Journal article
An ABC-Type Cobalt Transport System Is Essential for Growth of Sinorhizobium melilotiat Trace Metal Concentrations
Abstract
We report expression and mutant phenotypes for a gene cluster in Sinorhizobium meliloti, designated cbtJKL, that has been shown to encode an ABC-type cobalt transport system. Transcription of cbtJKL initiated 384 nucleotides upstream from the cbtJ translation start codon, and the resulting 5' region contained a putative B(12)riboswitch. Expression of the cbtJKL genes appeared to be controlled by (cobalt-loaded) cobalamin interacting at the …
Authors
Cheng J; Poduska B; Morton RA; Finan TM
Journal
Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 193, No. 17, pp. 4405–4416
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Publication Date
September 2011
DOI
10.1128/jb.05045-11
ISSN
0021-9193
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Fields of Research (FoR)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Bacterial ProteinsBase SequenceCobaltGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, BacterialMedicago sativaMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyMutagenesis, InsertionalMutationNitrogen FixationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPhenotypeRiboswitchSinorhizobium melilotiSymbiosisTranscription, GeneticVitamin B 12