arcA, the regulatory gene for the arginine catabolic pathway in Aspergillus nidulans (original) (raw)

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We have cloned and analysed the arcA gene which encodes a transcriptional activator necessary for the high-level expression of two genes for enzymes of the arginine catabolic pathway in Aspergillus nidulans: agaA (for arginase) and otaA (for ornithine transaminase, OTAse). Here we present complete genomic and cDNA sequences for, and describe the pattern of expression of, the arcA gene. This gene contains one intron and encodes a polypeptide of 600 amino acids. The deduced protein belongs to the family of Zn2Cys6 fungal regulatory proteins. ARCA is the first known protein of this family that has glycine instead of the conserved proline at the fifth position in the second, six-residue, loop of the Zn cluster domain. We have established that transcription of the arcA gene is not self-regulated and does not depend on arginine. Two mutations in arcA, one gain-of-function and one loss-of-function, have been sequenced and the effects of these mutations on the expression of the agaA gene at the transcriptional level are reported.

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1. Department of Genetics, Warsaw University, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland, , , , ,
   J. Empel, I. Sitkiewicz, A. Andrukiewicz, K. Lasocki, P. Borsuk & P. Weglenski

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1. J. Empel
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Empel, .J., Sitkiewicz, .I., Andrukiewicz, .A. et al. arcA, the regulatory gene for the arginine catabolic pathway in Aspergillus nidulans .Mol Gen Genomics 266, 591–597 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004380100575

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• Received: 09 February 2001
• Accepted: 08 August 2001
• Issue Date: December 2001
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004380100575