Nucleic Acids Research, 1985, Vol. 13, No. 21 7591-7606
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The nucleotide sequence of the nitrogen regulation gene ntrB and the glnA-ntrBC intergenic region of Klebsiella pneumoniae
AFRC Unit of Nitrogen Fixation, University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK
Received September 6, 1985. Accepted October 8, 1985.
The nucleotide sequence of the Klebsiella pneumoniae ntrB gene and the glnA-ntrBC intergenic region has been determined. NtrB encodes a 38,409 Dalton polypeptide with a potential DNA-binding domain between residues 67 and 86. This N-terminal domain may play a role in the co-operative control of ntr-regulated promoters by the ntrB and ntrC products. Mapping of in vivo transcripts with S1 nuclease identified three transcripts in the glnA-ntrBC intergenic region. Two transcripts originate upstream of glnA; one reading through into ntrBC and one terminating at a sequence resembling a rho-independent terminator between glnA and ntrBC. A third transcript originates from the ntrBC promoter which has a consensus binding site for the ntrC product in the -10 region. Comparison of the glnA-ntrBC intergenic sequences from K. pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium has identified a number of conserved features and some significant differences.