title: Identification and sequence of a Na(+)-linked gene from the marine bacterium Alteromonas haloplanktis which functionally complements the dagA gene of Escherichia coli.
abstract: A 4.0 kb fragment from a plasmid genomic DNA library of the marine bacterium Alteromonas haloplanktis ATCC 19855 was found in the presence of Na+ to complement the dagA gene of Escherichia coli. We have completely sequenced this fragment and the position of the Na(+)-linked D-alanine glycine permease gene (dagA) on the fragment has been determined by complementation. The predicted carrier protein consists of 542 amino acid residues (M(r) 58,955). Its hydropathy profile suggests it is composed of eight transmembrane segments with a long hydrophilic region between segments six and seven. Significant similarity has been found between this Na(+)-linked permease and the Na+/proline permeases of E. coli and Salmonella typhimurium and the human and rabbit intestinal Na+/glucose cotransporters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, McGill University, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: MacLeod
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: MacLeod
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D026921:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005998:Glycine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D026921:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C078316:dagA protein, Alteromonas haloplanktis; C033082:proline transporter; D012964:Sodium; D000409:Alanine; D005998:Glycine