Where, though, do these hereditary variations come from? This was the great gap in Darwin’s theory, and he never filled it.

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DskA is required for the regulation of rrn  transcription by these two small molecules. Indeed, rrn  transcription is insensitive to iNTP and ppGpp in mutants lacking DskA.

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In E. coli, rRNA synthesis from the seven rRNA operons responds to cellular growth rate and to changes in the availability of crucial nutrients, particularly amino acids. The regulation coordinated with amino acid concentrations is known as the stringent response.

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Amino acid starvation leads to the binding of uncharged tRNAs to the ribosomal A site; this triggers a sequence of events that begins with the binding of an enzyme called stringent factor (RelA protein) to the ribosome. 

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When bound to the ribosome, stringent factor catalyzes formation of the unusual nucleotide guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp); it adds pyrophosphate to the 3 position of GTP, in the reaction.

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Bacterial promoters

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The consensus sequence reflects preferred –10 and –35 regions, separated by the optimum spacing (17 bp).