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CalA, a cyanobacterial AbrB protein, interacts with the upstream region of hypC and acts as a repressor of its transcription in the cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain PCC 7120
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- Agervald, Åsa (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Mikrobiell kemi,Peter Lindblad
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- Zhang, Xiaohui (author)
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University,Louis Sherman
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- Stensjö, Karin (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Mikrobiell kemi,Peter Lindblad
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- Devine, Ellenor (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Mikrobiell kemi,Peter Lindblad
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- Lindblad, Peter (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Mikrobiell kemi,Peter Lindblad
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- 2010
- 2010
- English.
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In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. - 0099-2240 .- 1098-5336. ; 76:3, s. 880-890
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- The filamentous, heterocystous, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain PCC 7120 may contain, depending on growth condition, up to two hydrogenases directly involved in hydrogen metabolism. HypC is one out of at least seven auxiliary gene products required for synthesis of a functional hydrogenase, specifically involved in the maturation of the large subunit. In this study we present a protein, Alr0946, belonging to the transcription regulator family AbrB, which in protein-DNA assays was found to interact with the upstream region of hypC. Transcriptional investigations showed that alr0946 is co-transcribed with the downstream gene alr0947, which encodes a putative protease from the abortive infection superfamily, Abi. Alr0946 was shown to interact specifically not only with the upstream region of hypC but also with its own upstream region, acting as a repressor on both. The bidirectional hydrogenase activity was significant down-regulated when Alr0946 was over-expressed demonstrating a correlation to the transcription factor, either direct or indirect. In silico studies showed that homologues to both Alr0946 and Alr0947 are highly conserved proteins within cyanobacteria with a very similar physical organisation of the corresponding structural genes. Possible functions of the co-transcribed downstream protein Alr0947 are presented. In addition, we present a 3D model of the CyAbrB domain of Alr0946 and putative DNA-binding mechanisms are discussed.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Nostoc sp. strain PCC 7120
- hypC
- Alr0946
- CyAbrB
- hydrogen metabolism
- Biology
- Biologi
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