title: Amino acid sequence of the regulatory-site glyoxylate peptide of biodegradative threonine dehydratase of Escherichia coli.
abstract: Incubation of purified Escherichia coli biodegradative threonine dehydratase with glyoxylate resulted in covalent binding of 1 mol of glyoxylate per mol of protein with concomitant loss of enzyme activity. The glyoxylate-binding site was identified as a heptapeptide representing amino acid residues Ser-33-Asn-Tyr-Phe-Ser-Glu-Arg-39 in the protein primary structure. Addition of glyoxylate to a culture of E. coli cells led to time-dependent enzyme inactivation. Immunoprecipitation with anti-dehydratase antibody of extract from [14C]glyoxylate-treated cells revealed labeled dehydratase polypeptide. These results are interpreted to mean that enzyme inactivation by glyoxylate in E. coli cells is associated with covalent protein modification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0606.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Datta
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D006038:Glyoxylates / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D013913:Threonine Dehydratase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006038:Glyoxylates; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D013913:Threonine Dehydratase