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Analysis of the orf 282 Gene and Its Function in Rhodobacter sphaeroide 2.4.1

R. sphaeroides 에서의 orf282 유전자의 분석과 이들의 기능

  • Son, Myung-Hwa (Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Joon (Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University)
  • 손명화 (부산대학교 미생물학과) ;
  • 이상준 (부산대학교 미생물학과)
  • Received : 2012.06.13
  • Accepted : 2012.07.11
  • Published : 2012.08.30
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Abstract

The orf282 gene of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is located between the ccoNOQP operon encoding $cbb_3$ terminal oxidase and the fnrL gene encoding an anaerobic activator, FnrL. Its function remains unknown. In an attempt to reveal the function of the orf282 gene, we disrupted the gene by deleting a portion of the orf282 gene and constructed an orf282-knockout mutant. Two FnrL binding sites were found to be located upstream of orf282, and it was demonstrated that orf282 is positively regulated by FnrL. The orf282 gene is not involved in the regulation of spectral complex formation. The $cbb_3$ oxidase activity detected in the orf282 mutant was comparable to that in the wild-type sample, indicating that the orf282 gene is not involved in the regulation of the ccoNOQP operon and the biosynthesis of the cbb3 cytochrome c oxidase. The elevated promoter activity of the nifH and nifA genes, which are the structural genes of nitrogenase and its regulator, respectively, in the orf282 mutant, suggests that the orf282 gene product acts as a negative effector for nifH and nifA expression.

Rodobacter sphaeroides에서 orf282 유전자는 cbb3 terminal oxidase를 암호화하는 ccoNOQP 오페론과 혐기적 활성자인 FnrL을 암호화하는 fnrL 유전자 사이에 있으며, 아직은 기능이 잘 알려지지 않았다. orf282 유전자의 기능을 알기 위해 우리는 orf282의 일부를 삭제함으로써 유전자를 붕괴시켜 orf282-minus mutant를 제조하였다. 두개의 FnrL 결합 부위가 orf282의 upstream에 존재한다는 것이 밝혀져 있으며, orf282 유전자가 FnrL에 의해 양성적으로 조절된다는 것이 증명되었다. orf282 유전자는 B875와 B800-850 spectral complexes의 형성과 관련이 없다. orf282 mutant에서의 cbb3 oxidase 활성을 wild type와 비교해보면 orf282 유전자가 ccoNOQP 오페론의 조절과 cbb3 cytochrome c oxidase의 생합성과 무관하다는 것을 알 수 있다. orf282 mutant의 구조 유전자인 nifH와 조절유전자인 nifA의 프로모터 활성이 증가한 것은 orf282 유전자 산물이 nifH와 nifA의 발현에서 음성적 effector로 작용한다는 것을 시사한다.

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