Regulation of the Salmonella typhimurium flavohemoglobin gene. A new pathway for bacterial gene expression in response to nitric oxide
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- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.51.34028
Regulation of the Salmonella typhimurium flavohemoglobin gene. A new pathway for bacterial gene expression in response to nitric oxide
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- J Biol Chem 1999 Feb 5;274(6):3918
- J Biol Chem. 2006 Feb 10;281(6):3752
Abstract
Flavohemoglobins, a family of two-domain proteins with homology to vertebrate hemoglobins, are found in a variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms. Recent studies suggest a role for these proteins in nitrogen oxide metabolism. We now show that nitric oxide donors positively regulate a chromosomal flavohemoglobin (hmp)/lacZ operon fusion in Salmonella typhimurium. hmp gene expression in the presence of NO. is independent of the SoxS, OxyR, and FNR transcription factors and instead relies on inactivation of the iron-dependent Fur repressor. Other Fur-repressed promoters in S. typhimurium are also activated by an NO. donor. In contrast to the wild-type strain, an hmp- mutant requires markedly lower concentrations of NO to induce the hmp/lacZ fusion, whereas its response to iron chelation is equivalent to wild type. These data unveil a new pathway for NO-dependent gene expression in S. typhimurium.
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