PMID:8439231
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Dierstein, R and Gad'on, N (1993) Expression study with the Escherichia coli lep gene for leader peptidase in phototrophic purple bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 159:101-8 |
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| Abstract |
Synthesis and assembly of leader peptidase of Escherichia coli (signal peptidase I), was studied by heterologous expression of its lep gene in three species of phototrophic purple bacteria. Cell extracts of the recipient species showed neither cross reaction with antibodies against E. coli leader peptidase nor cleavage of the model substrate M13-procoat in vitro. The lep gene was transferred via conjugation using the plasmid expression vector for phototrophic bacteria pJAJ9. Plasmid-borne leader peptidase enzyme was identified by immunochemical means. However, extracts of transconjugant cells showed no cleavage function. Trypsin digestion studies revealed that the enzyme was not properly integrated across the host membranes. The data suggest that cleaving enzymes for protein export and/or their assembly pathway in purple bacteria differ from the E. coli type. |
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Bacteria/enzymology; Bacteria/genetics; Endopeptidases/genetics; Endopeptidases/metabolism; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Membrane Proteins; Pseudomonas fluorescens/enzymology; Pseudomonas fluorescens/genetics; Rhodobacter capsulatus/enzymology; Rhodobacter capsulatus/genetics; Rhodobacter sphaeroides/enzymology; Rhodobacter sphaeroides/genetics; Rhodospirillum rubrum/enzymology; Rhodospirillum rubrum/genetics; Serine Endopeptidases; Species Specificity; Transformation, Genetic |
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