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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2010

Regulation of CodY activity through modulation of intracellular branched-chain amino acid pools.

Shaun R Brinsmade, Roelco J Kleijn, Uwe Sauer, Abraham L Sonenshein

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shaun R BrinsmadeDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA. linc.sonenshein@tufts.edu
Roelco J Kleijn
Uwe Sauer
Abraham L Sonenshein
ETH Zurich · CHTufts University · US

Funding

TUSM/T-NEMC CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH - Imaging CoreP30NS047243 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI JACKSON, F ROB · 2003 to 2017
$10.0M
ISOLATION OF EARLY SPORULATION GENESR01GM042219 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SONENSHEIN, ABRAHAM LINCOLN · 1989 to 2015
$5.8M
Physiological consequences of CodY: a master regulator in gram-positive bacteria.F32GM085911 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI BRINSMADE, SHAUN R · 2008 to 2010
$143k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM085911NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM042219NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047243
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In several Gram-positive bacterial species, the global transcriptional regulatory protein CodY adjusts the expression of many metabolic genes, apparently in response to changes in the pools of specific metabolites, i.e., the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) isoleucine, leucine, and valine (ILV) and the nucleoside triphosphate GTP. CodY not only responds to these metabolites as measured in vitro but also regulates the genes that direct their synthesis. We have constructed a set of strains lacking binding sites for the CodY protein in cis at loci coding for the ILV biosynthetic machinery, effectively overexpressing these genes in an attempt to modulate the ILV input signal to CodY. Metabolite analyses of strains derepressed for genes needed for ILV synthesis revealed more than a 6-fold increase in the valine pool and a 2-fold increase in the isoleucine and leucine pools. Accumulation of the branched-chain amino acids was accompanied by a 24-fold induction of the bkd operon (required for branched-chain fatty acid synthesis) and 6-fold hyperrepression of the CodY-regulated yhdG and yufN genes, demonstrating that CodY perceives intracellular fluctuations in at least one if its input signals. We conclude that changes in the rate of endogenous ILV synthesis serve as an important signal for CodY-mediated gene regulation.

Indexed as

Amino Acids, Branched-ChainBacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenotypeMutationOperonTranscription, GeneticUp-RegulationAmino Acids, Branched-ChainBacterial Proteins

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PMID20935095
PMCPMC3008522
OpenAlexW2126782880

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