• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.109-115
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• 2001

Salmonella typhimurium possesses a cad operon, which contributes to an adaptive response against an acidifying environment. In Escherichia coli, the activation of the cad operon is dependent on cadC, which is located upstream of the operon. However, the activator of cad operon in S. typhimurium has not been known until now. In this study, we selected a putative cadC mutant by trasposon mutagenesis and cloned the cadc of S. typhimurium. Moreover, the cadC mutant was complemented by cadC clone. The cadC gene from S. typhimurium LT-2 consists of 1539 bp encoding a polypeptide ob 512 amino acids, and shows sequence similarity to cadC of E. coli with 53% identity and 67% similarity. The hydrophobicity profile of th S. typhimurim CadC sequence is very similar to E. coli CadC.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.259-264
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• 2001

S. typhimurium cadBA operon의 발현에는 산성 pH와 고농도의 lysine 등 적어도 두 가지의 세포외부 신호가 요구된다. pH와 lysine신호에 따른 cadBA 발현 조절 기작을 이해하기 위하여, Tn10삽입, 자발적 돌연변이, EMS돌연변이 등을 수행하여 JF2238과 cadA-lacZ의 발현특성에 차이를 보이는 돌연변이체를 선별하였다. cadBA의 양성적 조절자의 유전자인 cadC내의 돌연변이 중 cadC4 돌연변이는 pH-비의존성, lysine-의존성 발현을, cadC6 돌연변이는 pH-비의존성, lysine-비의존성 cadA-lacZ 발현을 나타내었다. 산성 pH, lysine이 없는 조건에서 cadA-lacZ 발현을 유도하는 cadR::Tn10과 cadR3 돌연변이체를 분리하여 cadR이 lysine이 없는 조건에서 cadBA 발현을 음성적으로 조절하는 음성적 조절자의 유전자임을 알 수 있었다. cadR 돌연변이체는 lysine의 독성 유사체인 thiosine에 대해 내성($Ts^{r}$)을 나타냈으며, E. coli의 lysP 클론을 갖고 있는 pLYSP에 의해 돌연변이 형질이 보상되었다. 또한 lysine decarboxylase (CadA)의 반응산물인 cadaverine은 cadC+ 균주에서 cadA-lacZ 발현에 억제효과를 나타냈으나, cadC 돌연변이에는 억제효과가 나타나지 않았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1755-1761
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• 2008

The present study revealed that Lrp, a leucine-responsive regulatory protein, is involved in the regulation of cadBA transcription through activation of $P_{cadBA}$. The influence of Lrp on $P_{cadBA}$ was mediated by CadC, and thereby, CadC was able to compensate for the lack of Lrp in the activation of $P_{cadBA}$. Western blot analyses and EMSA demonstrated that the cellular level of CadC was not significantly affected by Lrp, and that Lrp exerted its effect by directly binding to $P_{cadBA}$. These combined results suggested that CadC and Lrp function cooperatively to activate the $P_{cadBA}$ rather than sequentially in a regulatory cascade.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.1093-1098
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• 2004

An open reading frame encoding CadC, consisting of 526 amino acids, was identified from the upstream region of the Vibrio vulnificus cadBA operon. The deduced amino acid sequences of the cadC were 22 to 78% similar to those reported from other Enterobacteriaceae. Functions of cadC gene on acid tolerance were assessed by comparing acid tolerances of V. vulnificus and its isogenic mutant, whose cadC gene was inactivated by allelic exchanges. The results demonstrated that the gene product of cadC contributes to acid tolerance of V. vulnificus, and that its contribution is dependent on prior exposure of cells to moderately acidic pH. The cellular level of cadB and cadA transcripts decreased in the cadC mutant, indicating that CadC exerts its effect on acid tolerance of V. vulnificus by enhancing the expression of cadBA in a pH-dependent manner.