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Expression of is modulated by NtcA and strongly enhanced in heterocysts of sp. PCC 7120 Free

Abstract

Fur (ferric uptake regulator) proteins are principally responsible for maintaining iron homeostasis in prokaryotes. Iron is usually a scarce resource. Its limitation reduces photosynthetic rates and cell growth in cyanobacteria in general and especially in cyanobacteria that are fixing dinitrogen, a process that requires the synthesis of numerous proteins with a high content of iron. This paper shows that in the diazotrophic cyanobacterium sp. strain PCC 7120, levels of mRNA and FurA protein increase significantly in response to nitrogen deprivation, and that up-regulation takes place specifically in proheterocysts and mature heterocysts. Great differences in a Northern blot, probed with , of RNA from an mutant relative to wild-type sp. were attributable to binding of NtcA, a global regulator of nitrogen metabolism, to the promoter of and to the promoter of the antisense transcript .

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Keyword(s): EMSA, electrophoretic mobility shift assay
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Expression of furA is modulated by NtcA and strongly enhanced in heterocysts of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
Microbiology 153, 42 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/000091-0
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