title: Characterization of the Streptococcus mutans pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL)-activating enzyme gene by complementary reconstitution of the In vitro PFL-reactivating system.
abstract: The act gene was identified and an act mutant as well as the pfl mutant was constructed in Streptococcus mutans. Pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL) activity was regenerated with the mixture of the respective cell extracts from these mutants by complementary reconstitution of the in vitro reactivating system. The S. mutans act gene encoded the sole enzyme able to activate the PFL protein in this organism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Dental College, Mihama-ku, Chiba City 261-8502, Japan. yayamamo@tdc.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi-Abbe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kizaki
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D000123:Acetyltransferases; C040285:pyruvate formate-lyase activating enzyme; C022560:formate C-acetyltransferase