Repression of nitrogen fixation in Klebsiella pneumoniae at high temperature.
AUTOR(ES)
Brooks, S J
RESUMO
The effect of elevated growth temperature on nif mRNA synthesis, nif protein synthesis, and nitrogenase activity was investigated in wild-type and NifL- strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Nitrogenase activity is not affected at 41 degrees C; however, nitrogenase is not synthesized at that temperature. Transcription of three nif operons studied is repressed at 41 degrees C. We show that the nifL protein is not required for repression by high temperature and propose that repression of nif at 41 degrees C results from a reversible inactivation of the nifA gene product.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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