title: Tk-PTP, protein tyrosine/serine phosphatase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1: enzymatic characteristics and identification of its substrate proteins.
abstract: The Tk-ptp gene encoding a protein tyrosine phosphatase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1 was cloned and biochemical characteristics of the recombinant protein (Tk-PTP) were examined. A series of mutants, D63A (replacing Asp-63 with Ala), C93S, C93A, R99K, and R99M, were also constructed and analyzed. Two unique features were found. First, the Tk-PTP showed the phosphatase activity not only toward phosphotyrosine but also toward phosphoserine. Second, the conserved Asp-63, which corresponds to a critical residue among other known PTPs, was not essential for catalysis. Cys-93 and Arg-99 residues played a crucial role in substrate binding and catalysis. To know a specific substrate for Tk-PTP, C93S mutant was used to trap substrate proteins from cell extract of KOD1. Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase subunit beta-chain, one of the gene products of RNA terminal phosphate cyclase operon and phosphomannomutase, was identified, suggesting that they functioned for phosphate donation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Sung-Jong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Tadayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imanaka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019843:Archaeal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D019641:DNA, Archaeal; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D019712:Thermococcus / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D019641:DNA, Archaeal; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases