We herein report that Azorhizobium caulinodans P(II) and GlnK are not necessary for glutamine synthetase (GS) adenylylation whereas both proteins are required for complete GS deadenylylation. The disruption of both glnB and glnK resulted in a high level of GS adenylylation under the condition of nitrogen fixation, leading to ammonium excretion in the free-living state. P(II) and GlnK also controlled nif gene expression because NifA activated nifH transcription and nitrogenase activity was derepressed in glnB glnK double mutants, but not in wild-type bacteria, grown in the presence of ammonia.
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Michel-Reydellet, N., & Kaminski, P. A. (1999). Azorhizobium caulinodans P(II) and GlnK proteins control nitrogen fixation and ammonia assimilation. Journal of Bacteriology, 181(8), 2655–2658. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.181.8.2655-2658.1999
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