Artículo
The narA locus of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 consists of a cluster of molybdopterin biosynthesis genes
Autor/es | Rubio, Luis Manuel
Flores García, Enrique Herrero Moreno, Antonia |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Bioquímica Vegetal y Biología Molecular |
Fecha de publicación | 1998 |
Fecha de depósito | 2017-07-27 |
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Resumen | The narA locus required for nitrate reduction in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 is shown to consist of a cluster of genes, namely, moeA, moaC, moaD, moaE, and moaA, involved in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis. The ... The narA locus required for nitrate reduction in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 is shown to consist of a cluster of genes, namely, moeA, moaC, moaD, moaE, and moaA, involved in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis. The product of the moaC gene of strain PCC 7942 shows homology in its N- terminal half to MoaC from Escherichia call and in its C-terminal half to MoaB or Mog. Overexpression of the Synechococcus moaC gene in E. coli resulted in the synthesis of a polypeptide of 36 kDa, a size that would conform to a protein resembling a fusion of the MoaC and MoaB or Mog polypeptides of E. coli. Insertional inactivation of the moeA, moaC, moaE, and moaA genes showed that the moeA-moa gene cluster is required for growth on nitrate and expression of nitrate reductase activity in strain PCC 7942. The moaCDEA genes constitute an operon which is transcribed divergently from the moeA gene. Expression of the moeA gene and the moa operon was little affected by the nitrogen source present in the culture medium. |
Agencias financiadoras | Dirección General de Enseñanza Superior. España |
Identificador del proyecto | PB95-1267 |
Cita | Rubio, L.M., Flores García, E. y Herrero, A. (1998). The narA locus of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 consists of a cluster of molybdopterin biosynthesis genes. Journal of Bacteriology, 180 (5), 1200-1206. |
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