title: Cloning and characterization of the pknA gene from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), coding for the Mn2+ dependent protein Ser/Thr kinase.
abstract: A gene pknA, coding for an eukaryotic-type protein Ser/Thr kinase, was cloned from the Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) chromosome. The PknA protein kinase, containing the C-terminal eukaryotic-type kinase domain with an N-terminal extension, was expressed in Escherichia coli and Streptomyces lividans. The affinity purified MBP-PknA fusion protein was assayed for kinase activity that showed its ability to autophosphorylate in vitro in the presence of [gamma-32P]ATP. The activity was Mn2+ dependent. The preautophosphorylated kinase phosphorylated at least two proteins (sizes 30 and 32 kDa) in the S. coelicolor J1501 cell-free extracts of all developmental stages. The larger of them was also phosphorylated in vitro by an endogenous protein kinase in late stages extracts, but not earlier. Although Mn2+ dependent protein phosphorylation has previously been described in Streptomyces, this is the first report of a gene encoding such an enzyme in this genus.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Vídenská 1083, Prague, 142 20, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Petrícková
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tichý
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrícek
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli; D008345:Manganese / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008345:Manganese; D011494:Protein Kinases; C084887:PknA protein, Nostoc sp. PCC 7120; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases