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The global nitrogen regulator NtcA regulates transcription of the signal transducer P(II) (GlnB) and influences its phosphorylation level in response to nitrogen and carbon supplies in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942
Author/s | Lee, Hyun-Mi
Vázquez Bermúdez, María Félix Tandeau De Marsac, Nicole |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Bioquímica Vegetal y Biología Molecular |
Publication Date | 1999 |
Deposit Date | 2017-07-25 |
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Abstract | The P(II) protein is encoded by a unique glnB gene in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. Its expression has been analyzed in the wild type and in NtcA-null mutant cells grown under different conditions of nitrogen and ... The P(II) protein is encoded by a unique glnB gene in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. Its expression has been analyzed in the wild type and in NtcA-null mutant cells grown under different conditions of nitrogen and carbon supply. RNA-DNA hybridization experiments revealed the presence of one transcript species 680 nucleotides long, whatever the nutrient conditions tested. A second transcript species, 620 nucleotides long, absent in the NtcA null mutant, was observed in wild-type cells that were nitrogen starved for 2 h under both high and low CO2 and in the presence of nitrate under a high CO2 concentration. Primer extension analysis indicated that the two transcript species are generated from two tandem promoters, a σ70 Escherichia coli-type promoter and an NtcA-dependent promoter, located 120 and 53 nucleotides, respectively, from the glnB initiation codon. The NtcA- dependent promoter is up-regulated under the conditions mentioned above, while the σ70 E. coli-type promoter displays constitutive levels of transcripts in the NtcA null mutant and slightly different levels in the wild-type cells, depending on the nitrogen and carbon supplies. In general, a good correlation between the amounts of the two transcript species and that of the P(II) protein was observed, as revealed by immunodetection with specific antibodies. The phosphorylation level of P(II) in the wild type is inversely correlated with nitrogen availability and directly correlated with higher CO2 concentration. This regulation is correspondingly less stringent in the NtcA null mutant cells. In contrast, the dephosphorylation of P(II) is NtcA independent. |
Funding agencies | Dirección General de Enseñanza Superior. España |
Project ID. | PB 95-1267 |
Citation | Lee, H., Vázquez Bermúdez, M.F. y Tandeau De Marsac, N. (199). The global nitrogen regulator NtcA regulates transcription of the signal transducer P(II) (GlnB) and influences its phosphorylation level in response to nitrogen and carbon supplies in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. Journal of Bacteriology, 181 (9), 2697-2702. |
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