title: The kdgRKAT operon of Bacillus subtilis: detection of the transcript and regulation by the kdgR and ccpA genes.
abstract: Transcription of a new catabolic operon in Bacillus subtilis, involved in the late stages of galacturonic acid utilization, has been studied. The operon consists of four genes: kdgR, encoding the putative regulator protein; kdgK, encoding 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate kinase; kdgA, encoding 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate-6-phosphate aldolase; and kdgT, encoding a transporter. These four genes are organized in one transcriptional unit and map at 198 degrees of the B. subtilis chromosome. Primer extension experiments and Northern blot analysis show that an active sigmaA-dependent promoter precedes kdgR and transcription is terminated at the putative p-independent terminator downstream of kdgT. The operon is negatively regulated by the kdgR and ccpA gene products, which belong to the LacI family of transcription regulators. The expression of the genes in this operon can be induced by galacturonate and strongly repressed when glucose is present in the growth medium. Knockout mutations in genes kdgR and ccpA remove, respectively, the effects of galacturonate and glucose on the transcription of this operon.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de GenCtique Microbienne, lnstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy en Josas cedex, France.
authors.forename: Petar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pujic
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de GenCtique Microbienne, lnstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy en Josas cedex, France.
authors.forename: Rozenn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dervyn
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de GenCtique Microbienne, lnstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy en Josas cedex, France.
authors.forename: Alexei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sorokin
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de GenCtique Microbienne, lnstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy en Josas cedex, France.
authors.forename: S Dusko
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003470:Culture Media; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006603:Hexuronic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; C098628:KdgR protein, Erwinia chrysanthemi; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C069286:catabolite control proteins, bacteria; C007819:galacturonic acid; D005947:Glucose