CitI, a transcription factor involved in regulation of citrate metabolism in lactic acid bacteria.

ABSTRACT: A large variety of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) can utilize citrate under fermentative conditions. Although much information concerning the metabolic pathways leading to citrate utilization by LAB has been gathered, the mechanisms regulating these pathways are obscure. In Weissella paramesenteroides (formerly called Leuconostoc paramesenteroides), transcription of the citMDEFCGRP citrate operon and the upstream divergent gene citI is induced by the presence of citrate in the medium. Although genetic experiments have suggested that CitI is a transcriptional activator whose activity can be modulated in response to citrate availability, specific details of the interaction between CitI and DNA remained unknown. In this study, we show that CitI recognizes two A+T-rich operator sites located betwe

SUBMITTER: Martin MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1196025 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature