these bases play an essential role in promoter activity.
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