title: Acetylglutamate synthase from Neurospora crassa: structure and regulation of expression.
abstract: A DNA clone which complemented an arg-14 mutation of Neurospora crassa was isolated by sib selection from a cosmid library (pMOcosX). Southern and restriction-fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis confirmed that the cloned DNA contained the arg-14 gene. The arg-14 gene was identified as the structural gene for acetylglutamate synthase by immunodepletion of enzyme activity with antibodies prepared against an arg-14 fusion protein and by the thermal instability of acetylglutamate synthase in a temperature-sensitive arg-14 mutant. The fungai acetylglutamate synthase has little sequence homology to its bacterial counterpart, unlike other arginine biosynthetic enzymes. Expression of the arg-14 gene is regulated by cross-pathway control similar to many amino acid biosynthetic genes. However, expression of acetylglutamate synthase occurs throughout the developmental growth cycle, unlike other arginine biosynthetic enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90095-1569, USA.
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D001120:Arginine / Q000235:genetics; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003360:Cosmids; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D015723:Gene Library; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005970:Glutamate Synthase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009492:Neurospora crassa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D001120:Arginine; D005970:Glutamate Synthase