Identification and characterization of a bacterial glycerol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase: Ni(2+)-dependent AraM from Bacillus subtilis.
The exclusive presence of glycerol-1-phosphate dehydrogenases (G1PDH) has been postulated to be a key feature that distinguishes archaea from bacteria. However, homologues of G1PDH genes can be found in several bacterial species, among them the hitherto uncharacterized open reading frame araM from Bacillus subtilis. We produced recombinant AraM in Escherichia coli and demonstrate that the purified protein forms a homodimer that reversibly reduces dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) to glycerol-1-phosphate (G1P) in a NADH-dependent manner. AraM, which constitutes the first identified G1PDH from bacteria, has a similar catalytic efficiency as its archaeal homologues, but its activity is dependent on the presence of Ni (2+) instead of Zn (2+). On the basis of these findings and the analysis of an araM knockout mutant, we propose that AraM generates G1P for the synthesis of phosphoglycerolipids in Gram-positive bacterial species.
Guldan
Harald
H
Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Sterner
Reinhard
R
Babinger
Patrick
P
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009243:NAD / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D009532:Nickel / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D009243:NAD; D009532:Nickel; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase; C098215:glycerol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase