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Naz S, Liu P, Liu C, Cui M, Ma H. In silico prediction of mutation sites for anthranilate synthase from Serratia marcesens to deregulate tryptophan feedback inhibition. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 42:9908-9918. [PMID: 37676253 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2253910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Allosteric feedback inhibition of the committed step in amino acid biosynthetic pathways is a major concern for production of amino acids at industrial scale. Anthranilate synthase (AS) catalyzes the first reaction of tryptophan biosynthetic pathway found in microorganisms and is feedback inhibited by its own product i.e. tryptophan. Here, we identified new mutant sites in AS using computational mutagenesis approach. MD simulations (20 ns) followed by MMPBSA and per residue decomposition energy analysis identified seven amino acid residues with best binding affinity for tryptophan. All 19 mutant structures were generated for each identified amino acid residue followed by simulation to evaluate effect of mutation on protein stability. Later, molecular docking studies were employed to generate mutant-tryptophan complex and structures with binding energies (kcal/mol) much higher than wild-type AS were selected. Finally, two mutants i.e., S37W and S37H were identified on the basis of positive binding scores and loss of tryptophan binding inside pocket. Further, MD simulations run for 200 ns were performed over these mutant-tryptophan complexes followed by RMSD, RMSF, radius of gyration , solvent accessible surface area , intra-protein hydrogen bond numbers, principal component analysis, free energy landscape (FEL) and secondary structure analysis to rationale effect of mutations on stability of protein. Cross correlation analysis of mutant site amino acids (S37W) with key residues of catalytic site (G325, T326, H395 and G482) was done to evaluate the effect of mutations on catalytic site conformation. Current computational mutagenesis approach predicted two mutants S37W and S37H with proposed deregulated feedback inhibition by tryptophan and retained catalytic activity.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Sadia Naz
- Biodesign Center, Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Biodesign Center, Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Biodesign Center, Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Biodesign Center, Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Biodesign Center, Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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Liang X, Deng H, Bai Y, Fan TP, Zheng X, Cai Y. Characterization of a novel type homoserine dehydrogenase with high oxidation activity from Arthrobacter nicotinovorans. Process Biochem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2022.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ohshida T, Koba K, Hayashi J, Yoneda K, Ohmori T, Ohshima T, Sakuraba H. A novel bifunctional aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium, Thermotoga maritima. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2018; 82:2084-2093. [DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2018.1511365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The orientation of the three domains in the bifunctional aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase (AK-HseDH) homologue found in Thermotoga maritima totally differs from those observed in previously known AK-HseDHs; the domains line up in the order HseDH, AK, and regulatory domain. In the present study, the enzyme produced in Escherichia coli was characterized. The enzyme exhibited substantial activities of both AK and HseDH. l-Threonine inhibits AK activity in a cooperative manner, similar to that of Arabidopsis thaliana AK-HseDH. However, the concentration required to inhibit the activity was much lower (K0.5 = 37 μM) than that needed to inhibit the A. thaliana enzyme (K0.5 = 500 μM). In contrast to A. thaliana AK-HseDH, Hse oxidation of the T. maritima enzyme was almost impervious to inhibition by l-threonine. Amino acid sequence comparison indicates that the distinctive sequence of the regulatory domain in T. maritima AK-HseDH is likely responsible for the unique sensitivity to l-threonine.
Abbreviations: AK: aspartate kinase; HseDH: homoserine dehydrogenase; AK–HseDH: bifunctional aspartate kinase–homoserine dehydrogenase; AsaDH: aspartate–β–semialdehyde dehydrogenase; ACT: aspartate kinases (A), chorismate mutases (C), and prephenate dehydrogenases (TyrA, T).
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- Tatsuya Ohshida
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Biwako-Kusatsu Campus, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, School of Agriculture, Tokai University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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Suppressor analyses identify threonine as a modulator of ridA mutant phenotypes in Salmonella enterica. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43082. [PMID: 22900093 PMCID: PMC3416771 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The RidA (YjgF/YER057c/UK114) family of proteins is broadly conserved in the three domains of life yet the functional understanding of these proteins is at an early stage. Physiological studies of ridA mutant strains of Salmonella enterica provided a framework to inform in vitro studies and led to the description of a conserved biochemical activity for this family. ridA mutant strains of S. enterica have characteristic phenotypes including new synthesis of thiamine biosynthetic intermediate phosphoribosylamine (PRA), inability to grow on pyruvate as a sole carbon and energy source or when serine is present in the minimal growth medium, and a decreased specific activity of transaminase B (IlvE). Secondary mutations restoring growth to a ridA mutant in the presence of serine were in dapA (encoding dihydrodipicolinate synthase) and thrA (encoding homoserine dehydrogenase). These mutations suppressed multiple ridA mutant phenotypes by increasing the synthesis of threonine. The ability of threonine to suppress the metabolic defects of a ridA mutant is discussed in the context of recent biochemical data and in vivo results presented here.
