Nitrate and nitrite regulation of the Fnr-dependent aeg-46.5 promoter of Escherichia coli K-12 is mediated by competition between homologous response regulators (NarL and NarP) for a common DNA-binding site.

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The NarL and NarP proteins are homologous response regulators that function to regulate anaerobic respiratory gene expression in response to nitrate and nitrite in Escherichia coli. Expression of the aeg-46.5 operon (anaerobically expressed gene at 46.5 minutes on the genetic map) is induced during anaerobic growth by the global transcriptional regulatory protein Fnr. aeg-46.5 operon expression is further induced...

Topics

• ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
• Bacterial Proteins
• Base Sequence
• Binding, Competitive
• Carrier Proteins
• DNA Mutational Analysis
• DNA-Binding Proteins
• Deoxyribonuclease I
• Escherichia coli
• Escherichia coli Proteins