title: Time-resolved fluorescence studies on mutants of the dihydrolipoyl transacetylase (E2) component of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from Azotobacter vinelandii.
abstract: Fluorescence anisotropy decays were measured for the wild-type dihydrolipoyl transacetylase (E2) component of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from Azotobacter vinelandii and E. coli and for E2-mutants from A. vinelandii in which the alanine-proline-rich sequence between the binding domain and the catalytic domain is partially or completely deleted. In both E2-mutants the rotational mobility of the lipoyl domain and the overall activity after reconstitution of the complex are significantly decreased indicating the important role of the deleted sequence for the movement of the lipoyl domain and the transfer of substrates between the different active sites within the complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Westphal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Kok
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001395:Azotobacter / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010957:Plasmids; D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex; D000217:Acyltransferases; C033588:dihydrolipoamide acyltransferase