title: Expression of P(II) and glutamine synthetase is regulated by P(II), the ntrBC products, and processing of the glnBA mRNA in Rhodospirillum rubrum.
abstract: We have studied the transcription of the glnB and glnA genes in Rhodospirillum rubrum with firefly luciferase as a reporter enzyme. Under NH(4)(+) and N(2) conditions, glnBA was cotranscribed from a weak and a strong promoter. In nitrogen-fixing cultures, activity of the latter was highly enhanced by NtrC, but transcription from both promoters occurred under both conditions. There is no promoter controlling transcription of glnA alone, supporting our proposal that the glnA mRNA is produced by processing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nordlund
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation / Q000235:genetics; D051922:PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012247:Rhodospirillum rubrum / Q000235:genetics*; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051922:PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; C404143:PIID regulatory protein, Bacteria; D011494:Protein Kinases; C055699:protein kinase-phosphatase NTRB; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; C081173:glutamine synthetase I; D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase; D009584:Nitrogen