transcriptional regulator of the ArgR family, AhrC represses the genes for arginine biosynthesis and activates the genes for arginine catabolism
function
transcriptional regulator of arginine metabolic genes
product
transcriptional regulator (ArgR family)
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3|Amino acid/ nitrogen metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3.1|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids] → [category|SW 2.3.1.4|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of arginine][category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3|Amino acid/ nitrogen metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3.2|Utilization of amino acids] → [category|SW 2.3.2.4|Utilization of arginine/ ornithine][category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.4|Regulation of gene expression] → [category|SW 3.4.2|Transcription factors and their control] → [category|SW 3.4.2.5|Transcription factors/ other]Gene
Coordinates
2,522,324 2,522,773
Phenotypes of a mutant
increased intracellular concentration of ornithine, citrulline, and arginine [pubmed|28679749][gene|search|ahrC ]inactivation allows growth of a [gene|search|ktrA ][gene|search|ktrB ][gene|search|kimA ]mutant at low potassium concentration [pubmed|28679749]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
transcriptional activator/ repressor of genes involved in arginine metabolismProtein family
[SW|ArgR family][SW|Cofactors]
L-arginine is the co-factor required for transcription repression/ activationStructure
[PDB|2P5L] (complex with an 18bp DNA operator) [pubmed|18455186][PDB|2P5K] (N-terminus) [pubmed|18007039][PDB|2P5M] (C-Terminus) [pubmed|18007040][PDB|1F9N] [pubmed|11856827][SW|Localization]
Cytoplasmadditional information
information on binding sites can be found in the [http://www.prodoric2.de/detail.php?acc=MX000043 PRODORIC2 database]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|62F8E0D6BC9DA6390256FA8FB684EA5C9C722AE4|ahrC]-[gene|5680A06A74D3EC6310EF8677795511C75DB3059E|recN]
description
[Pubmed|2106508]
regulation
by [protein|search|sRNA] [protein|search|sr1]additional information
expression is fourfold increased upon depletion of ''[SW|nusA]'' [http://www.nature.com/articles/nmicrobiol20157 Reference]view in new tabgenes
[gene|EA9FCF84AE4FA80993566B62A9200D4B32AF5670|dxs]-[gene|923C4177500E9678A0B4855F8F481D4A36ECD863|yqxC]-[gene|62F8E0D6BC9DA6390256FA8FB684EA5C9C722AE4|ahrC]-[gene|5680A06A74D3EC6310EF8677795511C75DB3059E|recN]
description
[pubmed|22383849]
regulatory mechanism
[regulon|stringent response|stringent response]: negative regulation, [pubmed|11948165], in [regulon|stringent response|stringent response]regulation
[protein|CEE73284EFC0DBE8870CE0B474922DED79475A57|RelA] dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response [Pubmed|11948165]view in new tabOther regulations
[protein|FC93BA60BD185DE5EF31D5605F0B8294EC2E8E5A|Sr1]: translation inhibition, Biological materials
Mutant
GP729 (ahrC::aphA3), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labGP2185 ([gene|62F8E0D6BC9DA6390256FA8FB684EA5C9C722AE4|ahrC]::''ermC''), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lab [pubmed|28679749]BKE24250 ([gene|62F8E0D6BC9DA6390256FA8FB684EA5C9C722AE4|ahrC]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE24250 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTAAGCACCTCTATTTC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAACAGAAAATCTAACAAAGBKK24250 ([gene|62F8E0D6BC9DA6390256FA8FB684EA5C9C722AE4|ahrC]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK24250 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTAAGCACCTCTATTTC, downstream forward: _UP4_TAACAGAAAATCTAACAAAGtwo-hybrid system
''B. pertussis'' adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system ([SW|BACTH]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lablabs
[SW|Simon Phillips], Leeds University, UK [http://www.astbury.leeds.ac.uk/People/staffpage.php?StaffID=SEVP Homepage][SW|Michel Debarbouille], Pasteur Institute, Paris, France [http://www.pasteur.fr/ip/easysite/go/03b-00000m-0ob/recherche/departements-scientifiques/microbiologie/unites-et-groupes/unite-de-biologie-des-bacteries-pathogenes-a-gram-positif/les-membres-de-l-equipe Homepage]References
17020585,17576690,18455186,18007040,18007039,11856827,11305941,9383188,7565595,1312212,2106508,27171430,28679749