Structural highlights
Function
[AMIC_PSEAE] Negatively regulates the expression of the aliphatic amidase operon. AmiC functions by inhibiting the action of AmiR at the protein level. It exhibits protein kinase activity. [AMIR_PSEAE] Positive controlling element of AmiE, the gene for aliphatic amidase. Acts as a transcriptional antitermination factor. It is thought to allow RNA polymerase read through a rho-independent transcription terminator between the AmiE promoter and gene.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Inducible expression of the aliphatic amidase operon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is controlled by an antitermination mechanism which allows production of the full-length transcript only in the presence of small-molecule inducers, such as acetamide. Ligand-regulated antitermination is provided by AmiC, the ligand-sensitive negative regulator, and AmiR, the RNA-binding positive regulator. Under non-inducing or repressing growth conditions, AmiC and AmiR form a complex in which the activity of AmiR is silenced. The crystal structure of the AmiC-AmiR complex identifies AmiR as a new and highly unusual member of the response-regulator family of bacterial signal transduction proteins, regulated by sequestration rather than phosphorylation. Comparison with the structure of free AmiC reveals the subtle mechanism of ligand-induced release of AmiR.
Crystal structure and induction mechanism of AmiC-AmiR: a ligand-regulated transcription antitermination complex.,O'Hara BP, Norman RA, Wan PT, Roe SM, Barrett TE, Drew RE, Pearl LH EMBO J. 1999 Oct 1;18(19):5175-86. PMID:10508151[1]
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References
- ↑ O'Hara BP, Norman RA, Wan PT, Roe SM, Barrett TE, Drew RE, Pearl LH. Crystal structure and induction mechanism of AmiC-AmiR: a ligand-regulated transcription antitermination complex. EMBO J. 1999 Oct 1;18(19):5175-86. PMID:10508151 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emboj/18.19.5175
