title: Sequence analysis and interposon mutagenesis of the hupT gene, which encodes a sensor protein involved in repression of hydrogenase synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus.
abstract: The hupT gene, which represses hydrogenase gene expression in the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus, has been identified and sequenced. The nucleotide sequence of hupT and of the contiguous downstream open reading frame, hupU, is reported. The HupT protein of 456 amino acids (48,414 Da) has sequence similarity with the FixL, DctB, NtrB, and ArcB proteins and is predicted to be a soluble sensor kinase. Insertional inactivation of the hupT gene led to deregulation of transcriptional control, so that the hydrogenase structural operon hupSLC became overexpressed in cells grown anaerobically or aerobically. The HupT- mutants were complemented in trans by a plasmid containing an intact copy of the hupT gene. The hupU open reading frame, capable of encoding a protein of 84,879 Da, shared identity with [NiFe]hydrogenase subunits; the strongest similarity was observed with the periplasmic hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio baculatus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie Microbienne (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité 1130 Alliée à l'Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elsen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richaud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colbeau
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Vignais
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006864:Hydrogenase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016354:Rhodobacter capsulatus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C084201:HupT protein, Rhodobacter capsulatus; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D006864:Hydrogenase