| Regulated Operon: | nasBCDEF | 
| Genes | Synonyms | Direction | Genome position | Function | COG ID | Genus clusters | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasB | nasBA | - | 360002..362314 | assimilatory nitrate reductase (electron transfer subunit) | COG1251 | |
| nasC | narB, nasBB | - | 357863..359995 | assimilatory nitrate reductase (catalytic subunit) | COG0243 | |
| nasD | nasBC, nirB | - | 355324..357741 | assimilatory nitrite reductase (subunit) | COG1251 | nirB-BAC | 
| nasE | nasBD, nirD | - | 354972..355292 | assimilatory nitrite reductase (subunit) | COG2146 | |
| nasF | nasBE | - | 353460..354911 | uroporphyrin-III C-methyltransferase | COG1587 | 
| Operon evidence: | Northern blotting (9.2 kb transcript) | 
|---|---|
| Reference: | Nakano MM, et al. (1995), Nakano MM, et al. (1998), Yoshida K, et al. (2003) | 
| Comments: | The internal promoter in front of nasD leads to a 4.5 kb transcript | 
| Binding factor | Regulation | Location | Absolute position | Binding seq.(cis-element) | Experimental evidence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GlnR | Negative | -58:-42 | 362395..362413 | GTGTAAGTTTTTGTGACAC | Nakano MM, et al. (1995): DP SDM | 
| SigA | Promoter | -49:+17 | 362338..362403 | TTGTGACACGTTTAATGCGTTAACAATGCATTGTGACATAATTTTTAATAGGAGAAAACTTACGAG | Nakano MM, et al. (1995): PE | 
| TnrA | Positive | -58:-42 | 362395..362413 | GTGTAAGTTTTTGTGACAC | Nakano MM, et al. (1995): DP SDM Yoshida K, et al. (2003): AR HM GS | 
| ResD | Positive | -83:-39 | 357811..357854 | TAAAATTTTTAGAACTTTTCGTATATTTTGTTACATTTTATAAC | Nakano MM, et al. (1998): DB Nakano MM, et al. (2001): RG | 
| unknown | Promoter | -50:+6 | 357766..357821 | CATTTTATAACATGTATCTTAAATATTCCTTTTTGCTGTGCTACGCTGGAAAAAAC | Nakano MM, et al. (1998): PE RG | 
| TnrA | Positive | -55:-39 | 357810..357826 | TGTTACATTTTATAACA | Nakano MM, et al. (1998): RG DB Yoshida K, et al. (2003): AR HM GS | 
| ArfM | Positive | ND | ND | ND | Marino M, et al. (2001): RG DB | 
| NsrR | Negative | ND | ND | ND | Nakano MM, et al. (2006): RG | 
| Fur | Negative | ND | 355293..355342 | TGTCGTGACCACATCATAATGACAAAAACTATCATTGAGGAGGAATGGAC | Baichoo N, et al. (2002): FT | 
| Terminator sequence | Absolute position | Position from stop codon | Free energy [kcal/mol] | Downstream of | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCAAGCAGCCCTTTTCCTCAAGGGCTGTTTTATTTATGCACC >>>>>>>> <<<<<<<< | nasF | 


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