title: In vivo and in vitro analyses of the AmyR binding site of the Aspergillus nidulans agdA promoter; requirement of the CGG direct repeat for induction and high affinity binding of AmyR.
abstract: The alpha-glucosidase gene (agdA) of Aspergillus nidulans has a single CGGN8CGG type AmyR binding site in its promoter region. The binding site is functional in vivo as a cis-element responsible for induction by starch, and mutational studies indicated that both the CGG triplets are required for high-level induction. A part of AmyR (residues 1-411; AmyR(1-411)), which was produced as a MalE fusion protein in E. coli, bound to the CGGN8CGG site of the agdA promoter. DNA binding profiles to the mutant binding sites that lacked both or either one of the CGG triplets suggested that AmyR(1-411) can bind to a single CGG triplet site with low affinity and that two AmyR molecules cooperatively bind to the CGG direct repeat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsukagoshi
mesh_terms: D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000520:alpha-Glucosidases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; C414005:amyR protein, Aspergillus; D000520:alpha-Glucosidases