Liu J, Magasanik B
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.
J Bacteriol. 1993 Nov;175(22):7441-9. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.22.7441-7449.1993.
We present sequences of the glnB gene of Escherichia coli and of two open reading frames (ORFs) located directly upstream of glnB and transcribed in the same direction. The major transcriptional start sites for glnB are located between ORF-2 and glnB, but some transcription of glnB is initiated at the promoter for ORF-1. The putative amino acid sequence of the ORF-2 product has high homology to that of response regulators which by phosphorylation acquire the ability to activate transcription of sigma 54-dependent promoters. The product of ORF-1 showed no similarity to other known proteins. The product of neither ORF-1 nor ORF-2 is necessary for the ability of PII, the product of glnB, to bring about the repression of glutamine synthetase in response to nitrogen excess. On the other hand, the product of hmpA, a gene located on the other side of glnB and transcribed in the opposite direction, appears to play an auxiliary role in this process.
我们展示了大肠杆菌glnB基因以及位于glnB上游且同向转录的两个开放阅读框(ORF)的序列。glnB的主要转录起始位点位于ORF - 2和glnB之间,但glnB的一些转录起始于ORF - 1的启动子。ORF - 2产物的推测氨基酸序列与应答调节因子的序列具有高度同源性,应答调节因子通过磷酸化获得激活依赖于σ54启动子转录的能力。ORF - 1的产物与其他已知蛋白质没有相似性。对于glnB的产物PII响应氮过量导致谷氨酰胺合成酶的抑制能力而言,ORF - 1和ORF - 2的产物都不是必需的。另一方面,位于glnB另一侧且反向转录的hmpA基因的产物似乎在此过程中起辅助作用。