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Isolation and molecular analysis of the gene cluster for the arginine deiminase system from Streptococcus gordonii DL1.

Abstract
The arginine deiminase (AD) system (ADS) is one of two major ammonia-generating pathways in the oral cavity that play important roles in oral biofilm pH homeostasis and oral biofilm ecology. To initiate a study of the Streptococcus gordonii ADS, the ADS gene cluster was isolated from subgenomic DNA libraries of S. gordonii DL1 by using an arcB-specific probe. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed six open reading frames (ORFs) that were arranged contiguously; the first five ORFs were transcribed in the same direction, as an apparent operon, and the sixth was transcribed in the opposite direction. The ORFs were found to share significant homologies and to correspond closely in molecular mass to previously characterized arc genes; thus, they were designated arcA (AD), arcB (ornithine carbamyltransferase), arcC (carbamate kinase), arcD (arginine-ornithine antiporter), arcT (dipeptidase), and arcR (regulator). A putative sigma(70) promoter (ParcA [TTGTGT-N(19)-TAGAAT]) was mapped 5' to arcA by primer extension, and the expression of ParcA was shown to be inducible by arginine and repressible by glucose, in agreement with AD specific activities measured in the wild-type strain. To investigate the function of ArcR in the differential expression of the arc operon, arcR was insertionally inactivated by a KM resistance marker flanked by T4 transcription/translation termination signals, and the expression of ParcA was monitored by primer extension in the wild-type and ArcR-deficient strains. Lower levels of arcA expression, as well as lower levels of AD activity, were consistently observed in the ArcR-deficient strain compared to wild-type cells, regardless of the growth conditions. Thus, ArcR is a transcriptional activator that is required for induction and optimal expression of the S. gordonii ADS gene cluster.
AuthorsYiqian Dong, Yi-Ywan M Chen, Jennifer A Snyder, R A Burne
JournalApplied and environmental microbiology (Appl Environ Microbiol) Vol. 68 Issue 11 Pg. 5549-53 (Nov 2002) ISSN: 0099-2240 [Print] United States
PMID12406748 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • ArcR protein, bacteria
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Hydrolases
  • arginine deiminase
Topics
  • Bacterial Proteins (metabolism)
  • DNA, Bacterial (analysis)
  • DNA-Binding Proteins (metabolism)
  • Gene Expression
  • Hydrolases (genetics, isolation & purification, metabolism)
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Multigene Family
  • Streptococcus (enzymology, genetics)

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