Cunningham T S, Svetlov V V, Rai R, Smart W, Cooper T G
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA.
J Bacteriol. 1996 Jun;178(12):3470-9. doi: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3470-3479.1996.
When readily used nitrogen sources are available, the expression of genes encoding proteins needed to transport and metabolize poorly used nitrogen sources is repressed to low levels; this physiological response has been designated nitrogen catabolite repression (NCR). The cis-acting upstream activation sequence (UAS) element UAS(NTR) mediates Gln3p-dependent, NCR-sensitive transcription and consists of two separated dodecanucleotides, each containing the core sequence GATAA. Gln3p, produced in Escherichia coli and hence free of all other yeast proteins, specifically binds to wild-type UAS(NTR) sequences and DNA fragments derived from a variety of NCR-sensitive promoters (GDH2, CAR11 DAL3, PUT1, UGA4, and GLN1). A LexA-Gln3 fusion protein supported transcriptional activation when bound to one or more LexAp binding sites upstream of a minimal CYC1-derived promoter devoid of UAS elements. LexAp-Gln3p activation of transcription was largely independent of the nitrogen source used for growth. These data argue that Gln3p is capable of direct UAS(NTR) binding and participates in transcriptional activation of NCR-sensitive genes.
当易于利用的氮源存在时,编码转运和代谢难以利用的氮源所需蛋白质的基因表达会被抑制到低水平;这种生理反应被称为氮分解代谢物阻遏(NCR)。顺式作用上游激活序列(UAS)元件UAS(NTR)介导Gln3p依赖性、NCR敏感性转录,由两个分开的十二核苷酸组成,每个都含有核心序列GATAA。在大肠杆菌中产生的、因此不含所有其他酵母蛋白的Gln3p,特异性结合野生型UAS(NTR)序列以及源自多种NCR敏感性启动子(GDH2、CAR11、DAL3、PUT1、UGA4和GLN1)的DNA片段。当与不含UAS元件的最小CYC1衍生启动子上游的一个或多个LexAp结合位点结合时,LexA-Gln3融合蛋白支持转录激活。LexAp-Gln3p的转录激活在很大程度上不依赖于用于生长的氮源。这些数据表明Gln3p能够直接结合UAS(NTR)并参与NCR敏感性基因的转录激活。