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Coevolutionary analysis enabled rational deregulation of allosteric enzyme inhibition in Corynebacterium glutamicum for lysine production. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:4352-60. [PMID: 21531824 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02912-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Product feedback inhibition of allosteric enzymes is an essential issue for the development of highly efficient microbial strains for bioproduction. Here we used aspartokinase from Corynebacterium glutamicum (CgAK), a key enzyme controlling the biosynthesis of industrially important aspartate family amino acids, as a model to demonstrate a fast and efficient approach to the deregulation of allostery. In the last 50 years many researchers and companies have made considerable efforts to deregulate this enzyme from allosteric inhibition by lysine and threonine. However, only a limited number of positive mutants have been identified so far, almost exclusively by random mutation and selection. In this study, we used statistical coupling analysis of protein sequences, a method based on coevolutionary analysis, to systematically clarify the interaction network within the regulatory domain of CgAK that is essential for allosteric inhibition. A cluster of interconnected residues linking different inhibitors' binding sites as well as other regions of the protein have been identified, including most of the previously reported positions of successful mutations. Beyond these mutation positions, we have created another 14 mutants that can partially or completely desensitize CgAK from allosteric inhibition, as shown by enzyme activity assays. The introduction of only one of the inhibition-insensitive CgAK mutations (here Q298G) into a wild-type C. glutamicum strain by homologous recombination resulted in an accumulation of 58 g/liter L-lysine within 30 h of fed-batch fermentation in a bioreactor.
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Characterization of mutations induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in an industrial Corynebacterium glutamicum strain. Mutat Res 2007; 649:239-44. [PMID: 18037338 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2007] [Revised: 10/02/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mutations induced by classical whole-cell mutagenesis using N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (NTG) were determined for all genes of pathways from glucose to L-lysine in an industrial L-lysine producer of Corynebacterium glutamicum. A total of 50 mutations with a genome-wide distribution were identified and characterized for mutational types and mutagenic specificities. Those mutations were all point mutations with single-base substitutions and no deletions, frame shifts, and insertions were found. Among six possible types of base substitutions, the mutations consisted of only two types: 47 G.C-->A.T transitions and three A.T-->G.C transitions with no transversion. The findings indicate a limited repertoire of amino acid substitutions by classical NTG mutagenesis and thus raise a new possibility of further improving industrial strains by optimizing key mutations through PCR-mediated site-directed mutagenesis.
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Cahyanto MN, Kawasaki H, Nagashio M, Fujiyama K, Seki T. Construction of Lactobacillus plantarum strain with enhanced L-lysine yield. J Appl Microbiol 2007; 102:674-9. [PMID: 17309616 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03174.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM To enhance L-lysine secretion in Lactobacillus plantarum. METHODS AND RESULTS An S-2-aminoethyl-L-cystein (AEC)-resistant mutant of L. plantarum was isolated, and it produced L-lysine at considerably higher level than the parent strain. Aspartokinase in the mutant has been desensitized to feedback inhibition by L-lysine. The nucleotide sequence analysis of thrA2 that codes for aspartokinase in the mutant predicted a substitution of glutamine to histidine at position 421. L-Lysine-insensitive aspartokinase, together with aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, dihydrodipicolinate synthase, and dihydrodipicolinate reductase genes, was cloned from L. plantarum DNA to a shuttle vector, pRN14, and the genes were then transformed individually into the AEC-resistant mutant and the parent strain. The overexpression of the genes led to the increase in the activity of enzymes they encode in vitro. However, only the strain overexpressing aspartokinase or dihydrodipicolinate synthase produced more L-lysine. CONCLUSIONS The desensitization of aspartokinase to L-lysine in L. plantarum led to the overproduction of L-lysine. The overexpression of L-lysine-insensitive aspartokinase or dihydrodipicolinate synthase enhanced L-lysine secretion in L. plantarum. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The use of the L-lysine-overproducing strain of L. plantarum in food or feed fermentation may increase the L-lysine content of fermented products.
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- M N Cahyanto
- The International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Velasco I, Arévalo-Rodríguez M, Marina P, Calderón IL. A new mutation in the yeast aspartate kinase induces threonine accumulation in a temperature-regulated way. Yeast 2005; 22:99-110. [PMID: 15645479 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, aspartate kinase (the HOM3 product) regulates the metabolic flux through the threonine biosynthetic pathway through feedback inhibition by the end product. In order to obtain a strain able to produce threonine in a controlled way, we have isolated a mutant allele (HOM3-ts31d) that gives rise to a deregulated aspartate kinase. This allele has been isolated as an extragenic suppressor of ilv1, which confers an Ilv+ phenotype at 37 degrees C but not at 22 degrees C. We have stated that at high temperature the mutant aspartate kinase is slightly more deregulated and shows a higher specific activity, inducing threonine accumulation. The HOM3-ts31d allele carries a mutation that leads to a Ser399 --> Phe substitution in the postulated regulatory region of the enzyme. We have detected other changes in the nucleotide sequence but they are also present in the parental strain, reflecting the genetic differences between different wild-type strains. A sequence comparison among all the reported mutant aspartate kinases suggests that not all residues involved in regulation of the activity are clustered in the so-called regulatory domain, as is the case of that mutated in AK-R7, another deregulated aspartate kinase obtained with the same strategy of ilv1 suppression.
