Mutations in catB, the gene encoding muconate cycloisomerase, activate transcription of the distal ben genes and contribute to a complex regulatory circuit in …

NJ Cosper, LS Collier, TJ Clark, RA Scott… - Journal of …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mutants of the bacterium Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 were selected to grow on benzoate
without the BenM transcriptional activator. In the wild type, BenM responds to benzoate and …

Regulation of Benzoate Degradation inAcinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 by BenM, a LysR-Type Transcriptional Activator

LS Collier, GL Gaines III, EL Neidle - Journal of bacteriology, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
In Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1, benzoate degradation requires the ben genes for
converting benzoate to catechol and the cat genes for degrading catechol. Here we describe …

CatM Regulation of the benABCDE Operon: Functional Divergence of Two LysR-Type Paralogs in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1

OC Ezezika, LS Collier-Hyams, HA Dale… - Applied and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Two LysR-type transcriptional regulators, BenM and CatM, control benzoate consumption by
the soil bacterium Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. These homologs play overlapping roles in the …

Genes Involved in the Benzoate Catabolic Pathway in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus PHEA-2

Y Zhan, H Yu, Y Yan, M Chen, W Lu, S Li, Z Peng… - Current …, 2008 - Springer
A putative benM gene encoding a LysR-type regulator located upstream from the benA gene
was found in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus PHEA-2. Disruption of benM or benA destroyed …

The benPK operon, proposed to play a role in transport, is part of a regulon for benzoate catabolism in Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1

TJ Clark, C Momany, EL Neidle - Microbiology, 2002 - microbiologyresearch.org
BenM and CatM are distinct, but similar, LysR-type transcriptional regulators of the soil
bacterium Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. Together, the two regulators control the expression …

Similarities between the antABC-Encoded Anthranilate Dioxygenase and the benABC-Encoded Benzoate Dioxygenase of Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1

BM Bundy, AL Campbell, EL Neidle - Journal of bacteriology, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 can use benzoate or anthranilate as a sole carbon source.
These structurally similar compounds are independently converted to catechol, allowing …

The bzd Gene Cluster, Coding for Anaerobic Benzoate Catabolism, in Azoarcus sp. Strain CIB

MJL Barragán, M Carmona, MT Zamarro… - Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
We report here that the bzd genes for anaerobic benzoate degradation in Azoarcus sp.
strain CIB are organized as two transcriptional units, ie, a benzoate-inducible catabolic …

mucK, a gene in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1 (BD413), encodes the ability to grow on exogenous cis, cis-muconate as the sole carbon source

PA Williams, LE Shaw - Journal of bacteriology, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde, benzoate, and anthranilate are metabolized via catechol, cis,
cis-muconate, and the beta-ketoadipate pathway in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1 …

Characterization of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus catM, a repressor gene homologous in sequence to transcriptional activator genes

EL Neidle, C Hartnett, LN Ornston - Journal of bacteriology, 1989 - Am Soc Microbiol
Two structural genes needed for catechol degradation, catA and catB, encode the respective
enzymes catechol 1, 2-dioxygenase (EC 1.13. 11.1) and muconate cycloisomerase (EC 5.5 …

Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus genes for benzoate degradation

EL Neidle, MK Shapiro, LN Ornston - Journal of bacteriology, 1987 - Am Soc Microbiol
The catabolic genes necessary for the conversion of benzoate to catechol have been cloned
from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus into Escherichia coli. The cloned genes, benABCD …