title: The sodium ion translocating oxaloacetate decarboxylase of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Sequence of the integral membrane-bound subunits beta and gamma.
abstract: The sequences upstream and downstream of the cloned gene for the alpha-subunit of the Na+ pump oxaloacetate decarboxylase of Klebsiella pneumonia were determined. An open reading frame in the upstream region was identified as the gene for the gamma-subunit, and an open reading frame in the downstream region represents the gene for the beta-subunit. The deduced primary structure of the gamma- and beta-subunit was confirmed by protein sequencing of about 37 and 22%, respectively, of each polypeptide chain. The gene for the gamma-subunit has a GC content of 64% and codes for 83 amino acids. The protein is not processed at its amino terminus or at its carboxyl terminus. The gene for the beta-subunit has a GC content of 66% and codes for 327 amino acids. The protein contains a blocked aminoterminal methionine residue. Whether processing occurs at the carboxyl terminus is unknown. Hydropathy calculations defined one transmembrane helix in the amino-terminal part of the gamma-subunit and a hydrophilic carboxyl-terminal part that is certainly not embedded within the lipid bilayer. A proline- and alanine-rich sequence in the carboxyl-terminal part may provide the protein with conformational flexibility. According to hydropathy and acrophilicity calculations, the secondary structure of the beta-subunit may be formed with 5 or 6 intramembrane helical segments.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Laussermair
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oesterhelt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reinke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beyreuther
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dimroth
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D015222:Sodium Channels; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C021916:oxaloacetate decarboxylase