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- I Velasco
- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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Lee JH, Lee DE, Lee BU, Kim HS. Global analyses of transcriptomes and proteomes of a parent strain and an L-threonine-overproducing mutant strain. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:5442-51. [PMID: 12949096 PMCID: PMC193774 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.18.5442-5451.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We compared the transcriptome, proteome, and nucleotide sequences between the parent strain Escherichia coli W3110 and the L-threonine-overproducing mutant E. coli TF5015. DNA macroarrays were used to measure mRNA levels for all of the genes of E. coli, and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was used to compare protein levels. It was observed that only 54 of 4,290 genes (1.3%) exhibited differential expression profiles. Typically, genes such as aceA, aceB, icdA, gltA, glnA, leu operon, proA, thrA, thrC, and yigJ, which are involved in the glyoxylate shunt, the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and amino acid biosynthesis (L-glutamine, L-leucine, proline, and L-threonine), were significantly upregulated, whereas the genes dadAX, hdeA, hdeB, ompF, oppA, oppB, oppF, yfiD, and many ribosomal protein genes were downregulated in TF5015 compared to W3110. The differential expression such as upregulation of thr operon and expression of yigJ would result in an accumulation of L-threonine in TF5015. Furthermore, two significant mutations, thrA345 and ilvA97, which are essential for overproduction of L-threonine, were identified in TF5015 by the sequence analysis. In particular, expression of the mutated thrABC (pATF92) in W3110 resulted in a significant incremental effect on L-threonine production. Upregulation of aceBA and downregulation of b1795, hdeAB, oppA, and yfiD seem to be linked to a low accumulation of acetate in TF5015. Such comprehensive analyses provide information regarding the regulatory mechanism of L-threonine production and the physiological consequences in the mutant stain.
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- Jin-Ho Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Kusung-dong, Yusung-gu, Taejon, 305-701, Korea
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With the exploitation of new uses and the growing markets of amino acids, amino acid production technology has made large progress during the latter half of the 20th century. Fermentation technology has played crucial roles in this progress, and currently the fermented amino acids represent chief products of biotechnology in both volume and value. This area is highly competitive in the world market and process economics are of primary importance. For cost-effective production, many technologies have been developed to establish high-productive fermentation and recovery processes. The producer organisms used in large-scale, well-established processes have been developed to a high level of production efficiency. The tools of genetic engineering of amino acid-producing organisms have been well developed and are now being applied for enlargement of biosynthetic and transport capacity, which is beginning to have a great impact on the amino acid industry. Furthermore, the rapid strides in genome analysis are bound to revolutionize the strain improvement methodology.
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- Masato Ikeda
- Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd, 3-6-6, Asahi-machi, Machida, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan.
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Paris S, Viemon C, Curien G, Dumas R. Mechanism of control of Arabidopsis thaliana aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase by threonine. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5361-6. [PMID: 12435751 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m207379200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The regulatory domain of the bifunctional threonine-sensitive aspartate kinase homoserine dehydrogenase contains two homologous subdomains defined by a common loop-alpha helix-loop-beta strand-loop-beta strand motif. This motif is homologous with that found in the two subdomains of the biosynthetic threonine-deaminase regulatory domain. Comparisons of the primary and secondary structures of the two enzymes allowed us to predict the location and identity of the amino acid residues potentially involved in two threonine-binding sites of Arabidopsis thaliana aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase. These amino acids were then mutated and activity measurements were carried out to test this hypothesis. Steady-state kinetic experiments on the wild-type and mutant enzymes demonstrated that each regulatory domain of the monomers of aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase possesses two nonequivalent threonine-binding sites constituted in part by Gln(443) and Gln(524). Our results also demonstrated that threonine interaction with Gln(443) leads to inhibition of aspartate kinase activity and facilitates the binding of a second threonine on Gln(524). Interaction of this second threonine with Gln(524) leads to inhibition of homoserine dehydrogenase activity.
