Functional conservation of cold shock domains in bacteria and higher plants

K Nakaminami, DT Karlson… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
In Escherichia coli, a family of cold shock proteins (CSPs) function as transcription
antiterminators or translational enhancers at low temperature by destabilizing RNA …

Escherichia coli RNase R Has Dual Activities, Helicase and RNase

N Awano, V Rajagopal, M Arbing, S Patel… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
In Escherichia coli, the cold shock response occurs when there is a temperature downshift
from 37° C to 15° C, and this response is characterized by induction of several cold shock …

Post‐transcriptional regulation of CspA expression in Escherichia coli

A Brandi, P Pietroni, CO Gualerzi… - Molecular …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The Escherichia coli cspA gene, encoding the major cold‐shock protein CspA, was deprived
of its natural promoter and placed in an expression vector under the control of the inducible …

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of cold-shock genes

CO Gualerzi, AM Giuliodori, CL Pon - Journal of molecular biology, 2003 - Elsevier
A mesophile like Escherichia coli responds to abrupt temperature downshifts (eg from 37° C
to 10° C) with an adaptive response that allows cell survival and eventually resumption of …

Conservation of the cold shock domain protein family in plants

D Karlson, R Imai - Plant physiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we report the widespread occurrence of the nucleic acid-binding cold shock
domain (CSD) in plants and identify the first eukaryotic homologs that are nearly identical to …

A novel member of the cspA family of genes that is induced by cold shock in Escherichia coli

K Nakashima, K Kanamaru, T Mizuno… - Journal of …, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
Escherichia coli contains a major cold shock protein, CspA (or CS7. 4), whose production is
predominantly induced at low temperatures. This bacterium is known to possess five …

T-rich DNA single strands bind to a preformed site on the bacterial cold shock protein Bs-CspB

KEA Max, M Zeeb, R Bienert, J Balbach… - Journal of molecular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Bacterial cold shock proteins (CSPs) are involved in cellular adaptation to cold stress. They
bind to single-stranded nucleic acids with a KD value in the micro-to nanomolar range. Here …

Cold shock induces a major ribosomal-associated protein that unwinds double-stranded RNA in Escherichia coli.

PG Jones, M Mitta, Y Kim, W Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 1996 - National Acad Sciences
A 70-kDa protein was specifically induced in Escherichia coli when the culture temperature
was shifted from 37 to 15 degrees C. The protein was identified to be the product of the …

Solution NMR Structure and Backbone Dynamics of the Major Cold-Shock Protein (CspA) from Escherichia coli:  Evidence for Conformational Dynamics in the Single-Stranded …

W Feng, R Tejero, DE Zimmerman, M Inouye… - Biochemistry, 1998 - ACS Publications
The major cold-shock protein (CspA) from Escherichia coli is a single-stranded nucleic acid-
binding protein that is produced in response to cold stress. We have previously reported its …

Regulatory Region C of theE. coliHeat Shock Transcription Factor, σ32, Constitutes a DnaK Binding Site and is Conserved Among Eubacteria

JS McCarty, J Schneider-Mergener… - Journal of molecular …, 1996 - Elsevier
TheE. coliheat shock response is regulated at the transcriptional level through stress-
dependent controls of the heat shock promoter-specific σ32subunit of RNA polymerase. A …