title: Site-directed mutagenesis with the ptsH gene of Bacillus subtilis. Isolation and characterization of heat-stable proteins altered at the ATP-dependent regulatory phosphorylation site.
abstract: The codon for Ser-46 of the ptsH gene of Bacillus subtilis was modified by site-directed mutagenesis to the codons for Ala, Thr, Tyr, and Asp. The mutant genes were overexpressed, three of the corresponding proteins were purified to homogeneity with the exception for the Asp derivative, which could not be detected, although the gene had the desired nucleotide sequence. The phosphotransferase activity of the altered proteins was determined to be 20-35% of wild type activity, which correlates well with the slow phosphorylation of heat-stable protein (HPr) by enzyme I and phosphoenolpyruvate. The ATP-dependent HPr kinase, which previously was shown to be involved in the regulation of carbohydrate uptake of Gram-positive bacteria by covalent phosphorylation of Ser-46 of HPr, is entirely inactive toward the OH group of Thr-46 and Tyr-46 proteins. In addition, we constructed a strain of B. subtilis, where the altered gene coding for the Ala-46 derivative of HPr was introduced into the bacterial chromosome. The physiological properties of this mutant are described.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Biologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, West Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eisermann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deutscher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gonzy-Treboul
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hengstenberg
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001665:Binding Sites; D003062:Codon; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006358:Hot Temperature; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate / Q000378:metabolism; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003062:Codon; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System; C030182:phosphocarrier protein HPr