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Transcription of ppk from Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1, encoding a putative polyphosphate kinase, is induced by phosphate starvation.


ABSTRACT: Polyphosphate kinase (Ppk) catalyzes the formation of polyphosphate from ATP. We cloned the ppk gene (2,073 bp) from Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1; this gene encodes a putative polypeptide of 78.6 kDa with extensive homology to polyphosphate kinase from Escherichia coli and other bacteria. Chromosomal disruption of ppk by inserting a transcriptionally fused lacZ does not affect growth under conditions of phosphate limitation or excess. beta-Galactosidase activity expressed from the single-copy ppk::lacZ fusion is induced 5- to 15-fold by phosphate starvation. An increased amount of ppk transcript (2.2 kb) was detected when cells were grown at a limiting phosphate concentration. Primer extension analysis revealed a regulated promoter located upstream of a second, constitutive promoter. Potential similarities of this regulation with the effects of PhoB and PhoR of E. coli are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Geissdorfer W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC106343 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transcription of ppk from Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1, encoding a putative polyphosphate kinase, is induced by phosphate starvation.

Geissdörfer W W   Ratajczak A A   Hillen W W  

Applied and environmental microbiology 19980301 3


Polyphosphate kinase (Ppk) catalyzes the formation of polyphosphate from ATP. We cloned the ppk gene (2,073 bp) from Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1; this gene encodes a putative polypeptide of 78.6 kDa with extensive homology to polyphosphate kinase from Escherichia coli and other bacteria. Chromosomal disruption of ppk by inserting a transcriptionally fused lacZ does not affect growth under conditions of phosphate limitation or excess. beta-Galactosidase activity expressed from the single-copy p  ...[more]

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