title: Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis acetate kinase gene by CcpA.
abstract: The Bacillus subtilis gene encoding acetate kinase was identified on the basis of sequence similarity to the Escherichia coli ackA gene and to a second E. coli gene closely related to ackA. Insertional inactivation of this region of the B. subtilis chromosome resulted in the disappearance of acetate kinase enzyme activity in cell extracts. The ackA gene was mapped to a site close to the ccpA gene, at 263 degrees. The transcriptional start site for B. subtilis ackA was located 90 bp upstream from the start of the coding region, and expression was increased by growth in the presence of excess glucose. Growth of the AckA- mutant was inhibited by glucose, suggesting that acetate kinase is important for excretion of excess carbohydrate. The stimulation of ackA expression by glucose was blocked in a CcpA- mutant, indicating that CcpA, which is required for glucose repression of certain carbon source utilization genes, including amyE, may also be involved in activation of carbon excretion pathways. Two sequences resembling the amyO operator site were identified upstream of the ackA promoter; removal of this region resulted in loss of glucose activation of ackA expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Albany Medical College, New York 12208.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Grundy
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Henkin
mesh_terms: D000084:Acetate Kinase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C069286:catabolite control proteins, bacteria; D000084:Acetate Kinase; D005947:Glucose