title: Engineering and overexpression of periplasmic forms of the penicillin-binding protein 3 of Escherichia coli.
abstract: Replacement of the 36 and 56 N-terminal amino acid residues of the 588-amino-acid-residue membrane-bound penicillin-binding protein 3 (PBP3) of Escherichia coli by the OmpA signal peptide allows export of F37-V577 PBP3 and G57-V577 PBP3 respectively into the periplasm. The modified ftsI genes were placed under the control of the fused lpp promoter and lac promoter/operator; expression of the truncated PBP3s was optimized by varying the copy number of the recombinant plasmids and the amount of LacI repressor, and export was facilitated by increasing the SecB content of the producing strain. The periplasmic PBP3s (yield 8 mg/l of culture) were purified to 70% protein homogeneity. They require the presence of 0.25 M NaCl to remain soluble. Like the membrane-bound PBP3, they undergo processing by elimination of the C-terminal decapeptide I578-S588, they bind penicillin in a 1:1 molar ratio and they catalyse hydrolysis and aminolysis of acyclic thioesters that are analogues of penicillin. The membrane-anchor-free PBP3s have ragged N-termini. The G57-V577 PBP3, however, is less prone to proteolytic degradation than the F37-V577 PBP3.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fraipont
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nguyen-Distèche
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Keck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Beeumen
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Granier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ghuysen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006602:Hexosyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D046928:Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C478704:FtsI protein, E coli; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D046928:Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase