PMID:10760137
| Citation |
Gordon, EH, Page, MD, Willis, AC and Ferguson, SJ (2000) Escherichia coli DipZ: anatomy of a transmembrane protein disulphide reductase in which three pairs of cysteine residues, one in each of three domains, contribute differentially to function. Mol. Microbiol. 35:1360-74 |
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| Abstract |
DipZ is a bacterial cytoplasmic membrane protein that transfers reducing power from the cytoplasm to the periplasm so as to facilitate the formation of correct disulphide bonds and c-type cytochromes in the latter compartment. Topological analysis using gene fusions between the Escherichia coli dipZ and either E. coli phoA or lacZ shows that DipZ has a highly hydrophobic central domain comprising eight transmembrane alpha-helices plus periplasmic globular N-terminal and C-terminal domains. The previously assigned translational start codon for the E. coli DipZ was shown to be incorrect and the protein to be larger than previously thought. The experimentally determined translational start position indicates that an additional alpha-helix at the N-terminus acts as a cleavable signal peptide so that the N-terminus of the mature protein is located in the periplasm. The newly assigned 5' end of the dipZ gene was shown to be preceded by a functional ribosome-binding site. The hydrophobic central domain and both of the periplasmic globular domains each have a pair of highly conserved cysteine residues, and it was shown by site directed mutagenesis that all six conserved cysteine residues contribute to DipZ function. |
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| Keywords |
Alkaline Phosphatase; Amino Acid Sequence; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Base Sequence; Binding Sites; Cell Membrane/metabolism; Conserved Sequence; Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/genetics; Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/metabolism; Cysteine; Escherichia coli/chemistry; Escherichia coli Proteins; Membrane Proteins/chemistry; Membrane Proteins/genetics; Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; Oxidoreductases; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism; Ribosomes/metabolism; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; beta-Galactosidase/genetics; beta-Galactosidase/metabolism |
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