Characterization of mutations that lie in the promoter-regulatory region for glnA, the structural gene encoding glutamine synthetase
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Characterization of mutations that lie in the promoter-regulatory region for glnA, the structural gene encoding glutamine synthetase
Abstract
In enteric bacteria products of nitrogen regulatory genes ntrA, ntrB and ntrC are known to regulate transcription both positively and negatively at glnA, the structural gene encoding glutamine synthetase [L-glutamate:ammonia-ligase (ADP-forming), EC 6.3.1.2]. We have characterized two types of cis-acting mutations in the glnA promoter-regulatory region. One type, which we have called promoter Up [glnAp (Up)], elevates transcription of glnA to high levels without need for ntr-mediated activation but leaves expression sensitive to ntr-mediated repression. The other type renders glnA transcription insensitive to repression but leaves it normally responsive to activation. Properties of the two types of promoter-regulatory mutations suggest that sites for ntr-mediated activation of glnA transcription are functionally distinct from sites for ntr-mediated repression.
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