title: Identification of Mur, an atypical peptidoglycan hydrolase derived from Leuconostoc citreum.
abstract: A gene encoding a protein homologous to known bacterial N-acetyl-muramidases has been cloned from Leuconostoc citreum by a PCR-based approach. The encoded protein, Mur, consists of 209 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 23,821 Da including a 31-amino-acid putative signal peptide. In contrast to most of the other known peptidoglycan hydrolases, L. citreum Mur protein does not contain amino acid repeats involved in cell wall binding. The purified L. citreum Mur protein was shown to exhibit peptidoglycan-hydrolyzing activity by renaturing sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. An active chimeric protein was constructed by fusion of L. citreum Mur to the C-terminal repeat-containing domain (cA) of AcmA, the major autolysin of Lactococcus lactis. Expression of the Mur-cA fusion protein was able to complement an acmA mutation in L. lactis; normal cell separation after cell division was restored by Mur-cA expression.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherches Laitières et Génétique Appliquée, INRA, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cibik
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tailliez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Langella
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Chapot-Chartier
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D013294:Lactococcus lactis / Q000378:metabolism; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009113:Muramidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009238:N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C092497:AcmA protein, Lactococcus lactis; D009113:Muramidase; D009238:N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase