PMID:10648532
| Citation |
Zhao, S, Zhu, Q and Somerville, RL (2000) The sigma(70) transcription factor TyrR has zinc-stimulated phosphatase activity that is inhibited by ATP and tyrosine. J. Bacteriol. 182:1053-61 |
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| Abstract |
The TyrR protein of Escherichia coli (513 amino acid residues) is the chief transcriptional regulator of a group of genes that are essential for aromatic amino acid biosynthesis and transport. The TyrR protein can function either as a repressor or as an activator. The central region of the TyrR protein (residues 207 to 425) is similar to corresponding polypeptide segments of the NtrC protein superfamily. Like the NtrC protein, TyrR has intrinsic ATPase activity. Here, we report that TyrR possesses phosphatase activity. This activity is subject to inhibition by L-tyrosine and its analogues and by ATP and ATP analogues. Zinc ion (2 mM) stimulated the phosphatase activity of the TyrR protein by a factor of 57. The phosphatase-active site of TyrR was localized to a 31-kDa domain (residues 191 to 467) of the protein. However, mutational alteration of distant amino acid residues at both the N terminus and the C terminus of TyrR altered the phosphatase activity. Haemophilus influenzae TyrR (318 amino acid residues), a protein with a high degree of sequence similarity to the C terminus of the E. coli TyrR protein, exhibited a phosphatase activity similar to that of E. coli TyrR. |
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Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism; Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins; Haemophilus influenzae/genetics; Haemophilus influenzae/metabolism; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/antagonists & inhibitors; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism; Repressor Proteins/genetics; Repressor Proteins/isolation & purification; Repressor Proteins/metabolism; Transcription Factors/genetics; Transcription Factors/isolation & purification; Transcription Factors/metabolism; Trypsin/metabolism; Tyrosine/pharmacology; Zinc/pharmacology |
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