Physiological role of the GlnK signal transduction protein of Escherichia coli : survival of nitrogen starvation
dc.contributor.author | Blauwkamp, Timothy A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ninfa, Alexander J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T19:49:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T19:49:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Blauwkamp, Timothy A.; Ninfa, Alexander J. (2002). "Physiological role of the GlnK signal transduction protein of Escherichia coli : survival of nitrogen starvation ." Molecular Microbiology 46(1): 203-214. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72950> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0950-382X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1365-2958 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72950 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=12366843&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Escherichia coli contains two PII-like signal trans-duction proteins, PII and GlnK, involved in nitrogen assimilation. We examined the roles of PII and GlnK in controlling expression of glnALG , glnK and nac during the transition from growth on ammonia to nitrogen starvation and vice versa. The PII protein exclusively controlled glnALG expression in cells adapted to growth on ammonia, but was unable to limit nac and glnK expression under conditions of nitrogen starvation. Conversely, GlnK was unable to limit glnALG expression in cells adapted to growth on ammonia, but was required to limit expression of the glnK and nac promoters during nitrogen starvation. In the absence of GlnK, very high expression of the glnK and nac promoters occurred in nitrogen-starved cells, and the cells did not reduce glnK and nac expression when given ammonia. Thus, one specific role of GlnK is to regulate the expression of Ntr genes during nitrogen starvation. GlnK also had a dramatic effect on the ability of cells to survive nitrogen starvation and resume rapid growth when fed ammonia. After being nitrogen starved for as little as 10 h, cells lacking GlnK were unable to resume rapid growth when given ammonia. In contrast, wild-type cells that were starved immediately resumed rapid growth when fed ammonia. Cells lacking GlnK also showed faster loss of viability during extended nitrogen starvation relative to wild-type cells. This complex phenotype resulted partly from the requirement for GlnK to regulate nac expression; deletion of nac restored wild-type growth rates after ammonia starvation and refeeding to cells lacking GlnK, but did not improve viability during nitrogen starvation. The specific roles of GlnK during nitrogen starvation were not the result of a distinct function of the protein, as expression of PII from the glnK promoter in cells lacking GlnK restored the wild-type phenotypes. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Science, Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | Blackwell Science, 2002 | en_US |
dc.title | Physiological role of the GlnK signal transduction protein of Escherichia coli : survival of nitrogen starvation | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Microbiology and Immunology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, 1301 E. Catherine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0606, USA. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 12366843 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72950/1/j.1365-2958.2002.03153.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03153.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Molecular Microbiology | en_US |
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