title: Analysis of a ribose transport operon from Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: The csa-15 locus of Bacillus subtilis corresponds to an operon encoding proteins which display features characteristic of the ABC group of transporters. Sequence analysis reveals a very high level of identity to the ribose transport operon of Escherichia coli. This hypothesis is supported by the observation that strains carrying mutagenic insertions in this operon are unable to grow on ribose as sole carbon source. Expression of this operon is directed by a single SigA-type promoter which is negatively regulated by Spo0A during the late-exponential/transition state of the growth cycle. Expression is also subject to catabolite repression and this mode of regulation is dominant to control of expression by Spo0A.
authors.affiliation: National Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Centre, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Woodson
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Devine
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012266:Ribose / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C080950:Spo0A protein, Bacillus subtilis; D014157:Transcription Factors; D012266:Ribose