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Identification and characterization of a novel outer membrane protein receptor FetA for ferric enterobactin transport in Vibrio anguillarum 775 (pJM1)
| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Naka, Hiroaki Crosa, Jorge H. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | In this work we demonstrate the existence in Vibrio anguillarum 775 (pJM1) of two chromosomal genes encoding outer membrane proteins that operate in the transport of ferric enterobactin. One of them is a novel receptor that we named FetA and the other is the already characterized FvtA that functions in the uptake of iron complexes of both enterobactin and vanchrobactin. Ferric enterobactin transport proficiency was resumed in double mutants for these two genes when they were complemented with either fetA or fvtA, whereas only the cloned fvtA could complement for ferric vanchrobactin transport. Quantitative RT-PCR assays demonstrated that transcription of the fetA gene is regulated by FetR, that is encoded upstream and in reverse orientation from fetA. This gene as well as fetA, are up-regulated in iron limiting condition in a Fur-dependent manner. The two divergent promoters are located in the intergenic region between fetR and fetA that has a putative Fur binding site and an IrgB binding site in the overlapping promoters of fetR and fetA. FetA and FetR show high homology to V. cholerae IrgA and IrgB respectively and the intergenic regions fetA–fetR and irgA–irgB are also highly related suggesting a vertical transmission of the fetA–fetR cluster from V. cholerae to V. anguillarum. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10534-011-9488-4 |
| Ending Page | 133 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| Starting Page | 125 |
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| ISSN | 09660844 |
| e-ISSN | 15728773 |
| Journal | Biometals |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 25 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all) Metals and Alloys Biomaterials Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Metals and Alloys Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Biomaterials Agricultural and Biological Sciences |