title: Identification of a transcriptional repressor involved in benzoate metabolism in Geobacter bemidjiensis.
abstract: Subsurface environments contaminated with aromatic compounds can be remediated in situ by Geobacter species. A transcription factor that represses expression of bamA, a benzoate-inducible gene, in Geobacter bemidjiensis during growth with acetate was identified. It is likely that this repressor also regulates other genes involved in aromatic compound metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA. tueki@microbio.umass.edu
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueki
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001565:Benzoates / Q000378:metabolism*; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D045302:Geobacter / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D001565:Benzoates; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical