Cloning, sequence, and expression of the pantothenate permease (panF) gene of Escherichia coli.
Pantothenate permease, the product of the panF gene, catalyzes the sodium-dependent uptake of extracellular pantothenate. The panF gene was isolated from an Escherichia coli genomic DNA library and subcloned into multicopy plasmids. Increased copy number of the panF+ allele resulted in increased rates of pantothenate uptake and a significant increase in the steady-state intracellular pantothenate concentration. Despite the higher levels of pantothenate, the utilization of pantothenate for coenzyme A formation was not elevated, indicating that pantothenate kinase activity is the dominant regulator of coenzyme A biosynthesis. DNA sequencing of the panF gene revealed the presence of a single open reading frame that encoded a hydrophobic protein with a molecular weight of 51,992. Sequence analysis predicts that pantothenate permease is an integral membrane protein possessing 12 hydrophobic membrane-spanning domains connected by short hydrophilic sequences. The predicted topological profile of pantothenate permease is similar to that of other membrane carriers that catalyze cation-dependent symport.
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Department of Biochemistry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D007700:Kinetics; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters; D010957:Plasmids; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C064812:panF protein, E coli