NrrA Directly Regulates Expression of hetR during Heterocyst Differentiation in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
- 15 December 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 188 (24) , 8520-8525
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.01314-06
Abstract
Heterocyst differentiation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 requires NtcA, the global nitrogen regulator in cyanobacteria, and HetR, the master regulator of heterocyst differentiation. Expression of hetR is upregulated by nitrogen deprivation, and its upregulation depends on NtcA. However, it has not yet been revealed how NtcA regulates the expression of hetR. In the experiments presented here, it was confirmed that NrrA (All4312), a nitrogen-responsive response regulator, was required for the upregulation of hetR. The use of the nitrogen-responsive transcription initiation sites (TISs) for the hetR gene depended upon NrrA. NrrA bound specifically to the region upstream of TISs located at positions -728 and -696 in vitro. Overexpression of nrrA resulted in enhanced hetR expression and heterocyst formation. A molecular regulatory cascade is proposed whereby NtcA upregulates the expression of nrrA upon limitation of combined nitrogen in the medium and then NrrA upregulates the expression of hetR, leading to heterocyst differentiation.Keywords
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