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- Stéphane Paris
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 1932, Laboratoire Mixte CNRS/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Bayer Cropscience, 14-20 Rue Pierre Baizet, 69263 Lyon, France
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Rognes SE, Dewaele E, Aas SF, Jacobs M, Frankard V. Transcriptional and biochemical regulation of a novel Arabidopsis thaliana bifunctional aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase gene isolated by functional complementation of a yeast hom6 mutant. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 51:281-294. [PMID: 12602885 DOI: 10.1023/a:1021134621488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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An aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase (AK-HSDH) cDNA of Arabidopsis thaliana has been cloned by functional complementation of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain mutated in its homoserine dehydrogenase (HSDH) gene (hom6). Two of the three isolated clones were also able to complement a mutant yeast aspartate kinase (AK) gene (hom3). Sequence analysis showed that the identified gene (akthr2), located on chromosome 4, is different from the previously cloned A. thaliana AK-HSDH gene (akthr1), and corresponds to a novel bifunctional AK-HSDH gene. Expression of the isolated akthr2 cDNA in a HSDH-less hom6 yeast mutant conferred threonine and methionine prototrophy to the cells. Cell-free extracts contained a threonine-sensitive HSDH activity with feedback properties of higher plant type. Correspondingly, cDNA expression in an AK-deficient hom3 yeast mutant resulted in threonine and methionine prototrophy and a threonine-sensitive AK activity was observed in cell-free extracts. These results confirm that akthr2 encodes a threonine-sensitive bifunctional enzyme. Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants (containing a construct with the promoter region of akthr2 in front of the gus reporter gene) were generated to compare the expression pattern of the akthr2 gene with the pattern of akthr1 earlier described in tobacco. The two genes are simultaneously expressed in meristematic cells, leaves and stamens. The main differences between the two genes concern the time-restricted or absent expression of the akthr2 gene in the stem, the gynoecium and during seed formation, while akthr1 is less expressed in roots.
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- Sven Erik Rognes
- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1031, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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Hsieh MH, Goodman HM. Molecular characterization of a novel gene family encoding ACT domain repeat proteins in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 130:1797-806. [PMID: 12481063 PMCID: PMC166691 DOI: 10.1104/pp.007484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2002] [Revised: 05/28/2002] [Accepted: 07/10/2002] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In bacteria, the regulatory ACT domains serve as amino acid-binding sites in some feedback-regulated amino acid metabolic enzymes. We have identified a novel type of ACT domain-containing protein family in Arabidopsis whose members contain ACT domain repeats (the "ACR" protein family). There are at least eight ACR genes located on each of the five chromosomes in the Arabidopsis genome. Gene structure comparisons indicate that the ACR gene family may have arisen by gene duplications. Northern-blot analysis indicates that each member of the ACR gene family has a distinct expression pattern in various organs from 6-week-old Arabidopsis. Moreover, analyses of an ACR3 promoter-beta-glucuronidase (GUS) fusion in transgenic Arabidopsis revealed that the GUS activity formed a gradient in the developing leaves and sepals, whereas low or no GUS activity was detected in the basal regions. In 2-week-old Arabidopsis seedlings grown in tissue culture, the expression of the ACR gene family is differentially regulated by plant hormones, salt stress, cold stress, and light/dark treatment. The steady-state levels of ACR8 mRNA are dramatically increased by treatment with abscisic acid or salt. Levels of ACR3 and ACR4 mRNA are increased by treatment with benzyladenine. The amino acid sequences of Arabidopsis ACR proteins are most similar in the ACT domains to the bacterial sensor protein GlnD. The ACR proteins may function as novel regulatory or sensor proteins in plants.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptation, Physiological/drug effects
- Adaptation, Physiological/genetics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis/genetics
- Arabidopsis/metabolism
- Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics
- Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cold Temperature
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Darkness
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects
- Glucuronidase/genetics
- Glucuronidase/metabolism
- Light
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family/genetics
- Plant Growth Regulators/pharmacology
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sodium Chloride/pharmacology
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- Ming-Hsiun Hsieh
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Galili G. New insights into the regulation and functional significance of lysine metabolism in plants. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2002; 53:27-43. [PMID: 12221976 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.53.091401.110929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Lysine is one of the most limiting essential amino acids in vegetative foods consumed by humans and livestock. In addition to serving as a building block of proteins, lysine is also a precursor for glutamate, an important signaling amino acid that regulates plant growth and responses to the environment. Recent genetic, molecular, and biochemical evidence suggests that lysine synthesis and catabolism are regulated by novel concerted mechanisms. These include intracellular compartmentalization of enzymes and metabolites, complex transcriptional and posttranscriptional controls of genes encoding enzymes in lysine metabolism during plant growth and development, as well as interactions between different metabolic fluxes. The recent advances in our understanding of the regulation of lysine metabolism in plants may also prove valuable for future production of high-lysine crops.
