Transcriptional Activation of the Bacillus subtilis ackA Promoter Requires Sequences Upstream of the CcpA Binding Site
AUTOR(ES)
Moir-Blais, Tessa R.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Carbon catabolite protein A (CcpA) is a global regulator of carbon metabolism in gram-positive bacteria, repressing transcription of genes for the utilization of secondary carbon sources in the presence of a readily metabolized carbon source and activating transcription of genes, such as ackA and pta, that are required for carbon excretion. The promoter region of the Bacillus subtilis ackA gene contains two catabolite responsive elements (cre sites), of which only the site closest to the promoter (cre2) binds CcpA to activate transcription. A region immediately upstream of the cre2 site is also important for transcriptional activation. The required elements in this region were further defined by mutagenesis. CcpA binds to the ackA promoter region in gel shift assays even in the presence of mutations in the upstream element that block transcriptional activation, indicating that this region has a function other than promoting binding of CcpA.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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