The glutamate uptake regulatory protein (Grp) of Zymomonas mobilis and its relation to the global regulator Lrp of Escherichia coli.
After being expressed in Escherichia coli JC5412, which is defective in glutamate transport, a Zymomonas mobilis gene which enabled this strain to grow on glutamate was cloned. This gene encodes a protein with 33% amino acid identity to the leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) of E. coli. Although overall glutamate uptake in E. coli was increased, the protein encoded by the cloned fragment repressed the secondary H+/glutamate transport system GltP by interaction with the promoter region of the gltP gene. It also repressed the secondary, H(+)-coupled glutamate uptake system of Z. mobilis, indicating that at least one role of this protein in Z. mobilis is to regulate glutamate transport. Consequently, it was designated Grp (for glutamate uptake regulatory protein). When expressed in E. coli, Grp repressed the secondary H+/glutamate transport system GltP by binding to the regulatory regions of the gltP gene. An lrp mutation in E. coli was complemented in trans with respect to the positive expression regulation of ilvIH (coding for acetohydroxy acid synthase III) by a plasmid which carries the grp gene. The expression of grp is autoregulated, and in Z. mobilis, it depends on growth conditions. The putative presence of a homolog of Grp in E. coli is discussed.
Peekhaus
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Institut für Biotechnologie I, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.
Tolner
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Poolman
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Krämer
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D018628:Gene Dosage; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005809:Genes, Regulator / Q000235:genetics; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D051756:Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics; D018085:Regulon / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D027981:Symporters; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017355:Zymomonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C095470:Grp protein, Zymomonas mobilis; C497278:Lrp protein, E coli; D027981:Symporters; D014157:Transcription Factors; C073766:GltP protein, E coli; D051756:Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein; C011274:3-hydroxyaspartic acid; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid