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Regulation of the high-specificity Rubisco genes by the third CbbR-type regulator in a hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium
Koichi Toyoda1, Yoichi Yoshizawa1, Masaharu Ishii2
1Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
Abstract:
The obligate chemolithoautotrophic bacterium, Hydrogenovibrio marinus MH-110, has three ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) isoenzymes, CbbM, CbbLS-1, and CbbLS-2, which differ in CO2/O2 specificity factor values. Expressions of CbbM and CbbLS-1 are regulated differently by transcriptional regulators of the LysR family, CbbRm and CbbR1, respectively. CbbLS-2 has the highest specificity and is induced under low CO2 conditions, but the regulator for the cbbL2S2 genes encoding CbbLS-2 remains unidentified. In this study, the cbbR2 gene encoding the third CbbR-type regulator was identified in the downstream region of the cbbL2S2 and carboxysome gene cluster via transposon mutagenesis. CO2 depletion induced the cbbR2 gene. The cbbR2 knockout mutant could not grow under low CO2 conditions and did not produce CbbLS-2. Recombinant CbbR2 protein was bound to the promoter region of the cbbL2S2 genes. These results indicate that CbbR2 is the specific regulator for CbbLS-2 expression.
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