PMID:16804186
| Citation |
Oshima, T and Biville, F (2006) Functional identification of ygiP as a positive regulator of the ttdA-ttdB-ygjE operon. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) 152:2129-35 |
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| Abstract |
Functional characterization of unknown genes is currently a major task in biology. The search for gene function involves a combination of various in silico, in vitro and in vivo approaches. Available knowledge from the study of more than 21 LysR-type regulators in Escherichia coli has facilitated the classification of new members of the family. From sequence similarities and its location on the E. coli chromosome, it is suggested that ygiP encodes a lysR regulator controlling the expression of a neighbouring operon; this operon encodes the two subunits of tartrate dehydratase (TtdA, TtdB) and YgiE, an integral inner-membrane protein possibly involved in tartrate uptake. Expression of tartrate dehydratase, which converts tartrate to oxaloacetate, is required for anaerobic growth on glycerol as carbon source in the presence of tartrate. Here, it has been demonstrated that disruption of ygiP, ttdA or ygjE abolishes tartrate-dependent anaerobic growth on glycerol. It has also been shown that tartrate-dependent induction of the ttdA-ttdB-ygjE operon requires a functional YgiP. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1099/mic.0.28753-0 |
| Keywords |
Bacterial Proteins/physiology; Base Sequence; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/physiology; Genes, Bacterial/physiology; Genes, Regulator/physiology; Glycerol/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Operon; Tartrates/pharmacology; Transcription Factors/physiology; Transcription, Genetic |
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