TnrA

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  • Description: transcriptional pleiotropic regulator invoved in global nitrogen regulation

Gene name tnrA
Synonyms scgR
Essential no
Product transcription activator/ repressor
Function regulation of nitrogen assimilation
(positive regulation of nrgAB, nasBCDEF, gabP,
ureABC, guaD; negative regulation of glnRA, gltAB)
MW, pI 12 kDa, 10.235
Gene length, protein length 330 bp, 110 aa
Immediate neighbours mgtE, ykzB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
TnrA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Genes/ operons controlled by TnrA

Extended information on the protein

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  • Effectors of protein activity: feedback-inhibited GlnA prevents TnrA from DNA binding
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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
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Additional information

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
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  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Susan Fisher, Boston, USA homepage

Your additional remarks

References

  1. Wray LV Jr, Ferson AE, Rohrer K, Fisher SH (1996) TnrA, a transcription factor required for global nitrogen regulation in Bacillus subtilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93:8841-8845. PubMed
  2. Yoshida K, et al. (2003) Identification of additional TnrA-regulated genes of Bacillus subtilis associated with a TnrA box. Mol Microbiol 49: 157-65. PubMed
  3. Wray LV Jr, Zalieckas JM, Fisher SH. (2001) Bacillus subtilis glutamine synthetase controls gene expression through protein-protein interaction with transcription factor TnrA. Cell 107:427-435. PubMed
  4. Belitsky, B. R., and Sonenshein, A. L. (2004) Modulation of activity of Bacillus subtilis regulatory proteins GltC and TnrA by glutamate dehydrogenase. J Bacteriol 186: 3399-3407.PubMed
  5. Belitsky, B. R., Wray, L. V., Jr., Fisher, S. H., Bohannon, D. E. & Sonenshein, A. L. (2000). Role of TnrA in nitrogen source-dependent repression of Bacillus subtilis glutamate synthase gene expression. J Bacteriol 182, 5939-5947. PubMed
  6. Heinrich, A., Woyda, K., Brauburger, K., Meiss, G., Detsch, C., Stülke, J. & Forchhammer, K. (2006) Interaction of the membrane-bound GlnK-AmtB complex with the master regulator of nitrogen metabolism TnrA in Bacillus subtilis. J. Biol. Chem. 281: 34909-34917. PubMed
  7. Tojo S, Satomura T, Morisaki K, Yoshida KI, Hirooka K, Fujita Y: Negative transcriptional regulation of the ilv-leu operon for biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids through the Bacillus subtilis global regulator TnrA. J Bacteriol 2004, 186:7971-7979. PubMed
  8. Fisher, S. H., Brandenburg, J. L. & Wray, L. V. (2002). Mutations in Bacillus subtilis glutamine synthetase that block its interaction with transcription factor TnrA. Mol Microbiol 45, 627-635. PubMed
  9. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed