title: Expression of heterologous phosphofructokinase genes in yeast.
abstract: Genes encoding phosphofructokinases (PFK) from Escherichia coli and from the human muscle were expressed in PFK-deficient strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the control of an inducible GAL1 promoter. They restored PFK activity under inducing conditions and complemented the galactose-negative growth phenotype of the recipient strains. The PFK enzymes expressed appear to be stable in yeast. The human muscle enzyme crossreacts with specific antibodies and shows the expected subunit size. As expected, its activity can be activated by fructose-2,6- bisphosphate, in contrast to the bacterial enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Heinisch
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D005635:Fructosediphosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D010641:Phenotype; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005635:Fructosediphosphates; C027652:fructose 2,6-diphosphate; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1; D005690:Galactose