title: Identification of DNA sequences that regulate the expression of the Enterobacter cloacae UW4 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase gene.
abstract: Analysis of the DNA sequence upstream of the previously isolated Enterobacter cloacae UW4 ACC deaminase gene (Shah et al. 1998) suggests that this segment contains several features that are thought to be involved in the transcriptional regulation of this gene. These features include half of a CRP (cAMP receptor protein) binding site, an FNR (fumarate-nitrate reduction) regulatory protein binding site, an LRP (leucine responsive regulatory protein) binding site, and an LRP-like protein coding region. ACC deaminase activity was measured following growth of either various Escherichia coli strains carrying a plasmid that contained the Enterobacter cloacae UW4 ACC deaminase gene, or of Enterobacter cloacae UW4. Variables that were compared include aerobic versus anaerobic conditions, the presence and absence of ACC in the growth medium, addition of leucine to the medium, and bacterial strains that did or did not contain either lrp or fnr genes. The data reported are consistent with the involvement of most, if not all, of the above mentioned potential regulatory regions in the expression of ACC deaminase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Grichko
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Glick
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000598:Amino Acids, Cyclic / Q000378:metabolism; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D019755:Carbon-Carbon Lyases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016972:Enterobacter cloacae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism; D051756:Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000598:Amino Acids, Cyclic; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C060704:FNR protein, E coli; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; C497278:Lrp protein, E coli; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051756:Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein; C023863:1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid; C033634:1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase; D019755:Carbon-Carbon Lyases; D007930:Leucine