title: The DeoR-type regulator SugR represses expression of ptsG in Corynebacterium glutamicum.
abstract: Corynebacterium glutamicum grows on a variety of carbohydrates and organic acids. Uptake of the preferred carbon source glucose via the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system (PTS) is reduced during coutilization of glucose with acetate, sucrose, or fructose compared to growth on glucose as the sole carbon source. Here we show that the DeoR-type regulator SugR (NCgl1856) represses expression of ptsG, which encodes the glucose-specific PTS enzyme II. Overexpression of sugR resulted in reduced ptsG mRNA levels, decreased glucose utilization, and perturbed growth on media containing glucose. In mutants lacking sugR, expression of the ptsG'-'cat fusion was increased two- to sevenfold during growth on gluconeogenic carbon sources but remained similar during growth on glucose or other sugars. As shown by DNA microarray analysis, SugR also regulates expression of other genes, including ptsS and the putative NCgl1859-fruK-ptsF operon. Purified SugR bound to DNA regions upstream of ptsG, ptsS, and NCgl1859, and a 75-bp ptsG promoter fragment was sufficient for SugR binding. Fructose-6-phosphate interfered with binding of SugR to the ptsG promoter DNA. Thus, while during growth on gluconeogenic carbon sources SugR represses ptsG, ptsG expression is derepressed during growth on glucose or under other conditions characterized by high fructose-6-phosphate concentrations, representing one mechanism which allows C. glutamicum to adapt glucose uptake to carbon source availability.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Westfalian Wilhelms University Muenster, Corrensstr. 3, D-48149 Muenster, Germany. wendisch@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Engels
authors.forename: Volker F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Wendisch
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D048230:Corynebacterium glutamicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005636:Fructosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005947:Glucose; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005636:Fructosephosphates; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C027618:fructose-6-phosphate; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System; D005947:Glucose