title: Evidence for a single multifunctional polypeptide chain on gramicidin S synthetase 2 obtained from a wild strain and mutant strains of Bacillus brevis.
abstract: The structures of the gramicidin S synthetase 2 s (GS 2, heavy enzyme) from a wild strain and mutant strains of Bacillus brevis have been studied by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The GS 2s used were obtained from a wild strain and group IV of mutant strains (BII-3, BI-3, BI-9) which lacked one specific amino acid activating activity. SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of GS 2 bound to a radioactive substrate showed that: first, in the case of the wild enzyme, the radioactivity of the substrate amino acid was detected only in the polypeptide with a molecular weight of about 280,000, regardless of the amino acid species used as substrate; secondly, in the case of the mutant enzyme, the radioactivity of the amino acid which could be activated by the enzyme was also associated with the protein band with a molecular weight of about 280,000. Regardless of the enzyme species tested, a pantothenic acid residue was also present in the protein band with a molecular weight of about 280,000. These results suggest that GS 2 is a multifunctional one polypeptide enzyme and the mutant-type GS 2s from BII-3 (proline-lacking), BI-3 (valine-lacking), and BI-9 (leucine-lacking) are also multifunctional enzymes having molecular weights identical to that of the wild-type enzyme.
mesh_terms: D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D049148:Aminoacylation; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D009952:Ornithine / Q000378:metabolism; D010205:Pantothenic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D010453:Peptide Synthases / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D011392:Proline / Q000378:metabolism; D014633:Valine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010455:Peptides; D010205:Pantothenic Acid; D011392:Proline; D009952:Ornithine; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases; D010453:Peptide Synthases; C020831:gramicidin-S-synthetase 2; D007930:Leucine; D014633:Valine