Effect of alteration of translation error rate on enzyme microheterogeneity as assessed by variation in single molecule electrophoretic mobility and catalytic activity

Autor: Elnaz Shadabi, Douglas B. Craig, Ellert R. Nichols
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire. 87(3)
ISSN: 0829-8211
Popis: The role of translation error for Escherichia coli individual β-galactosidase molecule catalytic and electrophoretic heterogeneity was investigated using CE-LIF. An E. coli rpsL mutant with a hyperaccurate translation phenotype produced enzyme molecules that exhibited significantly less catalytic heterogeneity but no reduction of electrophoretic heterogeneity. Enzyme expressed with streptomycin-induced translation error had increased thermolability, lower activity, and no significant change to catalytic or electrophoretic heterogeneity. Modeling of the electrophoretic behaviour of β-galactosidase suggested that variation of the hydrodynamic radius may be the most significant contributor to electrophoretic heterogeneity.
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