Lactose permease of Escherichia coli: properties of mutants defective in substrate translocation

Autor: Robert Seckler, Peter Overath, Jean-Marc Neuhaus, Isolde Riede, H Bocklage, Jörg Soppa, U. Weigel, J K Wright, G Aichele, Benno Müller-Hill
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84:5535-5539
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.16.5535
Popis: Mutants of lactose permease of Escherichia coli with amino acid changes (Gly-24----Glu; Gly-24----Arg; Pro-28---Ser; Gly-24, Pro-28----Glu-Ser and Gly-24, Pro-28----Arg-Ser) within a putative membrane-spanning alpha-helix (Phe-Gly-Leu-Phe-Phe-Phe-Phe-Tyr-Phe-Phe-Ile-Met-Gly- Ala-Tyr-Phe-Pro-Phe-Phe-Pro-Ile) are incorporated into the cytoplasmic membrane. The mutant proteins retain the ability to bind galactosides, and the affinity for several substrates is actually increased. However, the rate of active transport is decreased to 0.01% of the wild-type rate in the mutants carrying Arg-24 or Arg-24, Ser-28. Kinetic analysis demonstrates that the two mutants require 10 min to cause occupied binding sites for galactoside and H+ to change their exposure from the periplasm to the cytoplasm as compared to 50 ms in the wild type. The effect is less pronounced when these sites are unoccupied.
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