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Regulation of Hydrogenase Gene Expression

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Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 2))

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In bacteria, the genes for hydrogenase (hup and hyp) are generally clustered, and the sequence ofthese clustered genes has been determined in several species. Among the photosynthetic bacteria, the organization of the hup and hyp genes has been the most studied in Rhodobacter capsulatus, and the nucleotide sequence of the entire hup/hyp gene cluster has been determined. This cluster includes the structural genes for the H2-uptake [NiFe]hydrogenase (hupSLC) and the large number of accessory and regulatory genes. The possible roles of these genes, and the existence of other types of hydrogenase in the photosynthetic bacteria, are discussed. Hydrogenase gene expression in Rb. capsulatus is controlled by two main factors, namely molecular hydrogen and oxygen. Several regulatory genes have been identified in the hup/hyp gene cluster of Rb. capsulatus. The products of two of them, hupR and hupT, belong to the superfamily of two-component regulatory systems. In

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Vignais, P.M., Toussaint, B., Colbeau, A. (1995). Regulation of Hydrogenase Gene Expression. In: Blankenship, R.E., Madigan, M.T., Bauer, C.E. (eds) Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47954-0_55

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