Zheleznova E E, Crosa J H, Brennan R G
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201-3098, USA.
J Bacteriol. 2000 Nov;182(21):6264-7. doi: 10.1128/JB.182.21.6264-6267.2000.
The ferric uptake regulator, Fur, represses iron uptake and siderophore biosynthetic genes under iron-replete conditions. Here we report in vitro solution studies on Vibrio anguillarum Fur binding to the consensus 19-bp Escherichia coli iron box in the presence of several divalent metals. We found that V. anguillarum Fur binds the iron box in the presence of Mn(2+), Co(2+), Cd(2+), and to a lesser extent Ni(2+) but, unlike E. coli Fur, not in the presence of Zn(2+). We also found that V. anguillarum Fur contains a structural zinc ion that is necessary yet alone is insufficient for DNA binding.
铁摄取调节蛋白(Fur)在铁充足的条件下会抑制铁摄取和铁载体生物合成基因。在此,我们报告了在几种二价金属存在的情况下,对鳗弧菌Fur与大肠杆菌共有19碱基对铁框结合的体外溶液研究。我们发现,鳗弧菌Fur在存在锰离子(Mn²⁺)、钴离子(Co²⁺)、镉离子(Cd²⁺)时能结合铁框,在一定程度上镍离子(Ni²⁺)存在时也能结合,但与大肠杆菌Fur不同的是,在锌离子(Zn²⁺)存在时不能结合。我们还发现,鳗弧菌Fur含有一个结构锌离子,它对于DNA结合是必要的,但仅靠它是不够的。