title: Characterization and sequence of PhoC, the principal phosphate-irrepressible acid phosphatase of Morganella morganii.
abstract: Phosphatase activities were investigated in Morganella morganii, which is one of the few enterobacterial species producing high-level phosphate-irrepressible acid phosphatase activity (HPAP phenotype), and the gene encoding the major phosphate-irrepressible acid phosphatase was cloned, sequenced, and its product characterized. Using p-nitrophenyl phosphate as substrate, Morganella produced a major phosphate-irrepressible acid phosphatase (named PhoC) which is associated with the HPAP phenotype, a minor phosphate-irrepressible acid phosphatase, and a phosphate-repressible alkaline phosphatase. The presence of the PhoC activity prevented induction of alkaline phosphatase when a PhoC-hydrolysable organic phosphate ester, such as glycerol 2-phosphate, was the sole phosphate source. PhoC is a secreted nonspecific acid phosphatase apparently composed of four 25 kDa polypeptide subunits. The enzyme is resistant to EDTA, P(i), fluoride and tartrate. The M. morganii PhoC showed 84.6% amino acid sequence identity to the PhoN nonspecific acid phosphatase of Providencia stuartii, 45.3% to the PhoN nonspecific acid phosphatase of Salmonella typhimurium, and 37.8% to the principal acid phosphatase (PhoC) of Zymomonas mobilis. Comparison of sequence data and of regulation of these enzymes suggested a different phylogeny of members of this gene family within the Enterobacteriaceae.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Thaller
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berlutti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schippa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rossolini
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010710:Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; D000135:Acid Phosphatase