The LysR-type PcaQ protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate-inducible ABC-type transport system in Sinorhizobium meliloti

The LysR protein PcaQ regulates the expression of genes encoding products relevant to the degradation of the aromatic acid protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate), and we have previously defined a PcaQ DNA-binding site located upstream of the target pcaDCHGB operon in Sinorhizobium meliloti. In this...

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Những tác giả chính: MacLean, A, Haerty, W, Brian Golding, G, Finan, T
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Được phát hành: 2011
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author MacLean, A
Haerty, W
Brian Golding, G
Finan, T
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Haerty, W
Brian Golding, G
Finan, T
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description The LysR protein PcaQ regulates the expression of genes encoding products relevant to the degradation of the aromatic acid protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate), and we have previously defined a PcaQ DNA-binding site located upstream of the target pcaDCHGB operon in Sinorhizobium meliloti. In this work, we show that PcaQ also regulates the expression of the S. meliloti smb20568-smb20787-smb20786-smb20785-smb20784 gene cluster, which is predicted to encode an ABC transport system. ABC transport systems have not been shown before to transport protocatechuate, and we have designated this gene cluster pcaMNVWX. The transcriptional start site of pcaM was mapped, and the predicted PcaQ DNA-binding site was located at "73 to "58 relative to this site. Results from electrophoretic mobility shift assays with purified PcaQ and from expression assays indicated that PcaQ activates expression of the transport system in the presence of protocatechuate. To investigate this transport system further, we generated a pcaM deletion mutant (predicted to encode the substrate-binding protein) and introduced a polar insertion mutation into pcaN, a gene that is predicted to encode a permease. These mutants grew poorly on protocatechuate, presumably because they fail to transport protocatechuate. Genome analyses revealed PcaQ-like DNA-binding sites encoded upstream of ABC transport systems in other members of the a-proteobacteria, and thus it appears likely that these systems are involved in the uptake of protocatechuate. © 2011 SGM.
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spelling oxford-uuid:1be60cbb-da99-4b66-86cb-c947b7314ecd2022-03-26T11:02:57ZThe LysR-type PcaQ protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate-inducible ABC-type transport system in Sinorhizobium melilotiJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:1be60cbb-da99-4b66-86cb-c947b7314ecdEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011MacLean, AHaerty, WBrian Golding, GFinan, TThe LysR protein PcaQ regulates the expression of genes encoding products relevant to the degradation of the aromatic acid protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate), and we have previously defined a PcaQ DNA-binding site located upstream of the target pcaDCHGB operon in Sinorhizobium meliloti. In this work, we show that PcaQ also regulates the expression of the S. meliloti smb20568-smb20787-smb20786-smb20785-smb20784 gene cluster, which is predicted to encode an ABC transport system. ABC transport systems have not been shown before to transport protocatechuate, and we have designated this gene cluster pcaMNVWX. The transcriptional start site of pcaM was mapped, and the predicted PcaQ DNA-binding site was located at "73 to "58 relative to this site. Results from electrophoretic mobility shift assays with purified PcaQ and from expression assays indicated that PcaQ activates expression of the transport system in the presence of protocatechuate. To investigate this transport system further, we generated a pcaM deletion mutant (predicted to encode the substrate-binding protein) and introduced a polar insertion mutation into pcaN, a gene that is predicted to encode a permease. These mutants grew poorly on protocatechuate, presumably because they fail to transport protocatechuate. Genome analyses revealed PcaQ-like DNA-binding sites encoded upstream of ABC transport systems in other members of the a-proteobacteria, and thus it appears likely that these systems are involved in the uptake of protocatechuate. © 2011 SGM.
spellingShingle MacLean, A
Haerty, W
Brian Golding, G
Finan, T
The LysR-type PcaQ protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate-inducible ABC-type transport system in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title The LysR-type PcaQ protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate-inducible ABC-type transport system in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_full The LysR-type PcaQ protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate-inducible ABC-type transport system in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_fullStr The LysR-type PcaQ protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate-inducible ABC-type transport system in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_full_unstemmed The LysR-type PcaQ protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate-inducible ABC-type transport system in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_short The LysR-type PcaQ protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate-inducible ABC-type transport system in Sinorhizobium meliloti
title_sort lysr type pcaq protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate inducible abc type transport system in sinorhizobium meliloti
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