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- Gad Galili
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Casazza AP, Basner A, Höfgen R, Hesse H. Expression of threonine synthase from Solanum tuberosum L. is not metabolically regulated by photosynthesis-related signals or by nitrogenous compounds. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2000; 157:43-50. [PMID: 10940468 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9452(00)00265-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Although the control of carbon fixation and nitrogen assimilation has been studied in detail, little is known about the regulation of carbon and nitrogen flow into amino acids. In this paper the isolation of a cDNA encoding threonine synthase is reported (TS; EC 4.2.99.2) from a leaf lambda ZAP II-library of Solanum tuberosum L. and the transcriptional regulation of the respective gene expression in response to metabolic changes. The pattern of expression of TS by feeding experiments of detached petioles revealed that TS expression is regulated neither by photosynthesis-related metabolites nor by nitrogenous compounds. The present study suggests that the regulation of the conversion of aspartate to threonine is not controlled at the transcript level of TS. The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of potato TS show homology to other known sequences from Arabidopsis thaliana and microorganisms. TS is present as a low copy gene in the genome of potato as demonstrated in Southern blot analysis. When cloned into a bacterial expression vector, the cDNA did functionally complement the Escherichia coli mutant strain Gif41. TS transcript was found in all tissues of potato and was most abundant in flowers and source leaves.
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- AP Casazza
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Abt. Willmitzer, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Golm, Germany
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Lee M, Leustek T. Identification of the gene encoding homoserine kinase from Arabidopsis thaliana and characterization of the recombinant enzyme derived from the gene. Arch Biochem Biophys 1999; 372:135-42. [PMID: 10562426 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Homoserine kinase (EC 2.7.1.39) catalyzes the formation of O-phospho-l-homoserine, a branch point intermediate in the pathways for Met and Thr in plants. A genomic open reading frame located on the top arm of chromosome II and a corresponding cDNA have been identified from Arabidopsis thaliana that encode homoserine kinase. The HSK gene is composed of an 1113-bp continuous open reading frame that could produce a 38-kDa protein. The gene product has homology with homoserine kinase from bacteria and fungi. It contains a conserved motif, known as GHMP, found in a group of ATP-dependent metabolite kinases and thought to comprise the ATP binding site. The amino-terminal 50 amino acids of the HSK protein show features of a transit peptide for localization to plastids. Genomic blot analysis revealed that there is a single locus in A. thaliana to which the HSK cDNA hybridizes. The HSK protein expressed as a His-tagged construct in Escherichia coli shows a specific activity in an l-homoserine-dependent ADP synthesis assay of 3.09 +/- 0.25 micromol min(-1) mg(-1) protein at pH 8.5 and 37 degrees C. The apparent K(m) values are 0.40 mM for l-homoserine and 0.32 mM for Mg-ATP. Other hydroxylated compounds are not used as substrates. The enzyme requires 40 mM K(+) and 3 mM Mg(2+) for activity. It has an unusually high temperature optimum, yet it is very unstable, losing more than 80% of its activity after a single cycle of freeze-thawing. The HSK enzyme shows no significant regulation by amino acids in vitro.
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- M Lee
- Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment and the Plant Science Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901-8520, USA
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Marchenko GN, Marchenko ND, Tsygankov YD, Chistoserdov AY. Organization of threonine biosynthesis genes from the obligate methylotroph Methylobacillus flagellatus. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1999; 145 ( Pt 11):3273-3282. [PMID: 10589737 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The genes encoding aspartate kinase (ask), homoserine dehydrogenase (hom), homoserine kinase (thrB) and threonine synthase (thrC) from the obligate methylotroph Methylobacillus flagellatus were cloned. In maxicells hom and thrC directed synthesis of 51 and 48 kDa polypeptides, respectively. The hom, thrB and thrC genes and adjacent DNA areas were sequenced. Of the threonine biosynthesis genes, only hom and thrC were tightly linked in the order hom-thrC. The gene for thymidylate synthase (thyA) followed thrC and the gene for aspartate aminotransferase (aspC) preceded hom. All four genes (aspC-hom-thrC-thyA) were transcribed in the same direction. mRNA analysis indicated that hom-thrC are apparently transcribed in one 7.5 kb transcript in M. flagellatus. Promoter analysis showed the presence of a functional promoter between aspC and hom. No functional promoter was found to be associated with the DNA stretch between hom and thrC. The thrB gene encoded an unusual type of homoserine kinase and was not linked to other threonine biosynthesis genes.
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- George N Marchenko
- Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Micro-organisms, 1st-Dorozhniy pr. 1, Moscow, Russia1
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- Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Micro-organisms, 1st-Dorozhniy pr. 1, Moscow, Russia1
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- Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Micro-organisms, 1st-Dorozhniy pr. 1, Moscow, Russia1
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- Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA2
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Arévalo-Rodríguez M, Calderón IL, Holmberg S. Mutations that cause threonine sensitivity identify catalytic and regulatory regions of the aspartate kinase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 1999; 15:1331-45. [PMID: 10509015 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19990930)15:13<1331::aid-yea460>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The HOM3 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes aspartate kinase, which catalyses the first step in the branched pathway leading to the synthesis of threonine and methionine from aspartate. Regulation of the carbon flow into this pathway takes place mainly by feedback inhibition of this enzyme by threonine. We have isolated and characterized three HOM3 mutants that show growth inhibition by threonine due to a severe, threonine-induced reduction of the carbon flow into the aspartate pathway, leading to methionine limitation. One of the mutants has an aspartate kinase which is 30-fold more strongly inhibited by threonine than the wild-type enzyme. The predicted amino acid substitution in this mutant, A406T, is located in a region associated with the modulation of the enzymatic activity. The other two mutants carry an aspartate kinase with reduced affinity for its substrates, aspartate and ATP. The corresponding amino acid substitutions, K26I and G25D, affect residues located in the vicinity of a highly conserved lysine-phenylalanine-glycine-glycine (KFGG) stretch present in the N-terminal part of the aspartate kinase, to which no function has so far been assigned. We suggest that this region is involved in substrate binding. Mutagenesis of a HOM3 region centred in the KFGG-coding triplets generated alleles that determine threonine sensitivity or auxotrophy for threonine and methionine, but not a phenotype associated with a feedback-resistant aspartate kinase, indicating that this region is not involved in the allosteric response of the enzyme.
