CcpA
- Description: Carbon catabolite control protein A, involved in glucose regulation of many genes; represses catabolic genes and activates genes involved in excretion of excess carbon
Gene name | ccpA |
Synonyms | graR, alsA, amyR |
Essential | no |
Product | transcriptional regulator (LacI family) |
Function | mediates carbon catabolite repression (CCR) |
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ccpA | |
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: CcpA | |
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Nucleoside catabolism, Nucleotides (regulation), Ile, Leu, Val, His, Coenzyme A, Central C-metabolism | |
MW, pI | 36,8 kDa, 5.06 |
Gene length, protein length | 1002 bp, 334 amino acids |
Immediate neighbours | motP, aroA |
Sequences | Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks |
Genetic context ![]() This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
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Expression at a glance PubMed![]() |
Contents
[hide]- 1 Categories containing this gene/protein
- 2 This gene is a member of the following regulons
- 3 The CcpA regulon
- 4 The gene
- 5 The protein
- 6 Expression and regulation
- 7 Biological materials
- 8 Labs working on this gene/protein
- 9 Your additional remarks
- 10 References
- 10.1 Reviews
- 10.2 General and physiological studies
- 10.3 Global analyses (proteome, transcriptome, ChIP-chip)
- 10.4 Repression of target genes by CcpA
- 10.5 Positive regulation of gene expression by CcpA
- 10.6 Control of CcpA activity
- 10.7 CcpA-DNA interaction
- 10.8 Functional analysis of CcpA
- 10.9 Structural analyses
Categories containing this gene/protein
- see also: glutamate metabolism
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The CcpA regulon
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU29740
Phenotypes of a mutant
Loss of carbon catabolite repression. Loss of PTS-dependent sugar transport due to excessive phosphorylation of HPr by HprK. The mutant is unable to grow on a minimal medium with glucose and ammonium as the only sources of carbon and nitrogen, respectively.
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: transcriptional regulator of carbon catabolite repression (CCR)
- Protein family: LacI family
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- HTH LacI-type Domain (1 – 58)
- DNA binding Domain (6 – 25)
- Modification:
- Effectors of protein activity:glucose-6-phosphate, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate Pubmed
Database entries
- Structure:
- 2JCG (Apoprotein from Bacillus megaterium)
- CcpA-Crh-DNA-complex NCBI
- complex with P-Ser-HPr and sulphate ions NCBI
- 3OQM (complex of B. subtilis CcpA with P-Ser-HPr and the ackA operator site)
- 3OQN (complex of B. subtilis CcpA with P-Ser-HPr and the gntR operator site)
- 3OQO (complex of B. subtilis CcpA with P-Ser-HPr and a optimal synthetic operator site)
- UniProt: P25144
- KEGG entry: [3]
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Sigma factor:
- Regulation: constitutively expressed PubMed
- Additional information: there are about 3.000 molecules of CcpA per cell PubMed, this corresponds to a concentration of 3 myM (according to PubMed)
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- QB5407 (spc), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- GP302 (erm), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- GP300 (an in frame deletion of ccpA), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- WH649 (aphA3), available in Gerald Seidel's lab
- Expression vector:
- pGP643 (N-terminal Strep-tag, purification from B. subtilis, for SPINE, in pGP380), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- pWH940 (C-terminal Strep-tag, purification from B. subtilis, for SPINE, in pGP382), available in Gerald Seidel's lab
- Strep-tag construct: GP1303 ccpA-Strep (spc) in native locus, based on (pGP1389), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- Antibody: available in Gerald Seidel's and in Jörg Stülke's lab
Labs working on this gene/protein
- Gerald Seidel, Erlangen University, Germany Homepage
- Richard Brennan, Houston, Texas, USA Homepage
- Milton H. Saier, University of California at San Diego, USA Homepage
- Yasutaro Fujita, University of Fukuyama, Japan
- Jörg Stülke, University of Göttingen, Germany Homepage
- Oscar Kuipers, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Homepage
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
General and physiological studies
Additional publications: PubMed
Frederik M Meyer, Matthieu Jules, Felix M P Mehne, Dominique Le Coq, Jens J Landmann, Boris Görke, Stéphane Aymerich, Jörg Stülke
Malate-mediated carbon catabolite repression in Bacillus subtilis involves the HPrK/CcpA pathway.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(24);6939-49
[PubMed:22001508]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Kalpana D Singh, Matthias H Schmalisch, Jörg Stülke, Boris Görke
Carbon catabolite repression in Bacillus subtilis: quantitative analysis of repression exerted by different carbon sources.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(21);7275-84
[PubMed:18757537]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Naoya Terahara, Makoto Fujisawa, Benjamin Powers, Tina M Henkin, Terry A Krulwich, Masahiro Ito
An intergenic stem-loop mutation in the Bacillus subtilis ccpA-motPS operon increases motPS transcription and the MotPS contribution to motility.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(7);2701-5
[PubMed:16547058]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Ingrid Wacker, Holger Ludwig, Irene Reif, Hans-Matti Blencke, Christian Detsch, Jörg Stülke
The regulatory link between carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the gltAB operon by the catabolite control protein CcpA.
