ABSTRACT
NADH dehydrogenase is a key component of the respiratory chain. It catalyzes the oxidation of NADH by transferring electrons to ubiquinone and establishes a proton motive force across the cell membrane. The
yjlD
(renamed
ndh
) gene of
Bacillus subtilis
is predicted to encode an enzyme similar to the NADH dehydrogenase II of
Escherichia coli
, encoded by the
ndh
gene. We have shown that the
yjlC-ndh
operon is negatively regulated by YdiH (renamed Rex), a homolog of Rex in
Streptomyces coelicolor
, and a redox-sensing transcriptional regulator that responds to the NADH/NAD
+
ratio. The
ndh
gene regulates expression of the
yjlC-ndh
operon, as indicated by the fact that mutation in
ndh
causes a higher NADH/NAD
+
ratio. An in vitro study showed that Rex binds to the downstream region of the
yjlC-ndh
promoter and that NAD
+
enhances the binding of Rex to the putative Rex-binding sites in the
yjlC-ndh
operon as well as in the
cydABCD
operon. These results indicated that Rex and Ndh together form a regulatory loop which functions to prevent a large fluctuation in the NADH/NAD
+
ratio in
B. subtilis
.
摘要
NADH 脱氢酶是呼吸链的关键组成部分。它通过将电子转移到泛醌来催化 NADH 的氧化,并在细胞膜上形成质子动力。其
yjlD
(改名为
ndh
)基因
枯草芽孢杆菌的
基因被预测编码一种类似于
大肠杆菌
编码的
ndh
基因编码的 NADH 脱氢酶 II 相似。我们已经证明
yjlC-ndh
操作子受到 YdiH(改名为 Rex)的负调控。
Rex 的同源物
和一个氧化还原感应转录调控因子对 NADH/NAD
+
比率作出反应。该
ndh
基因调控
yjlC-ndh
操作子的表达。
ndh
基因突变会导致更高的 NADH/NAD
+
比率。一项体外研究表明,Rex 与
yjlC-ndh
启动子的下游区域结合,NAD
+
能增强 Rex 与 yjlC-ndh 启动子中的假定 Rex 结合位点的结合。
yjlC-ndh
操作子以及
cydABCD
操作子中的假定 Rex 结合位点。这些结果表明,Rex 和 Ndh 共同形成了一个调控环,其功能是防止 NADH/NAD
+
比率的大幅波动。
枯草芽孢杆菌
.