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Abstract

The ability of to reduce nitric oxide (NO) may have important immunomodulatory effects on the host during infection. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory mechanism of the nitric oxide reductase gene () needs to be elucidated. To accomplish this, we analysed the functional regions of the upstream region. The promoter contains an extended −10 motif (TGNTACAAT) that is required for high-level expression. Deletion and substitution analysis of the upstream region revealed that no sequence upstream of the −10 motif is involved in regulation under anaerobic conditions or in the presence of NO. However, replacement of a 29 bp inverted repeat sequence immediately downstream of the extended −10 motif gave high levels of aerobic expression of a  : :  fusion. Insertional inactivation of gonococcal , predicted to bind to this inverted repeat sequence, resulted in the loss of repression and eliminated NO induction capacity. Single-copy complementation of restored regulation of both transcription and NorB activity by NO. In , expression of a gonococcal gene repressed gonococcal ; induction of occurred in the presence of exogenously added NO. NsrR also regulates and , as well as its own expression. We also determined that Fur regulates by a novel indirect activation method, by preventing the binding of a gonococcal ArsR homologue, a second repressor whose putative binding site overlaps the Fur binding site.

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