title: Identification and cloning of a fur homologue from Neisseria meningitidis.
abstract: The iron response in a number of bacterial systems is mediated by fur (ferric uptake regulation)-like regulatory systems. We have cloned and characterized a gene from Neisseria meningitidis that was homologous to Escherichia coli fur. This clone was capable of modulating expression from both E. coli and neisserial iron-regulated promoters in response to iron, and it produced a protein that reacted with anti-E. coli fur serum. Although the DNA and predicted amino acid sequences were very similar to those of four other published fur homologues, meningococcal fur was the most divergent of the group. Inability to construct a meningococcal fur mutant suggested that fur may be essential in this species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Sparling
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C068477:ferric uptake regulating proteins, bacterial