bkaR is a TetR-type repressor that controls an operon associated with branched-chain keto-acid metabolism in Mycobacteria.

Abstract:

:This study describes how bkaR, a highly conserved mycobacterial TetR-like transcriptional repressor, regulates a number of nearby genes that have associations with branched-chain keto-acid metabolism. bkaR (MSMEG_4718) was deleted from the nonpathogenic species Mycobacterium smegmatis, and changes in global gene expression were assessed using microarray analysis and reporter gene studies. bkaR was found to directly control the expression of 10 genes in M. smegmatis, and its ortholog in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Rv2506) is predicted to control at least 12 genes. A conserved operator motif was identified, and binding of purified recombinant M. tuberculosis BkaR to the motif was demonstrated. Analysis of the stoichiometry of binding showed that BkaR binds to the motif as a dimer.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Balhana RJ,Swanston SN,Coade S,Withers M,Sikder MH,Stoker NG,Kendall SL

doi

10.1111/1574-6968.12196

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-08-01 00:00:00

pages

132-40

issue

2

eissn

0378-1097

issn

1574-6968

journal_volume

345

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