title: Identification and characterization of a novel thymidylate synthase from deep-sea thermophilic bacteriophage Geobacillus virus E2.
abstract: Thymidylate synthase (TS) is essential for de novo synthesis of dTMP and is a key enzyme involved in DNA synthesis and transcriptional regulation of organisms. Due to their biologic importance, TSs have been intensively studied. In this investigation, a thermostable TS was identified from a deep-sea thermophilic bacteriophage Geobacillus virus E2 (GVE2). It was demonstrated that GVE2-TS was highly homologous to known TSs and contained five characteristic conserved domains. The temporal analyses by Northern and Western blots revealed that the GVE2-TS was transcribed and expressed early after Geobacillus virus E2 infection, identifying it as a viral early gene. As shown by gel mobility shift assays, the recombinant GVE2-TS protein had the capacity to bind its own mRNA. Our study presented the first report on thymidylate synthase from deep-sea thermophilic bacteriophage.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yiqian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaobo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010802:Phylogeny; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012623:Seawater / Q000821:virology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013696:Temperature; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase