NosR, a membrane-bound regulatory component necessary for expression of nitrous oxide reductase in denitrifying Pseudomonas stutzeri.
AUTOR(ES)
Cuypers, H
RESUMO
The regulatory element NosR was identified within the nos region of the denitrification gene cluster of Pseudomonas stutzeri ZoBell (ATCC 14405) and characterized. It is essential for expression of the N2O reductase encoded by nosZ immediately downstream of nosR. The nosR region was initially identified by Tn5 mutagenesis (W. G. Zumft, K. Döhler, and H. Körner, J. Bacteriol. 163:918-924, 1985). It consists of a single open reading frame of 2,172 nucleotides and has the coding capacity for an 81.9-kDa protein. The codon usage for nosR, with its high G + C content of 62.4 mol% and a preference for G or C at the third position, is characteristic for a Pseudomonas gene. Hydropathy analysis classified NosR as an integral membrane protein with at least seven membrane-spanning segments. No similarity to known bacterial regulator proteins was found in a data bank search. However, the C terminus of NosR shows sequence similarity to the cysteine clusters of several 2[4Fe-4S] bacterial ferrodoxins. A monocistronic mRNA for nosZ which allowed us to monitor NosR function was identified. Complementation of Nos- mutant MK418 (nosR::Tn5) with the nosR gene supplied in trans restored nosZ transcription and expression of a catalytically active N2O reductase. In addition to evidence of the requirement for NosR, indirect evidence for involvement of the transcriptional regulator Fnr is presented.
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