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- M Arévalo-Rodríguez
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Ap. 1095, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain.
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Kikuchi Y, Kojima H, Tanaka T. Mutational analysis of the feedback sites of lysine-sensitive aspartokinase of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1999; 173:211-5. [PMID: 10220897 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13504.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In Escherichia coli, thrA, metLM, and lysC encode aspartokinase isozymes that show feedback inhibition by threonine, methionine, and lysine, respectively. In vitro chemical mutagenesis of the cloned lysC gene was used to identify residues and regions of the polypeptide essential for feedback inhibition by lysine. The isolated lysine-insensitive mutants were demonstrated to have missense mutations in amino acid residues 323-352, and at position 250 of aspartokinase III.
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- Y Kikuchi
- Central Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki, Japan.
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Curien G, Dumas R, Ravanel S, Douce R. Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA encoding an S-adenosylmethionine-sensitive threonine synthase. Threonine synthase from higher plants. FEBS Lett 1996; 390:85-90. [PMID: 8706836 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00633-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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An Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA encoding an S-adenosylmethionine-sensitive threonine synthase (EC 4.2.99.2) has been isolated by functional complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant devoid of threonine synthase activity. Threonine synthase from A. thaliana was shown to be synthesized with a transit peptide. The recombinant protein is activated by S-adenosylmethionine in the same range as the plant threonine synthase and evidence is presented for an involvement of the N-terminal part of the mature enzyme in the sensitivity to S-adenosylmethionine.
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- G Curien
- Laboratoire Mixte, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Rhône-Poulenc UMR-41, Lyon, France
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Madsen SM, Albrechtsen B, Hansen EB, Israelsen H. Cloning and transcriptional analysis of two threonine biosynthetic genes from Lactococcus lactis MG1614. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:3689-94. [PMID: 8682767 PMCID: PMC178148 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3689-3694.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Two genes, hom and thrB, involved in threonine biosynthesis in Lactococcus lactis MG1614, were cloned and sequenced. These genes, which encode homoserine dehydrogenase and homoserine kinase, were initially identified by the homology of their gene products with known homoserine dehydrogenases and homoserine kinases from other organisms. The identification was supported by construction of a mutant containing a deletion in hom and thrB that was unable to grow in a defined medium lacking threonine. Transcriptional analysis showed that the two genes were located in a bicistronic operon with the order 5' hom-thrB 3' and that transcription started 66 bp upstream of the translational start codon of the hom gene. A putative -10 promoter region (TATAAT) was located 6 bp upstream of the transcriptional start point, but no putative -35 region was identified. A DNA fragment covering 155 bp upstream of the hom translational start site was functional in pAK80, an L. lactis promoter probe vector. In addition, transcriptional studies showed no threonine-dependent regulation of hom-thrB transcription.
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- S M Madsen
- Department of Research and Development, Biotechnological Institute, Denmark
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Akatsuka H, Kawai E, Omori K, Komatsubara S, Shibatani T. Overproduction of the extracellular lipase is closely related to that of metalloprotease in Serratia marcescens. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(96)87587-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Malumbres M, Mateos LM, Guerrero C, Martín JF. Molecular cloning of the hom-thrC-thrB cluster from Bacillus sp. ULM1: expression of the thrC gene in Escherichia coli and corynebacteria, and evolutionary relationships of the threonine genes. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 1995; 40:595-606. [PMID: 8768250 DOI: 10.1007/bf02818515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A 6.5 kb DNA fragment containing the gene (thrC) encoding threonine synthase, the last enzyme of the threonine biosynthetic pathway, has been cloned from the DNA of Bacillus sp. ULM1 by complementation of Escherichia coli and Brevibacterium lactofermentum thrC auxotrophs. Complementation studies showed that the thrB gene (encoding homoserine kinase) is found downstream from the thrC gene, and analysis of nucleotide sequences indicated that the hom gene (encoding homoserine dehydrogenase) is located upstream of the thrC gene. The organization of this cluster of genes is similar to the Bacillus subtilis threonine operon (hom-thrC-thrB). An 1.9 kb BclI fragment from the Bacillus sp. ULM1 DNA insert 351 amino acids was found corresponding to a protein of 37462 Da. The thrC gene showed a low G + C content (39.4%) and the encoded threonine synthase is very similar to the B. subtilis enzyme. Expression of the 1.9 kb BcI DNA fragment in E. coli minicells resulted in the formation of a 37 kDa protein. The upstream region of this gene shows promoter activity in E. coli but not in corynebacteria. A peptide sequence, including a lysine that is known to bind the pyridoxal phosphate cofactor, is conserved in all threonine synthase sequences and also in the threonine and serine dehydratase genes. Amino acid comparison of nine threonine synthases revealed evolutionary relationships between different groups of bacteria.
