title: Membrane topology of Escherichia coli diacylglycerol kinase.
abstract: The topology of Escherichia coli diacylglycerol kinase (DAGK) within the cytoplasmic membrane was elucidated by a combined approach involving both multiple aligned sequence analysis and fusion protein experiments. Hydropathy plots of the five prokaryotic DAGK sequences available were uniform in their prediction of three transmembrane segments. The hydropathy predictions were experimentally tested genetically by fusing C-terminal deletion derivatives of DAGK to beta-lactamase and beta-galactosidase. Following expression, the enzymatic activities of the chimeric proteins were measured and used to determine the cellular location of the fusion junction. These studies confirmed the hydropathy predictions for DAGK with respect to the number and approximate sequence locations of the transmembrane segments. Further analysis of the aligned DAGK sequences detected probable alpha-helical N-terminal capping motifs and two amphipathic alpha-helices within the enzyme. The combined fusion and sequence data indicate that DAGK is a polytopic integral membrane protein with three transmembrane segments with the N terminus of the protein in the cytoplasm, the C terminus in the periplasmic space, and two amphipathic helices near the cytoplasmic surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4965.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: O'Toole
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019852:Diacylglycerol Kinase; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008961:Models, Structural; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010957:Plasmids; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D019852:Diacylglycerol Kinase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D001618:beta-Lactamases