title: Cloning and characterization of a second acid phosphatase from Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 104A14.
abstract: Sinorhizobium meliloti has two nonspecific periplasmic acid phosphatases. The NapD enzyme has been previously described, and a second acid phosphatase, NapE, is described in this report. NapE was partially purified from an S. meliloti napD mutant and characterized with respect to molecular mass and substrate range. As predicted from SDS-PAGE analysis, the subunit molecular mass of NapE is approximately 35.8 kDa and gel filtration experiments estimated the native molecular mass to be approximately 70 kDa, indicating that the active enzyme is a homodimer. NapE demonstrated significant activity with p-nitrophenyl phosphate, phenyl phosphate, and alpha-naphthyl-phosphate. The pH optimum was between 4.5 and 5.0. The gene encoding NapE was also sequenced and the inferred amino acid sequence from the predicted ORF was found to be 60% identical and 75% similar to that encoded by napD. An S. meliloti napE mutant was constructed and assessed for symbiotic competence. This mutant did not differ from the wild-type parent strain in nodulation and symbiotic efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-6028, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Elkins
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Da
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Botero
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: McDermott
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002845:Chromatography; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016296:Mutagenesis; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016622:Silver Staining; D016962:Sinorhizobium meliloti / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000135:Acid Phosphatase