Global effect of an RNA polymerase β-subunit mutation on gene expression in the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans.

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The β-subunit of RNA polymerase, which is involved in rifampin binding, is highly conserved among prokaryotes, and Rifr mutants detected in many bacteria are the result of amino acid changes. Spontaneous rifampin resistance mutations resulting in amino acid replacement (L420R) and deletion (1258-66 9 bp deletion) have been previously isolated in the rpoB gene of Deinococcus radiodurans. In this study, a β-subunit...

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