The BglG group of antiterminators: a growing family of bacterial regulators

Mahadevan, Subramony (1997) The BglG group of antiterminators: a growing family of bacterial regulators Journal of Biosciences, 22 (4). pp. 505-513. ISSN 0250-5991

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Abstract

The product of the bglG gene of Escherichia coli was among the first bacterial antiterminators to be identified and characterized. Since the elucidation ten years ago of its role in the regulation of the bgl operon of E. coli,a large number of homologies have been discovered in both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Often the homologues of BglG in other organisms are also involved in regulating β-glucoside utilization. Surprisingly, in many cases, they mediate antitermination to regulate a variety of other catabolic functions. Because of the high degree of conservation of the cis-acting regulatory elements, antiterminators from one organism can function in another. Generally the antiterminator protein itself is negatively regulated by phosphorylation by a component of the phosphotransferase system. This family of proteins thus represents a highly evolved regulatory system that is conserved across evolutionarily distant genuses.

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Keywords:Bacterial Antitermination; RNA Binding Proteins; Response Regulators; Phosphortransferase Systems
ID Code:20749
Deposited On:20 Nov 2010 13:38
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