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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2008

The two-component system PhoPR of Clostridium acetobutylicum is involved in phosphate-dependent gene regulation.

Tomas Fiedler, Maren Mix, Uta Meyer, Stefan Mikkat, Michael O Glocker, Hubert Bahl, Ralf-Jörg Fischer

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomas FiedlerUniversity of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Division of Microbiology, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, D-18051 Rostock, Germany.
Maren Mix
Uta Meyer
Stefan Mikkat
Michael O Glocker
Hubert Bahl
Ralf-Jörg Fischer
University of Rostock · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phoPR gene locus of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 comprises two genes, phoP and phoR. Deduced proteins are predicted to represent a response regulator and sensor kinase of a phosphate-dependent two-component regulatory system. We analyzed the expression patterns of phoPR in P(i)-limited chemostat cultures and in response to P(i) pulses. A basic transcription level under high-phosphate conditions was shown, and a significant increase in mRNA transcript levels was found when external P(i) concentrations dropped below 0.3 mM. In two-dimensional gel electrophoresis experiments, a 2.5-fold increase in PhoP was observed under P(i)-limiting growth conditions compared to growth with an excess of P(i). At least three different transcription start points for phoP were determined by primer extension analyses. Proteins PhoP and an N-terminally truncated *PhoR were individually expressed heterologously in Escherichia coli and purified. Autophosphorylation of *PhoR and phosphorylation of PhoP were shown in vitro. Electromobility shift assays proved that there was a specific binding of PhoP to the promoter region of the phosphate-regulated pst operon of C. acetobutylicum.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceClostridium acetobutylicumDNA, BacterialElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayGene Expression ProfilingGene OrderMolecular Sequence DataPhosphatesPhosphorylationPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingSequence AlignmentBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialPhoP protein, BacteriaPhoR protein, BacteriaPhosphates

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PMID18689481
PMCPMC2566200
OpenAlexW2083778335

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