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. 1980 Apr;142(1):99–110. doi: 10.1128/jb.142.1.99-110.1980

Regulation of nitrogen metabolism in glutamine auxotrophs of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

J M Leonardo, R B Goldberg
PMCID: PMC293910  PMID: 6102985

Abstract

We examined the regulation of nitrogen metabolism in four classes (glnA, glnB, glnF, and glnG) of Gln- auxotrophs of Klebsiella pneumoniae. These studies indicate that glutamine synthetase does not directly mediate the physiological response to NH4+ in this organism. We present evidence suggesting that the effect of NH4+ on the expression of genes involved in nitrogen metabolism involves the products of the glnF and glnG genes.

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