Gene Review:
glnA - glutamine synthetase
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Synonyms:
ECK3863, JW3841
- Transcription of glnA in E. coli is stimulated by activator bound to sites far from the promoter. Reitzer, L.J., Magasanik, B. Cell (1986)
- Tandem promoters determine regulation of the Klebsiella pneumoniae glutamine synthetase (glnA) gene. Dixon, R. Nucleic Acids Res. (1984)
- The poor growth of Rhodospirillum rubrum mutants lacking PII proteins is due to an excess of glutamine synthetase activity. Zhang, Y., Pohlmann, E.L., Conrad, M.C., Roberts, G.P. Mol. Microbiol. (2006)
- Temperature and oxygen regulated expression of a glutamine synthetase gene from Vibrio alginolyticus cloned in Escherichia coli. Maharaj, R., Robb, F.T., Woods, D.R. Arch. Microbiol. (1986)
- The genes of the glutamine synthetase adenylylation cascade are not regulated by nitrogen in Escherichia coli. van Heeswijk, W.C., Rabenberg, M., Westerhoff, H.V., Kahn, D. Mol. Microbiol. (1993)
- Covalent modification of the glnG product, NRI, by the glnL product, NRII, regulates the transcription of the glnALG operon in Escherichia coli. Ninfa, A.J., Magasanik, B. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1986)
- Physical and genetic characterization of the glnA--glnG region of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Backman, K., Chen, Y.M., Magasanik, B. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1981)
- Effect of mutations in Escherichia coli glnL (ntrB), encoding nitrogen regulator II (NRII or NtrB), on the phosphatase activity involved in bacterial nitrogen regulation. Kamberov, E.S., Atkinson, M.R., Chandran, P., Ninfa, A.J. J. Biol. Chem. (1994)
- Isolation and characterization of a novel glutamine synthetase from Rhizobium meliloti. Shatters, R.G., Liu, Y., Kahn, M.L. J. Biol. Chem. (1993)
- Cascade control of Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase. Purification and properties of PII protein and nucleotide sequence of its structural gene. Son, H.S., Rhee, S.G. J. Biol. Chem. (1987)
- Lack of a regulatory function for glutamine synthetase protein in the synthesis of glutamate dehydrogenase and nitrite reductase in Escherichia coli K12. Newman, B.M., Cole, J.A. J. Gen. Microbiol. (1977)
- Glutamine synthetase and heteroresistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Strandén, A.M., Roos, M., Berger-Bächi, B. Microb. Drug Resist. (1996)
- Inhibition of Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase by alpha- and gamma-substituted phosphinothricins. Logusch, E.W., Walker, D.M., McDonald, J.F., Franz, J.E., Villafranca, J.J., DiIanni, C.L., Colanduoni, J.A., Li, B., Schineller, J.B. Biochemistry (1990)
- Derepressed levels of glutamate synthase and glutamine synthetase in Escherichia coli mutants altered in glutamyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase. Lapointe, J., Delcuve, G., Duplain, L. J. Bacteriol. (1975)
- Fine-structure deletion map and complementation analysis of the glnA-glnL-glnG region in Escherichia coli. MacNeil, T., MacNeil, D., Tyler, B. J. Bacteriol. (1982)
- Characterization of Escherichia coli glnL mutations affecting nitrogen regulation. Atkinson, M.R., Ninfa, A.J. J. Bacteriol. (1992)
- gltB gene and regulation of nitrogen metabolism by glutamine synthetase in Escherichia coli. Pahel, G., Zelenetz, A.D., Tyler, B.M. J. Bacteriol. (1978)
- Characterization of Salmonella typhimurium mutants with altered glutamine synthetase activity. Funanage, V.L., Brenchley, J.E. Genetics (1977)
- Cloning and characterization of gdhA, the structural gene for glutamate dehydrogenase of Salmonella typhimurium. Miller, E.S., Brenchley, J.E. J. Bacteriol. (1984)
- Regulation of ammonia assimilation in ammonia-limited chemostat cultures of Escherichia coli ML 30: evidence of bistability. Müller, P.J., von Frommannshausen, B., Schütz, H. Z. Allg. Mikrobiol. (1981)
- Role of glnB and glnD gene products in regulation of the glnALG operon of Escherichia coli. Bueno, R., Pahel, G., Magasanik, B. J. Bacteriol. (1985)
- Nitrogen regulation in Corynebacterium glutamicum: isolation of genes involved and biochemical characterization of corresponding proteins. Jakoby, M., Krämer, R., Burkovski, A. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1999)
- The glutamine synthetase of Prevotella bryantii B(1)4 is a family III enzyme (GlnN) and glutamine supports growth of mutants lacking glutamate dehydrogenase activity. Wen, Z.T., Peng, L., Morrison, M. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (2003)