Journal article

Publication year: 2002

Pages: 249-253

Journal: Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volume number: 4

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 1464-1801

URL: https://www.caister.com/jmmb/v/v4/29.pdf

Publisher: Karger Publishers

Abstract: 
Oxygen is the major external factor affecting the expression of photosynthesis genes in facultatively photosynthetic bacteria. Many investigations over the last years mainly carried out on the closely related species Rhodobacter capsulatus and Rhodobacter sphaeroides have identified a number of proteins involved in the oxygen-regulated signal pathway, in which the RegB/RegA two component system plays a central role. While the RegB/RegA system activates photosynthesis genes under low oxygen tension other proteins like CrtJ and PPBP have a repressing function under high oxygen tension. Additional DNA binding proteins like the integration host factor can modulate the expression of photosynthesis genes. The role of alternative sigma factors in this signal pathway is still unclear.

Harvard Citation style: Gregor, J. and Klug, G. (2002) Oxygen-regulated expression of genes for pigment binding proteins in Rhodobacter capsulatus, Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, 4(3), pp. 249-253. https://www.caister.com/jmmb/v/v4/29.pdf

APA Citation style: Gregor, J., & Klug, G. (2002). Oxygen-regulated expression of genes for pigment binding proteins in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology. 4(3), 249-253. https://www.caister.com/jmmb/v/v4/29.pdf