Autoregulation of the Synthesis of Nitrate Reductase in Aspergillus nidulans

AUTOR(ES)

Cove, D. J.

RESUMO

In Aspergillus nidulans, the syntheses of nitrate and nitrite reductases are induced by nitrate, and are repressed by ammonium. It is possible in wild-type strains to overcome partially the repressive effect of ammonium, by the addition of high concentrations of nitrate to the growth medium. Mutations which lead to the production of abnormal nitrate reductase affect in addition the control of the synthesis of the nitrate-metabolizing enzymes, which in these strains are produced constitutively. That this is not due to the accumulation of an internal inducer has now been shown, as these mutants have been found to be unable to respond to nitrate induction in the presence of ammonium in the same way as do wild-type strains. To explain these findings, we propose that the nitrate reductase molecule provides the recognition site for nitrate in the control system, such that when it is not complexed with nitrate it acts as a co-repressor, and, when it is complexed, as a co-inducer.

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