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Journal of Bacteriology, June 2004, p. 3392-3398, Vol. 186, No. 11
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.11.3392-3398.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CcpA-Dependent Regulation of Bacillus subtilis Glutamate Dehydrogenase Gene Expression

Boris R. Belitsky,* Hyun-Jin Kim, and Abraham L. Sonenshein

Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Received 20 November 2003/ Accepted 11 February 2004

The Bacillus subtilis rocG gene, encoding catabolic glutamate dehydrogenase, was found to be subject to direct CcpA-dependent glucose repression. The effect of CcpA required the presence of both the HPr and Crh proteins. The primary CcpA binding site was identified by mutational analysis and DNase I footprinting. In the absence of inducers of the Roc pathway, rocG was still expressed at a low level due to readthrough transcription. CcpA-dependent repression of rocG readthrough transcription proved to contribute to the slow growth rate of B. subtilis cells in glucose-glutamate medium. Increased readthrough expression of rocG was shown to be partially responsible for the growth defect of ccpA strains in glucose-ammonium medium.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02111. Phone: (617) 636-3618. Fax: (617) 636-0337. E-mail address: bbelit02{at}granite.tufts.edu.


Journal of Bacteriology, June 2004, p. 3392-3398, Vol. 186, No. 11
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.11.3392-3398.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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