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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2015

BadR and BadM Proteins Transcriptionally Regulate Two Operons Needed for Anaerobic Benzoate Degradation by Rhodopseudomonas palustris.

Hidetada Hirakawa, Yuko Hirakawa, E Peter Greenberg, Caroline S Harwood

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hidetada HirakawaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Yuko HirakawaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
E Peter GreenbergDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Caroline S HarwoodDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA csh5@uw.edu.
University of Washington · US

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Abstract

The bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris grows with the aromatic acid benzoate and the alicyclic acid cyclohexanecarboxylate (CHC) as sole carbon sources. The enzymatic steps in an oxygen-independent pathway for CHC degradation have been elucidated, but it was unknown how the CHC operon (badHI aliAB badK) encoding the enzymes for CHC degradation was regulated. aliA and aliB encode enzymes for the conversion of CHC to cyclohex-1-enecarboxyl-coenzyme A (CHene-CoA). At this point, the pathway for CHC degradation merges with the pathway for anaerobic benzoate degradation, as CHene-CoA is an intermediate in both degradation pathways. Three enzymes, encoded by badK, badH, and badI, prepare and cleave the alicyclic ring of CHene-CoA to yield pimelyl-CoA. Here, we show that the MarR transcription factor family member, BadR, represses transcription of the CHC operon by binding near the transcription start site of badH. 2-Ketocyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA, an intermediate of CHC and benzoate degradation, interacts with BadR to abrogate repression. We also present evidence that the transcription factor BadM binds to the promoter of the badDEFGAB (Bad) operon for the anaerobic conversion of benzoate to CHene-CoA to repress its expression. Contrary to previous reports, BadR does not appear to control expression of the Bad operon. These data enhance our view of the transcriptional regulation of anaerobic benzoate degradation by R. palustris.

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Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialOperonAerobiosisBenzoatesBiotransformationMetabolic Networks and PathwaysRhodopseudomonasTranscription FactorsBenzoatesTranscription Factors

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PMID25888170
PMCPMC4475878
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