Microbiology (Reading): 2003, 149(Pt 10);3001-3009
[PubMed:14523131]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Holger Ludwig, Nicole Rebhan, Hans-Matti Blencke, Matthias Merzbacher, Jörg Stülke
Control of the glycolytic gapA operon by the catabolite control protein A in Bacillus subtilis: a novel mechanism of CcpA-mediated regulation.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 45(2);543-53
[PubMed:12123463]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
N Faires, S Tobisch, S Bachem, I Martin-Verstraete, M Hecker, J Stülke
The catabolite control protein CcpA controls ammonium assimilation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 1999, 1(1);141-8
[PubMed:10941796]
[WorldCat.org]
(P p)
Y Miwa, M Saikawa, Y Fujita
Possible function and some properties of the CcpA protein of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1994, 140 ( Pt 10);2567-75
[PubMed:8000527]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
T M Henkin, F J Grundy, W L Nicholson, G H Chambliss
Catabolite repression of alpha-amylase gene expression in Bacillus subtilis involves a trans-acting gene product homologous to the Escherichia coli lacl and galR repressors.
Mol Microbiol: 1991, 5(3);575-84
[PubMed:1904524]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Global analyses (proteome, transcriptome, ChIP-chip)
Additional publications: PubMed
Repression of target genes by CcpA
Additional publications: PubMed
José Manuel Inácio, Isabel de Sá-Nogueira
trans-Acting factors and cis elements involved in glucose repression of arabinan degradation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(22);8371-6
[PubMed:17827291]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Soo-Keun Choi, Milton H Saier
Mechanism of CcpA-mediated glucose repression of the resABCDE operon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2006, 11(1-2);104-10
[PubMed:16825793]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Soo-Keun Choi, Milton H Saier
Regulation of pho regulon gene expression by the carbon control protein A, CcpA, in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2005, 10(1);40-50
[PubMed:16491025]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Soo-Keun Choi, Milton H Saier
Regulation of sigL expression by the catabolite control protein CcpA involves a roadblock mechanism in Bacillus subtilis: potential connection between carbon and nitrogen metabolism.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(19);6856-61
[PubMed:16166551]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Boris R Belitsky, Hyun-Jin Kim, Abraham L Sonenshein
CcpA-dependent regulation of Bacillus subtilis glutamate dehydrogenase gene expression.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(11);3392-8
[PubMed:15150224]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Hyun-Jin Kim, Agnes Roux, Abraham L Sonenshein
Direct and indirect roles of CcpA in regulation of Bacillus subtilis Krebs cycle genes.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 45(1);179-90
[PubMed:12100558]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Hyun-Jin Kim, Cécile Jourlin-Castelli, Sam-In Kim, Abraham L Sonenshein
Regulation of the bacillus subtilis ccpC gene by ccpA and ccpC.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 43(2);399-410
[PubMed:11985717]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Emmanuelle Darbon, Pascale Servant, Sandrine Poncet, Josef Deutscher
Antitermination by GlpP, catabolite repression via CcpA and inducer exclusion triggered by P-GlpK dephosphorylation control Bacillus subtilis glpFK expression.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 43(4);1039-52
[PubMed:11929549]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
I Martin-Verstraete, J Stülke, A Klier, G Rapoport
Two different mechanisms mediate catabolite repression of the Bacillus subtilis levanase operon.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(23);6919-27
[PubMed:7592486]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
F J Grundy, A J Turinsky, T M Henkin
Catabolite regulation of Bacillus subtilis acetate and acetoin utilization genes by CcpA.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(15);4527-33
[PubMed:7913927]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Positive regulation of gene expression by CcpA
Robert P Shivers, Abraham L Sonenshein
Bacillus subtilis ilvB operon: an intersection of global regulons.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 56(6);1549-59
[PubMed:15916605]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Holger Ludwig, Christoph Meinken, Anastasija Matin, Jörg Stülke
Insufficient expression of the ilv-leu operon encoding enzymes of branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis limits growth of a Bacillus subtilis ccpA mutant.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(18);5174-8
[PubMed:12193635]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
A J Turinsky, T R Moir-Blais, F J Grundy, T M Henkin
Bacillus subtilis ccpA gene mutants specifically defective in activation of acetoin biosynthesis.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(19);5611-4
[PubMed:10986270]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
E Presecan-Siedel, A Galinier, R Longin, J Deutscher, A Danchin, P Glaser, I Martin-Verstraete
Catabolite regulation of the pta gene as part of carbon flow pathways in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(22);6889-97
[PubMed:10559153]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
A J Turinsky, F J Grundy, J H Kim, G H Chambliss, T M Henkin
Transcriptional activation of the Bacillus subtilis ackA gene requires sequences upstream of the promoter.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(22);5961-7
[PubMed:9811655]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
F J Grundy, D A Waters, S H Allen, T M Henkin
Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis acetate kinase gene by CcpA.
