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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
The carAB operon of Salmonella typhimurium encoding carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase (CPSase) has been cloned, and the nucleotide sequence of the first gene of the operon, carA, together with 760 base pairs of the 5'-flanking region was determined. The product of the carA gene is the small subunit of CPSase. It catalyzes the transfer of the amide group from glutamine to an NH3-site on the heavy subunit. Primer extension and S1 nuclease mapping of in vivo carAB transcripts revealed that transcription is similar to that of Escherichia coli [Piette, J. et al. (1984) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 81, 4134-4138] in its initiation at two promoters, P1 and P2, controlled by pyrimidines and arginine, respectively. The arginine control is mediated through binding to the arginine repressor (argR). The involvement of titratable regulatory elements is indicated by the escape from both arginine and pyrimidine control, when the operon is present in multicopies on a plasmid. Measurements of CPSase levels in mutants which allows independent manipulation of the intracellular uracil and cytosine nucleotide pools show, that both uracil and cytosine nucleotides are required for full repression and that limitation of either nucleotide results in derepression of CPSase synthesis. Deletion analyses indicate that regions upstream of the P1 promoter are required for normal expression from this promoter but not from P2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
176
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
421-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Glutamine-Hydrolyzing), pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-DNA Restriction Enzymes, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Deoxyribonuclease HindIII, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Endonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Operon, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Salmonella typhimurium, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:2843375-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Nucleotide sequence of the carA gene and regulation of the carAB operon in Salmonella typhimurium.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Copenhagen, Institute of Biological Chemistry B, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't