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DNA Microarray-Based Identification of Genes Regulated by NtrC in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

ABSTRACT: The Bradyrhizobium japonicum NtrBC two-component system is a critical regulator of cellular nitrogen metabolism, including the acquisition and catabolism of nitrogenous compounds. To better define the roles of this system, genome-wide transcriptional profiling was performed to identify the NtrC regulon during the response to nitrogen limitation. Upon cells perceiving low intracellular nitrogen, they stimulate the phosphorylation of NtrC, which induces genes responsible for alteration of the core glutamine synthetase/glutamate synthase nitrogen assimilation pathway, including the genes for the glutamine synthetases and PII proteins. In addition, genes responsible for the import and utilization of multiple nitrogen sources, specifically nitrate and nitrite, were upregulated by NtrC activation. Mutational analysis of a candidate nitrite reductase revealed a role for NtrC in regulating the assimilation of nitrite, since mutations in both ntrC and the gene encoding the candidate nitrite reductase abolished the ability to grow on nitrite as a sole nitrogen source.

SUBMITTER: Franck WL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4510186 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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DNA Microarray-Based Identification of Genes Regulated by NtrC in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

Franck William L WL Qiu Jing J Lee Hae-In HI Chang Woo-Suk WS Stacey Gary G

Applied and environmental microbiology 20150529 16

The Bradyrhizobium japonicum NtrBC two-component system is a critical regulator of cellular nitrogen metabolism, including the acquisition and catabolism of nitrogenous compounds. To better define the roles of this system, genome-wide transcriptional profiling was performed to identify the NtrC regulon during the response to nitrogen limitation. Upon cells perceiving low intracellular nitrogen, they stimulate the phosphorylation of NtrC, which induces genes responsible for alteration of the core ...[more]

PMID: 26025905

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DNA Microarray-Based Identification of Genes Regulated by NtrC in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

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DNA Microarray-Based Identification of Genes Regulated by NtrC in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

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