title: Site-directed mutagenesis of the Proteus mirabilis glutathione transferase B1-1 G-site.
abstract: In order to investigate the roles of near N-terminus Tyr, Cys, and Ser residues in the activity of bacterial glutathione transferase (GSTB1-1) site-directed mutagenesis was used to replace the following residues: Tyr-4, Tyr-5, Ser-9, Cys-10, Ser-11, and Ser-13. The results presented here show that, unlike all other alpha, mu, pi, theta and sigma classes of glutathione transferases so far investigated, GSTB1-1 does not utilise any Tyr, Ser or Cys residue to activate glutathione. These results also suggest that the bacterial glutathione transferases may require classification into their own class.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casalone
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Allocati
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ceccarelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masulli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rossjohn
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Ilio
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase