A new subfamily of short bacterial adenylate kinases with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis enzyme as a model: A predictive and experimental study.
The adk gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis codes for an enzyme of 181 amino acids. A sequence comparison with 52 different forms of adenylate kinases (AK) suggests that the enzyme from M. tuberculosis belongs to a new subfamily of "short" bacterial AKs. The recombinant protein, overexpressed in Escherichia coli, exhibits a low catalytic activity and an unexpectedly high thermal stability (Tm = 64.8 degrees C). Based on various spectroscopic data, on the known three-dimensional structure of the AK from E. coli and on secondary structure predictions for various sequenced AKs, we propose a structural model for AK from M. tuberculosis (AKmt). Proteins 1999;36:238-248.
Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale des Macromolécules, Institut Pasteur, France. hmunier@pasteur.fr
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D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013696:Temperature; D014108:Tosylphenylalanyl Chloromethyl Ketone; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014108:Tosylphenylalanyl Chloromethyl Ketone; D000263:Adenylate Kinase; D014357:Trypsin