PMID:7896760
| Citation |
Ger, YM, Chen, SL, Chiang, HJ and Shiuan, D (1994) A single Ser-180 mutation desensitizes feedback inhibition of the phenylalanine-sensitive 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate (DAHP) synthetase in Escherichia coli. J. Biochem. 116:986-90 |
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| Abstract |
The Escherichia coli phenylalanine-sensitive DAHP (3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate) synthetase (aroG product) is one of the DAHP synthetase isozymes that catalyze the first committed step in the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and vitamins. Through target-directed mutagenesis of the cloned aroG on a plasmid vector, followed by screening of phenylalanine-resistant colonies, we isolated a clone (pG908) showing feedback-insensitive mutation of DAHP synthetase. The mutations were identified as a T-->A mutation at nucleotide 22, and a C-->T mutation at nucleotide 539, causing a Leu-8 to Ile-8 mutation and a Ser-180 to Phe-180 substitution, respectively. The resulting enzyme exhibited comparable enzymatic activity to the wild type, but the degree of feedback inhibition had declined from approximately 60% to less than 10% in the presence of 20 mM phenylalanine in the assay medium. Replacement of Ile-8 by Leu, and substitution of Phe-180 with Ser, Asn and Cys, using site-directed mutagenesis, demonstrated that Ser-180 is a critical residue in the feedback inhibition of AroG. The result suggests that the major role played by Ser-180 may not involve a simple charge-size effect in the Phe-binding site of the enzyme molecule, but rather may involve more complicated molecular interactions occurring in the feedback inhibition mechanisms. |
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3-Deoxy-7-Phosphoheptulonate Synthase/antagonists & inhibitors; 3-Deoxy-7-Phosphoheptulonate Synthase/chemistry; 3-Deoxy-7-Phosphoheptulonate Synthase/metabolism; Base Sequence; Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; Phenylalanine/pharmacology; Serine/chemistry |
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