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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2002

Context-dependent functions of the PII and GlnK signal transduction proteins in Escherichia coli.

Mariette R Atkinson, Timothy A Blauwkamp, Alexander J Ninfa

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mariette R AtkinsonDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA.
Timothy A Blauwkamp
Alexander J Ninfa
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) - Years 31-35T32GM145304 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Guizhi Zhu · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
INTERACTIONS OF THE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PROTEIN GLNKR01GM057393 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI NINFA, ALEXANDER J. · 1999 to 2002
$597k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM57393NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two closely related signal transduction proteins, PII and GlnK, have distinct physiological roles in the regulation of nitrogen assimilation. Here, we examined the physiological roles of PII and GlnK when these proteins were expressed from various regulated or constitutive promoters. The results indicate that the distinct functions of PII and GlnK were correlated with the timing of expression and levels of accumulation of the two proteins. GlnK was functionally converted into PII when its expression was rendered constitutive and at the appropriate level, while PII was functionally converted into GlnK by engineering its expression from the nitrogen-regulated glnK promoter. Also, the physiological roles of both proteins were altered by engineering their expression from the nitrogen-regulated glnA promoter. We hypothesize that the use of two functionally identical PII-like proteins, which have distinct patterns of expression, may allow fine control of Ntr genes over a wide range of environmental conditions. In addition, we describe results suggesting that an additional, unknown mechanism may control the cellular level of GlnK.

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Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialSignal TransductionAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceCarrier ProteinsCulture MediaEscherichia coliGenetic EngineeringMolecular Sequence DataNitrogenPII Nitrogen Regulatory ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCulture MediaGlnK protein, Azorhizobium caulinodansNitrogenPIID regulatory protein, BacteriaPII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins

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PMID12218023
PMCPMC135342
OpenAlexW2137288771

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