title: Mapping of acyl carrier domain within the subunit of type I bacterial fatty acid synthetase.
abstract: A fluorescent thiol reagent, N-(7-dimethylamino-4-methylcoumarinyl) maleimide, was used to label the acyl carrier site of the bacterial fatty acid synthetase from Brevibacterium ammoniagenes. The reagent bound preferentially to the 4'-phosphopantetheine thiol group of the acyl carrier domain and irreversively inactivated the enzyme. The modified enzyme was cleaved by proteinases for the mapping of the labeled site. The fluorescent fragment was readily detected on a polyacrylamide gel after electrophoresis. The region of 45 kDa containing the 4'-phosphopantetheine was located on the polypeptide at around two-thirds of the full length from the N-terminal.
mesh_terms: D000213:Acyl Carrier Protein / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000201:enzymology*; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008301:Maleimides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000213:Acyl Carrier Protein; D000596:Amino Acids; D008301:Maleimides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; C019347:N-(7-dimethylamino-4-methylcoumarinyl)maleimide; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases