Xu, Siqiong; Wang, Xiao; Zhang, Fuyin; Jiang, Yinhu; Zhang, Yanting; Cheng, Minggen; Yan, Xin; Hong, Qing; He, Jian; Qiu, Jiguo published an article in 2022. The article was titled 《PicR as a MarR family transcriptional repressor multiply controls the transcription of picolinic acid degradation gene cluster pic in Alcaligenes faecalis JQ135》, and you may find the article in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.Formula: C6H5NO2 The information in the text is summarized as follows:
Picolinic acid (PA) is a natural toxic pyridine derivative as well as an important intermediate used in the chem. industry. In a previous study, we identified a gene cluster, pic, that responsible for the catabolism of PA in Alcaligenes faecalis JQ135. However, the transcriptional regulation of the pic cluster remains known. This study showed that the entire pic cluster was composed of 17 genes and transcribed as four operons: picR, picCDEF, picB4B3B2B1, and picT1A1A2A3T2T3MN. Deletion of picR, encoding a putative MarR-type regulator, greatly shortened the lag phase of PA degradation An electrophoretic mobility shift assay and DNase I footprinting showed that PicR has one binding site in the picR-picC intergenic region and two binding sites in the picB-picT1 intergenic region. The DNA sequences of the three binding sites have the palindromic characteristics of TCAG-N4-CTNN: the space consists of four nonspecific bases, and the four palindromic bases on the left and the first two palindromic bases on the right are strictly conserved, while the last two bases on the right vary among the three binding sites. An in vivo β-galactosidase activity reporter assay indicated that 6-hydroxypicolinic acid but not PA acted as a ligand of PicR, preventing PicR from binding to promoter regions and thus derepressing the transcription of the pic cluster. This study revealed the neg. transcriptional regulation mechanism of PA degradation by PicR in A. faecalis JQ135 and provides new insights into the structure and function of the MarR-type regulator. The results came from multiple reactions, including the reaction of Picolinic acid(cas: 98-98-6Formula: C6H5NO2)
Picolinic acid(cas: 98-98-6) is used in the preparation of 2-Aminodihydro[1,3]thiazines as BACE 2 inhibitors and their preparation and use in the treatment of diabetes.Formula: C6H5NO2