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- M Malumbres
- Department of Ecology, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of León, Spain
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Akatsuka H, Kawai E, Omori K, Shibatani T. The three genes lipB, lipC, and lipD involved in the extracellular secretion of the Serratia marcescens lipase which lacks an N-terminal signal peptide. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:6381-9. [PMID: 7592412 PMCID: PMC177487 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.22.6381-6389.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The extracellular lipase of Serratia marcescens Sr41, lacking a typical N-terminal signal sequence, is secreted via a signal peptide-independent pathway. The 20-kb SacI DNA fragment which allowed the extracellular lipase secretion was cloned from S. marcescens by selection of a phenotype conferring the extracellular lipase activity on the Escherichia coli cells. The subcloned 6.5-kb EcoRV fragment was revealed to contain three open reading frames which are composed of 588, 443, and 437 amino acid residues constituting an operon (lipBCD). Comparisons of the deduced amino acid sequences of the lipB, lipC, and lipD genes with those of the Erwinia chrysanthemi prtDEC, prtEEC, and prtFEC genes encoding the secretion apparatus of the E. chrysanthemi protease showed 55, 46, and 42% identity, respectively. The products of the lipB and lipC genes were 54 and 45% identical to the S. marcescens hasD and hasE gene products, respectively, which were secretory components for the S. marcescens heme-binding protein and metalloprotease. In the E. coli DH5 cells, all three lipBCD genes were essential for the extracellular secretion of both S. marcescens lipase and metalloprotease proteins, both of which lack an N-terminal signal sequence and are secreted via a signal-independent pathway. Although the function of the lipD gene seemed to be analogous to those of the prtFEC and tolC genes encoding third secretory components of ABC transporters, the E. coli TolC protein, which was functional for the S. marcescens Has system, could not replace LipD in the LipB-LipC-LipD transporter reconstituted in E. coli. These results indicated that these three proteins are components of the device which allows extracellular secretion of the extracellular proteins of S. marcescens and that their style is similar to that of the PrtDEF(EC) system.
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- H Akatsuka
- Lead Generation Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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Malumbres M, Mateos LM, Lumbreras MA, Guerrero C, Martín JF. Analysis and expression of the thrC gene of Brevibacterium lactofermentum and characterization of the encoded threonine synthase. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994; 60:2209-19. [PMID: 8074505 PMCID: PMC201634 DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.7.2209-2219.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The thrC gene of Brevibacterium lactofermentum was cloned by complementation of Escherichia coli thrC auxotrophs. The gene was located by deletion mapping and complementation analysis in a 2.9-kb Sau3AI-HindIII fragment of the genome. This fragment also complemented a B. lactofermentum UL1035 threonine auxotroph that was deficient in threonine synthase. A 1,892-bp DNA fragment of this region was sequenced; this fragment contained a 1,446-bp open reading frame that encoded a 481-amino-acid protein having a deduced M(r) of 52,807. The gene was expressed in E. coli, by using the phage T7 system, as a 53-kDa protein. The promoter region subcloned in promoter-probe plasmids was functional in E. coli. A Northern analysis revealed that the gene was expressed as a monocistronic 1,400-nucleotide transcript. The transcription start point of the thrC gene was located by S1 mapping 6 bp upstream from the translation initiation codon, which indicated that this promoter was one of the leaderless transcription-initiating sequences. The threonine synthase overexpressed in B. lactofermentum UL1035 was purified almost to homogeneity. The active form corresponded to a monomeric 52.8-kDa protein, as shown by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The purified enzyme required pyridoxal phosphate as its only cofactor to convert homoserine phosphate into threonine.
