title: Crc is involved in catabolite repression control of the bkd operons of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: Crc (catabolite repression control) protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa has shown to be involved in carbon regulation of several pathways. In this study, the role of Crc in catabolite repression control has been studied in Pseudomonas putida. The bkd operons of P. putida and P. aeruginosa encode the inducible multienzyme complex branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase, which is regulated in both species by catabolite repression. We report here that this effect is mediated in both species by Crc. A 13-kb cloned DNA fragment containing the P. putida crc gene region was sequenced. Crc regulates the expression of branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and amidase in both species but not urocanase, although the carbon sources responsible for catabolite repression in the two species differ. Transposon mutants affected in their expression of BkdR, the transcriptional activator of the bkd operon, were isolated and identified as crc and vacB (rnr) mutants. These mutants suggested that catabolite repression in pseudomonads might, in part, involve control of BkdR levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hester
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lehman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Najar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Roe
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: MacGregor
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Hager
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Phibbs
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sokatch
mesh_terms: D042942:3-Methyl-2-Oxobutanoate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide); D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051756:Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009876:Operon; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014559:Urocanate Hydratase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C101896:crc protein, Pseudomonas; D051756:Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases; D042942:3-Methyl-2-Oxobutanoate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide); D012260:Ribonucleases; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C019665:amidase; D014559:Urocanate Hydratase