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Regulation of Sialic Acid Catabolism by the DNA Binding Protein NanR in Escherichia coli

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Bacteriology, August 2003
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Title
Regulation of Sialic Acid Catabolism by the DNA Binding Protein NanR in Escherichia coli
Published in
Journal of Bacteriology, August 2003
DOI 10.1128/jb.185.16.4806-4815.2003
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Kathryn A. Kalivoda, Susan M. Steenbergen, Eric R. Vimr, Jacqueline Plumbridge

Abstract

All Escherichia coli strains so far examined possess a chromosomally encoded nanATEK-yhcH operon for the catabolism of sialic acids. These unique nine-carbon sugars are synthesized primarily by higher eukaryotes and can be used as carbon, nitrogen, and energy sources by a variety of microbial pathogens or commensals. The gene nanR, located immediately upstream of the operon, encodes a protein of the FadR/GntR family that represses nan expression in trans. S1 analysis identified the nan transcriptional start, and DNA footprint analysis showed that NanR binds to a region of approximately 30 bp covering the promoter region. Native (nondenaturing) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, and chemical cross-linking indicated that NanR forms homodimers in solution. The region protected by NanR contains three tandem repeats of the hexameric sequence GGTATA. Gel shift analysis with purified hexahistidine-tagged or native NanR detected three retarded complexes, suggesting that NanR binds sequentially to the three repeats. Artificial operators carrying different numbers of repeats formed the corresponding number of complexes. Among the sugars tested that were predicted to be products of the nan-encoded system, only the exogenous addition of sialic acid resulted in the dramatic induction of a chromosomal nanA-lacZ fusion or displaced NanR from its operator in vitro. Titration of NanR by the nan promoter region or artificial operators carrying different numbers of the GGTATA repeat on plasmids in this fusion strain supported the binding of the regulator to target DNA in vivo. Together, the results indicate that GGTATA is important for NanR binding, but the precise mechanism remains to be determined.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Canada 1 2%
Unknown 57 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 12 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 19%
Student > Master 7 12%
Student > Bachelor 5 8%
Professor 5 8%
Other 11 19%
Unknown 8 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 39%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 16 27%
Environmental Science 2 3%
Engineering 2 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 3%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 11 19%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 September 2022.
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#5,448,088
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#9,539
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#15
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