title: Cloning and characterization of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene involved in the negative regulation of phosphate taxis.
abstract: Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 exhibited a positive chemotactic response to P(i). The chemotactic response was induced by P(i) limitation. An alkaline phosphatase (AP) constitutive mutant showed a chemotactic response to P(i), regardless of whether the cells were starved for P(i). Sequence analysis and complementation studies showed that the P. aeruginosa phoU gene was involved both in the regulation of AP expression and in the induction of P(i) taxis. However, unlike AP expression, P(i) taxis was not regulated by the phoB gene product.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fermentation Technology, Hiroshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nikata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohtake
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000502:physiology; D010710:Phosphates / Q000502:physiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; D014157:Transcription Factors; C050770:phoU protein, E coli; C061278:PhoB protein, Bacteria; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase