Kinetics and subunit interaction of the mannitol-specific enzyme II of the Escherichia coli phosphotransferase system

Biochemistry ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 23 (21) ◽  
pp. 4934-4939 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. F. Roossien ◽  
M. Blaauw ◽  
George T. Robillard
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Subunit Interaction ◽  
Specific Enzyme ◽  
Phosphotransferase System

scholarly journals Substrate Specificity and Signal Transduction Pathways in the Glucose-Specific Enzyme II (EIIGlc) Component of the Escherichia coli Phosphotransferase System

2000 ◽  
Vol 182 (16) ◽  
pp. 4437-4442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucinda Notley-McRobb ◽  
Thomas Ferenci
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Substrate Specificity ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Specific Enzyme ◽  
Phosphotransferase System ◽  
Transmembrane Segments ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Second Category

ABSTRACT Escherichia coli adapted to glucose-limited chemostats contained mutations in ptsG resulting in V12G, V12F, and G13C substitutions in glucose-specific enzyme II (EIIGlc) and resulting in increased transport of glucose and methyl-α-glucoside. The mutations also resulted in faster growth on mannose and glucosamine in a PtsG-dependent manner. By use of enhanced growth on glucosamine for selection, four further sites were identified where substitutions caused broadened substrate specificity (G176D, A288V, G320S, and P384R). The altered amino acids include residues previously identified as changing the uptake of ribose, fructose, and mannitol. The mutations belonged to two classes. First, at two sites, changes affected transmembrane residues (A288V and G320S), probably altering sugar selectivity directly. More remarkably, the five other specificity mutations affected residues unlikely to be in transmembrane segments and were additionally associated with increasedptsG transcription in the absence of glucose. Increased expression of wild-type EIIGlc was not by itself sufficient for growth with other sugars. A model is proposed in which the protein conformation determining sugar accessibility is linked to transcriptional signal transduction in EIIGlc. The conformation of EIIGlc elicited by either glucose transport in the wild-type protein or permanently altered conformation in the second category of mutants results in altered signal transduction and interaction with a regulator, probably Mlc, controlling the transcription of pts genes.

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