title: The degA gene product accelerates degradation of Bacillus subtilis phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase in Escherichia coli.
abstract: A search for genes involved in the inactivation and degradation of enzymes in sporulating Bacillus subtilis led to identification of the B. subtilis degA gene, whose product stimulates degradation of B. subtilis glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase in Escherichia coli cells. degA encodes a 36.7-kDa protein that has sequence similarity to several E. coli and B. subtilis regulatory proteins of the LacI class. B. subtilis degA::cat insertional inactivation mutants had no detectable defect in the inactivation or degradation of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase in glucose- or lysine-starved B. subtilis cells, however. We suggest that degA encodes either a novel protease or, more likely, a gene that stimulates production of such a protease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Bussey
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Switzer
mesh_terms: D000582:Amidophosphoribosyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C083512:DegA protein, Bacillus subtilis; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000582:Amidophosphoribosyltransferase