title: Penicillin-binding protein 4 of Escherichia coli shows a novel type of primary structure among penicillin-interacting proteins.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of a 1884 bp DNA fragment of E. coli, carrying the gene dacB, was determined. The DNA codes for penicillin-binding protein 4 (PBP4), an enzyme of 477 amino acids, being involved as a DD-carboxypeptidase-endopeptidase in murein metabolism. The enzyme is translated with a cleavable signal peptide of 20 amino acids, which was verified by sequencing the amino-terminus of the isolated protein. The characteristic active-site fingerprints SXXK, SXN and KTG of class A beta-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins were located in the sequence. On the basis of amino acid alignments we propose, that PBP4 and class A beta-lactamases share a common evolutionary origin but PBP4 has acquired an additional domain of 188 amino acids in the region between the SXXK and SXN elements.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mottl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Terpstra
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Keck
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009710:Nucleotide Mapping; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D046929:Serine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala Carboxypeptidase; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D046929:Serine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala Carboxypeptidase; C478706:penicillin-binding protein 4, E coli; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase; D001618:beta-Lactamases