title: Purple acid phosphatases from bacteria: similarities to mammalian and plant enzymes.
abstract: Mammalian and plant purple acid phosphatases have similar active site structures despite low sequence identity (<20%). Although no bacterial enzyme has been purified, a sequence database search revealed that genes that could encode potential purple acid phosphatases may be restricted to a small number of organisms (i.e. myco- and cyanobacteria). Analysis of their deduced amino acid sequences and predicted secondary structures indicates that the cyanobacterial enzyme is similar to both the mammalian and the recently discovered low-molecular-weight plant purple acid phosphatases, while the mycobacterial enzyme is homologous to the fungal and high-molecular-weight plant purple acid phosphatases. Homology models indicate that both bacterial proteins appear to be similar to mammalian purple acid phosphatases in the immediate vicinity of the active site. It is likely that these enzymes act as Fenton-type catalysts in order to prevent damage caused by reactive oxygen species generated by invaded host cells (M. tuberculosis) or by the light-harvesting complex (Synechocystis sp.).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, The University of Queensland, 4072, Brisbane, Australia. schenk@biosci.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schenk
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Korsinczky
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hume
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DeJersey
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008322:Mammals / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011487:Protein Conformation; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; C091137:purple acid phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase