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Effect of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate on the in vitro interaction between the NifA GAF domain and the GlnB protein of Azospirillum brasilense
Azospirillum brasilense is a diazotroph that associates with important agricultural crops and thus has potential to be a nitrogen biofertilizer. The A. brasilense transcription regulator NifA, which seems to be constitutively expressed, activates the transcription of nitrogen fixation genes. It has...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854208/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22983183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500146 |
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author | Sotomaior, P. Araújo, L.M. Nishikawa, C.Y. Huergo, L.F. Monteiro, R.A. Pedrosa, F.O. Chubatsu, L.S. Souza, E.M. |
author_facet | Sotomaior, P. Araújo, L.M. Nishikawa, C.Y. Huergo, L.F. Monteiro, R.A. Pedrosa, F.O. Chubatsu, L.S. Souza, E.M. |
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description | Azospirillum brasilense is a diazotroph that associates with important agricultural crops and thus has potential to be a nitrogen biofertilizer. The A. brasilense transcription regulator NifA, which seems to be constitutively expressed, activates the transcription of nitrogen fixation genes. It has been suggested that the nitrogen status-signaling protein GlnB regulates NifA activity by direct interaction with the NifA N-terminal GAF domain, preventing the inhibitory effect of this domain under conditions of nitrogen fixation. In the present study, we show that an N-terminal truncated form of NifA no longer required GlnB for activity and lost regulation by ammonium. On the other hand, in trans co-expression of the N-terminal GAF domain inhibited the N-truncated protein in response to fixed nitrogen levels. We also used pull-down assays to show in vitro interaction between the purified N-terminal GAF domain of NifA and the GlnB protein. The results showed that A. brasilense GlnB interacts directly with the NifA N-terminal domain and this interaction is dependent on the presence of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate. |
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spelling | pubmed-38542082013-12-16 Effect of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate on the in vitro interaction between the NifA GAF domain and the GlnB protein of Azospirillum brasilense Sotomaior, P. Araújo, L.M. Nishikawa, C.Y. Huergo, L.F. Monteiro, R.A. Pedrosa, F.O. Chubatsu, L.S. Souza, E.M. Braz J Med Biol Res Short Communication Azospirillum brasilense is a diazotroph that associates with important agricultural crops and thus has potential to be a nitrogen biofertilizer. The A. brasilense transcription regulator NifA, which seems to be constitutively expressed, activates the transcription of nitrogen fixation genes. It has been suggested that the nitrogen status-signaling protein GlnB regulates NifA activity by direct interaction with the NifA N-terminal GAF domain, preventing the inhibitory effect of this domain under conditions of nitrogen fixation. In the present study, we show that an N-terminal truncated form of NifA no longer required GlnB for activity and lost regulation by ammonium. On the other hand, in trans co-expression of the N-terminal GAF domain inhibited the N-truncated protein in response to fixed nitrogen levels. We also used pull-down assays to show in vitro interaction between the purified N-terminal GAF domain of NifA and the GlnB protein. The results showed that A. brasilense GlnB interacts directly with the NifA N-terminal domain and this interaction is dependent on the presence of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2012-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3854208/ /pubmed/22983183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500146 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Sotomaior, P. Araújo, L.M. Nishikawa, C.Y. Huergo, L.F. Monteiro, R.A. Pedrosa, F.O. Chubatsu, L.S. Souza, E.M. Effect of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate on the in vitro interaction between the NifA GAF domain and the GlnB protein of Azospirillum brasilense |
title | Effect of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate on the in vitro interaction between the NifA GAF domain and the GlnB protein of Azospirillum brasilense |
title_full | Effect of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate on the in vitro interaction between the NifA GAF domain and the GlnB protein of Azospirillum brasilense |
title_fullStr | Effect of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate on the in vitro interaction between the NifA GAF domain and the GlnB protein of Azospirillum brasilense |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate on the in vitro interaction between the NifA GAF domain and the GlnB protein of Azospirillum brasilense |
title_short | Effect of ATP and 2-oxoglutarate on the in vitro interaction between the NifA GAF domain and the GlnB protein of Azospirillum brasilense |
title_sort | effect of atp and 2-oxoglutarate on the in vitro interaction between the nifa gaf domain and the glnb protein of azospirillum brasilense |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854208/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22983183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500146 |
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