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- M Malumbres
- Department of Ecology, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Leon, Spain
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Ghislain M, Frankard V, Vandenbossche D, Matthews BF, Jacobs M. Molecular analysis of the aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 24:835-851. [PMID: 8204822 DOI: 10.1007/bf00014439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The gene encoding Arabidopsis thaliana aspartate kinase (ATP:L-aspartate 4-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.2.4) was isolated from genomic DNA libraries using the carrot ak-hsdh gene as the hybridizing probe. Two genomic libraries from different A. thaliana races were screened independently with the ak probe and the hsdh probe. Nucleotide sequences of the A. thaliana overlapping clones were determined and encompassed 2 kb upstream of the coding region and 300 bp downstream. The corresponding cDNA was isolated from a cDNA library made from poly(A)(+)-mRNA extracted from cell suspension cultures. Sequence comparison between the Arabidopsis gene product and an AK-HSDH bifunctional enzyme from carrot and from the Escherichia coli thrA and metL genes shows 80%, 37.5% and 31.4% amino acid sequence identity, respectively. The A. thaliana ak-hsdh gene is proposed to be the plant thrA homologue coding for the AK isozyme feedback inhibited by threonine. The gene is present in A. thaliana in single copy and functional as evidenced by hybridization analyses. The apoprotein-coding region is interrupted by 15 introns ranging from 78 to 134 bp. An upstream chloroplast-targeting sequence with low sequence similarity with the carrot transit peptide was identified. A signal sequence is proposed starting from a functional ATG initiation codon to the first exon of the apoprotein. Two additional introns were identified: one in the 5' non-coding leader sequence and the other in the putative chloroplast targeting sequence. 5' sequence analysis revealed the presence of several possible promoter elements as well as conserved regulatory motifs. Among these, an Opaque2 and a yeast GCN4-like recognition element might be relevant for such a gene coding for an enzyme limiting the carbon-flux entry to the biosynthesis of several essential amino acids. 3' sequence analysis showed the occurrence of two polyadenylation signals upstream of the polyadenylation site. This work is the first report of the molecular cloning of a plant ak-hsdh genomic sequence. It describes a promoter element that may bring new insights to the regulation of the biosynthesis of the aspartate family of amino acids.
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- M Ghislain
- Laboratory for Plant Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Follettie MT, Peoples OP, Agoropoulou C, Sinskey AJ. Gene structure and expression of the Corynebacterium flavum N13 ask-asd operon. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:4096-103. [PMID: 8100567 PMCID: PMC204839 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.13.4096-4103.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Two promoters required for expression of the ask-asd genes, encoding aspartokinase (AK) and aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (ASD), in Corynebacterium flavum N13, askP1 and askP2, have been identified by deletion analysis and S1 nuclease mapping. Transcription from askP1 initiates 35 and 38 bp upstream of the ask structural gene. A second promoter, askP2, lies within the ask coding region, upstream of the translation start site of the AK beta subunit and can direct the expression of AK beta and ASD. Western immunoblot analysis and heterologous expression in Escherichia coli demonstrate that two separate polypeptides, a 44.8-kDa alpha subunit and an 18.5-kDa beta subunit, are expressed from the C. flavum N13 ask gene from distinct, in-frame translation initiation sites. A second AK mutation, G345D, which reduces the sensitivity of AK to concerted feedback inhibition by threonine plus lysine, was identified.
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- M T Follettie
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Omori K, Komatsubara S. Role of serine 352 in the allosteric response of Serratia marcescens aspartokinase I-homoserine dehydrogenase I analyzed by using site-directed mutagenesis. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:959-65. [PMID: 8432719 PMCID: PMC193007 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.4.959-965.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Aspartokinase I and homoserine dehydrogenase I (AKI-HDI) from Serratia marcescens Sr41 are encoded by the thrA gene as a single polypeptide chain. Previously, a single amino acid substitution of Ser-352 with Phe was shown to produce an AKI-HDI enzyme that is not subject to threonine-mediated feedback inhibition. To determine the role of Ser-352 in the allosteric response, the thrA gene was modified by using site-directed mutagenesis so that Ser-352 of the wild-type AKI-HDI was replaced by Ala, Arg, Asn, Gln, Glu, His, Leu, Met, Pro, Thr, Trp, Tyr, or Val. The Thr-352 and Pro-352 replacements rendered AKIs sensitive to threonine. The Tyr-352 and Asn-352 substitutions led to activation, rather than inhibition, of AKI by threonine. The other replacements conferred threonine insensitivity on AKI. The threonine sensitivity of HDI was also changed by the amino acid substitutions at Ser-352. The HDI carried by the Tyr-352 mutant AKI-HDI was activated by threonine. Single amino acid replacements at Ser-352 by Ala, Asn, Gln, His, Phe, Pro, Thr, or Tyr were introduced into truncated AKI-HDIs containing the AKI and the central regions. The AKI activity of the truncated AKI-HDI containing the first 468 amino acid residues was sensitive to threonine, and introduction of the amino acid replacements did not alter the threonine sensitivity of the AKI. Another truncated AKI-HDI containing the first 462 amino acid residues possessed threonine-resistant AKI, whereas the substitutions of Ser-352 with Ala and Pro rendered AKI sensitive to threonine. The replacement of GIn-351 with Phe activated AK1 of the truncated AKI-HDI in the presence of L-threonine. These findings suggest that Ser-352 of the central region of AKI-HDI is possibly a key residue involved with the allosteric regulation of both AKI and HDI activities.
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- K Omori
- Research Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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