Lactobacillus plantarum ctsR was characterized. ctsR was found to be cotranscribed with clpC and induced in response to various abiotic stresses. ctsR deletion conferred a heat-sensitive phenotype with peculiar cell morphological features. The transcriptional pattern of putative CtsR regulon genes was examined in the DeltactsR mutant. Direct CtsR-dependent regulation was demonstrated by DNA-binding assays using recombinant CtsR and the promoters of ctsR-clpC operon and hsp1.
Fiocco, D., Capozzi, V., Collins, M., Gallone, A., Hols, P., Guzzo, J., Weidmann, S., Rieu, A., Msadek, T., & Spano, G. (2010). Characterization of the CtsR stress response regulon in Lactobacillus plantarum. Journal of bacteriology, 192(3), 896-900. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.01122-09 (Original work published 2010)