Iranian Journal of Biotechnology., Vol. 10,
No. 1, January 2012., 62-66
2012
Bacillus clausii TnrA transcription factor is required for global nitrogen regulation. In order to obtain an overview of gene regulation by TnrA in B . clausii KSMK16, the entire genome of B. clausii was screened for the consensus sequence, 5’-TGTNAN7TNACA-3’ known as the TnrA box, and 13 transcription units were found containing a putative TnrA box. The TnrA targets identified in this study were tnrA, glnA, nrgA , nasFDEB, puc genes, licT, the two operons of the oligopeptide ABC transporter, lytR, transcriptional regulator of the Lrp/AsnC family, sodium-dependent transporter of SNF family, hyu genes and a biochemically uncharacterized protein.