TnrA

• 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
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Genes/ operons controlled by TnrA

• Activation by TnrA: nrgA-nrgB

• Repression by TnrA: degS-degU, gltA-gltB

Extended information on the protein

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

• Interactions: TnrA-NrgB PubMed, TnrA-GlnA, this interaction results in loss of TnrA DNA-binding activity

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• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: available in the Karl Forchhammer lab

Labs working on this gene/protein

Susan Fisher, Boston, USA homepage

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
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