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ArticleMicrobiology (Reading, England)2013

Dual role of CcpC protein in regulation of aconitase gene expression in Listeria monocytogenes and Bacillus subtilis.

Meghna Mittal, Kieran B Pechter, Silvia Picossi, Hyun-Jin Kim, Kathryn O Kerstein, Abraham L Sonenshein

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Article in Microbiology (Reading, England), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meghna MittalProgram in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Kieran B PechterProgram in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Silvia PicossiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Hyun-Jin KimDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Kathryn O KersteinDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Abraham L SonensheinDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Tufts University · US

Funding

ISOLATION OF EARLY SPORULATION GENESR01GM042219 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SONENSHEIN, ABRAHAM LINCOLN · 1989 to 2015
$5.8M
REGULATION OF NITROGEN METABOLISM IN BACILLUS SUBTILISR01GM036718 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI BELITSKY, BORIS R, SONENSHEIN, ABRAHAM LINCOLN · 1986 to 2011
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM036718NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM042219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of the CcpC regulatory protein as a repressor of the genes encoding the tricarboxylic acid branch enzymes of the Krebs cycle (citrate synthase, citZ; aconitase, citB; and isocitrate dehydrogenase, citC) has been established for both Bacillus subtilis and Listeria monocytogenes. In addition, hyperexpression of citB-lacZ reporter constructs in an aconitase null mutant strain has been reported for B. subtilis. We show here that such hyperexpression of citB occurs in L. monocytogenes as well as in B. subtilis and that in both species the hyperexpression is unexpectedly dependent on CcpC. We propose a revision of the existing CcpC-citB regulatory scheme and suggest a mechanism of regulation in which CcpC represses citB expression at low citrate levels and activates citB expression when citrate levels are high.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialAconitate HydrataseArtificial Gene FusionBacillus subtilisbeta-GalactosidaseGene DeletionGenes, ReporterListeria monocytogenesRepressor ProteinsAconitate Hydratasebeta-GalactosidaseRepressor Proteins

Identifiers

PMID23139400
PMCPMC3542727
OpenAlexW1982636093

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