title: PrpE, a PPP protein phosphatase from Bacillus subtilis with unusual substrate specificity.
abstract: Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive bacterium with a relatively large number of protein phosphatases. Previous studies have shown that some Ser/Thr phosphatases play an important role in the life cycle of this bacterium [Losick and Stragier (1992) Nature (London) 355, 601-604; Yang, Kang, Brody and Price (1996) Genes Dev. 10, 2265-2275]. In this paper, we report the biochemical properties of a putative, previously uncharacterized phosphatase, PrpE, belonging to the PPP family. This enzyme shares homology with other PPP phosphatases as well as with symmetrical diadenosine tetraphosphatases related to ApaH (symmetrical Ap(4)A hydrolase) from Escherichia coli. A His-tagged recombinant PrpE was purified from E. coli and shown to have Ni(2+)-dependent and okadaic acid-resistant phosphatase activity against a synthetic phosphorylated peptide and hydrolase activity against diadenosine 5',5"'-tetraphosphate. Unexpectedly, PrpE was able to remove phosphate from phosphotyrosine, but not from phosphothreonine or phosphoserine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Kładki 24, Poland.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwanicki
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herman-Antosiewicz
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pierechod
authors.forename: Simone J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Séror
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Obuchowski
mesh_terms: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002384:Catalysis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010768:Phosphoserine / Q000737:chemistry; D010769:Phosphothreonine / Q000737:chemistry; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010769:Phosphothreonine; D010768:Phosphoserine; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; C075829:diadenosine polyphosphate hydrolase