title: Pkg2, a novel transmembrane protein Ser/Thr kinase of Streptomyces granaticolor.
abstract: A 4.2-kb SphI-BamHI fragment of chromosomal DNA from Streptomyces granaticolor was cloned and shown to encode a protein with significant sequence similarity to the eukaryotic protein serine/threonine kinases. It consists of 701 amino acids and in the N-terminal part contains all conserved catalytic domains of protein kinases. The C-terminal domain of Pkg2 contains seven tandem repeats of 11 or 12 amino acids with similarity to the tryptophan-docking motif known to stabilize a symmetrical three-dimensional structure called a propeller structure. The pkg2 gene was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, and the gene product (Pkg2) has been found to be autophosphorylated at serine and threonine residues. The N- and C-terminal parts of Pkg2 are separated with a hydrophobic stretch of 21 amino acids which translocated a PhoA fusion protein into the periplasm. Thus, Pkg2 is the first transmembrane protein serine/threonine kinase described for streptomycetes. Replacement of the pkg2 gene by the spectinomycin resistance gene resulted in changes in the morphology of aerial hyphae.
authors.affiliation: Cell and Molecular Microbiology Division, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nádvorník
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vomastek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janecek
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Techniková
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Branny
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases