title: Identification of the gene (aphA) encoding the class B acid phosphatase/phosphotransferase of Escherichia coli MG1655 and characterization of its product.
abstract: An open reading frame located in the tyrB-uvrA intergenic region of the Escherichia coli MG1655 chromosome was identified as encoding the class B acid phosphatase of this species on the basis of cloning and expression experiments. A protocol for purification of the enzyme (named AphA) was developed, and its properties were analyzed. The enzyme is a 100-kDa homotetrameric protein which apparently requires a metal co-factor for activity. Similarly to other bacterial class B acid phosphatases, it is able to dephosphorylate several organic phosphomonoesters as well as to catalyze the transfer of low-energy phosphate groups from phosphomonoesters to hydroxyl groups of various organic compounds.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia, II Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Thaller
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schippa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cresti
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rossolini
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000135:Acid Phosphatase