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. 2008 May;45(5):760-75.
doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.10.015. Epub 2007 Oct 30.

The nadA gene of Aspergillus nidulans, encoding adenine deaminase, is subject to a unique regulatory pattern

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The nadA gene of Aspergillus nidulans, encoding adenine deaminase, is subject to a unique regulatory pattern

Nathalie Oestreicher et al. Fungal Genet Biol. 2008 May.

Abstract

The adenine deaminase of A. nidulans, encoded by nadA, can be considered both as a catabolic and a purine salvage enzyme. We show that its transcriptional regulation reflects this double metabolic role. As all other genes involved in purine utilisation it is induced by uric acid, and this induction is mediated by the UaY transcription factor. However, it is also independently and synergistically induced by adenosine by a UaY-independent mechanism. At variance with all other enzymes of purine catabolism it is not repressed but induced by ammonium. This is at least partly due to the ammonium responsive GATA factor, AreA, acting in the nadA promoter as a competitor rather than in synergy with UaY. The adB gene, encoding adenylo-succinate synthetase, which can be considered both a biosynthetic and a salvage pathway enzyme, shares with nadA both ammonium and adenosine induction.

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