J Bacteriol: 1993, 175(22);7348-55
[PubMed:8226682]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Control of CcpA activity
Lwin Mar Aung-Hilbrich, Gerald Seidel, Andrea Wagner, Wolfgang Hillen
Quantification of the influence of HPrSer46P on CcpA-cre interaction.
J Mol Biol: 2002, 319(1);77-85
[PubMed:12051938]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
A Galinier, J Deutscher, I Martin-Verstraete
Phosphorylation of either crh or HPr mediates binding of CcpA to the bacillus subtilis xyn cre and catabolite repression of the xyn operon.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 286(2);307-14
[PubMed:9973552]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
J H Kim, M I Voskuil, G H Chambliss
NADP, corepressor for the Bacillus catabolite control protein CcpA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1998, 95(16);9590-5
[PubMed:9689125]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
B E Jones, V Dossonnet, E Küster, W Hillen, J Deutscher, R E Klevit
Binding of the catabolite repressor protein CcpA to its DNA target is regulated by phosphorylation of its corepressor HPr.
J Biol Chem: 1997, 272(42);26530-5
[PubMed:9334231]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
J Deutscher, E Küster, U Bergstedt, V Charrier, W Hillen
Protein kinase-dependent HPr/CcpA interaction links glycolytic activity to carbon catabolite repression in gram-positive bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 1995, 15(6);1049-53
[PubMed:7623661]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
CcpA-DNA interaction
Maria A Schumacher, Mareen Sprehe, Maike Bartholomae, Wolfgang Hillen, Richard G Brennan
Structures of carbon catabolite protein A-(HPr-Ser46-P) bound to diverse catabolite response element sites reveal the basis for high-affinity binding to degenerate DNA operators.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2011, 39(7);2931-42
[PubMed:21106498]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Gerald Seidel, Marco Diel, Norbert Fuchsbauer, Wolfgang Hillen
Quantitative interdependence of coeffectors, CcpA and cre in carbon catabolite regulation of Bacillus subtilis.
FEBS J: 2005, 272(10);2566-77
[PubMed:15885105]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Y Miwa, A Nakata, A Ogiwara, M Yamamoto, Y Fujita
Evaluation and characterization of catabolite-responsive elements (cre) of Bacillus subtilis.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2000, 28(5);1206-10
[PubMed:10666464]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
J H Kim, G H Chambliss
Contacts between Bacillus subtilis catabolite regulatory protein CcpA and amyO target site.
Nucleic Acids Res: 1997, 25(17);3490-6
[PubMed:9254709]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Y Fujita, Y Miwa, A Galinier, J Deutscher
Specific recognition of the Bacillus subtilis gnt cis-acting catabolite-responsive element by a protein complex formed between CcpA and seryl-phosphorylated HPr.
Mol Microbiol: 1995, 17(5);953-60
[PubMed:8596444]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
J H Kim, Z T Guvener, J Y Cho, K C Chung, G H Chambliss
Specificity of DNA binding activity of the Bacillus subtilis catabolite control protein CcpA.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(17);5129-34
[PubMed:7665492]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Functional analysis of CcpA
H Ludwig, J Stülke
The Bacillus subtilis catabolite control protein CcpA exerts all its regulatory functions by DNA-binding.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2001, 203(1);125-9
[PubMed:11557150]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
E Küster-Schöck, A Wagner, U Völker, W Hillen
Mutations in catabolite control protein CcpA showing glucose-independent regulation in Bacillus megaterium.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(24);7634-8
[PubMed:10601226]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
E Küster, T Hilbich, M K Dahl, W Hillen
Mutations in catabolite control protein CcpA separating growth effects from catabolite repression.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(13);4125-8
[PubMed:10383986]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
A Kraus, E Küster, A Wagner, K Hoffmann, W Hillen
Identification of a co-repressor binding site in catabolite control protein CcpA.
Mol Microbiol: 1998, 30(5);955-63
[PubMed:9988473]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
A Kraus, W Hillen
Analysis of CcpA mutations defective in carbon catabolite repression in Bacillus megaterium.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 1997, 153(1);221-6
[PubMed:9252590]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Structural analyses