scholarly journals The primary structures of Pseudomonas AM1 amicyanin and pseudoazurin. Two new sequence classes of blue copper proteins

1985 ◽  
Vol 232 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
R P Ambler ◽  
J Tobari
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Paracoccus Denitrificans ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
British Library ◽  
Copper Binding ◽  
Copper Proteins ◽  
Blue Copper Proteins ◽  
Blue Copper ◽  
Sequence Class

The amino acid sequences of two blue copper proteins from the pink facultative methylotroph Pseudomonas AM1 (N.C.I.B. 9133) were determined. They each consist of a single polypeptide chain and bind one copper atom. Amicyanin contains 99 and pseudoazurin 123 residues. Copper-binding sites, consisting of the side chains of two histidine, one cysteine and one methionine residues, can be recognized in each protein by analogy with azurin and plastocyanin, but the spacings of the ligand residues are different, and other sequence similarity is limited. Proteins that are in the pseudoazurin sequence class can be recognized in some strains of Alcaligenes, and probably also in Paracoccus denitrificans. Detailed evidence for the amino acid sequences of the proteins has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50130 (23 pp.) at the British Library (Lending Division), Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1985) 225, 5.

scholarly journals Two distinct azurins function in the electron-transport chain of the obligate methylotroph Methylomonas J

1989 ◽  
Vol 261 (2) ◽  
pp. 495-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
R P Ambler ◽  
J Tobari
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
British Library ◽  
Copper Proteins ◽  
Blue Copper Proteins ◽  
Methylamine Dehydrogenase ◽  
Obligate Methylotroph ◽  
Blue Copper ◽  
Transport Chain ◽  
The One

Methylomonas J is an obligate methylotroph although it is unable to grow on methane. Like Pseudomonas AM1, it produces two blue copper proteins when growing on methylamine, one of which is the recipient of electrons from the methylamine dehydrogenase. When grown on methanol, only the other blue copper protein is produced. We have determined the amino acid sequences of these blue copper proteins, and show that they are both true azurins. The sequences are clearly homologous to those of the proteins characterized from fluorescent pseudomonads and various species of Alcaligenes, and can be aligned with them and with each other without the need to postulate any internal insertions or deletions in the sequences. The iso-1 azurin, the one produced during both methanol and methylamine growth, shows 59-65% identity with these other azurins, whereas the iso-2 protein shows only 47-53% identity. The proteins show 52% identity with each other. The two functionally equivalent blue copper proteins from Pseudomonas AM1 belong to two sequence classes that are quite distinct from the true azurins. Detailed evidence for the amino acid sequences of the proteins has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50151 (23 pages) at the British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1989) 257, 5.

Synthetic models for active sites of reduced blue copper proteins: minimal geometric change between two oxidation states for fast self-exchange rate constants

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1188-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi Fujisawa ◽  
Koyu Fujita ◽  
Tatsuya Takahashi ◽  
Nobumasa Kitajima ◽  
Yoshihiko Moro-oka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Oxidation States ◽  
Copper Proteins ◽  
Blue Copper Proteins ◽  
Blue Copper ◽  
Synthetic Models

scholarly journals The ‘methylamine oxidase’ system of an obligate methylotroph

1989 ◽  
Vol 260 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
K A Auton ◽  
C Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Copper Proteins ◽  
Blue Copper Proteins ◽  
Optimum Growth ◽  
Methylamine Dehydrogenase ◽  
Obligate Methylotroph ◽  
Blue Copper ◽  
Oxidase System ◽  
High Copper

The terminal respiratory oxidase was solubilized from membranes of organism 4025, an obligate methylotroph. The partially purified oxidase is probably a cytochrome co. It does not oxidize amicyanin, but it oxidizes ‘azurin’ and cytochromes cH and cL. By using a complete ‘methylamine oxidase’ system reconstituted from pure methylamine dehydrogenase, purified oxidase and soluble blue copper proteins and cytochromes, it was confirmed that amicyanin is essential for methylamine oxidation; it could not be replaced by ‘azurin’ or cytochrome cH or cL. It was shown that the usual mediator between amicyanin and the oxidase is cytochrome cH, with ‘azurin’ able to replace it during growth at the high copper concentrations required for optimum growth of this unusual methylotroph.

scholarly journals Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of NBS-LRR genes in wild relatives of eggplant (Solanum melongena L

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sona. S Dev ◽  
P. Poornima ◽  
Akhil Venu
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Solanum Melongena ◽  
Wild Relatives ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
R Genes ◽  
Multiple Sequence

Eggplantor brinjal (Solanum melongena L.), is highly susceptible to various soil-borne diseases. The extensive use of chemical fungicides to combat these diseases can be minimized by identification of resistance gene analogs (RGAs) in wild species of cultivated plants.In the present study, degenerate PCR primers for the conserved regions ofnucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeat (NBS-LRR) were used to amplify RGAs from wild relatives of eggplant (Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum), Indian nightshade (Solanumviolaceum)and Solanu mincanum) which showed resistance to the bacterial wilt pathogen, Ralstonia solanacearumin the preliminary investigation. The amino acid sequence of the amplicons when compared to each other and to the amino acid sequences of known RGAs deposited in Gen Bank revealed significant sequence similarity. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that they belonged to the toll interleukin-1 receptors (TIR)-NBS-LRR type R-genes. Multiple sequence alignment with other known R genes showed significant homology with P-loop, Kinase 2 and GLPL domains of NBS-LRR class genes. There has been no report on R genes from these wild eggplants and hence the diversity analysis of these novel RGAs can lead to the identification of other novel R genes within the germplasm of different brinjal plants as well as other species of Solanum.

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