Escherichia coli DnaK protein possesses a 5'-nucleotidase activity that is inhibited by AppppA
| Autor: | B R Bochner, Costa Georgopoulos, M Zylicz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Nucleotidase activity
Adenine Nucleotides Mutant genetic processes Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology 5'-nucleotidase Biochemistry Bacterial Proteins Adenine nucleotide Nucleotidases Heat shock protein biological sciences medicine Escherichia coli bacteria Heat shock Molecular Biology 5'-Nucleotidase Dinucleoside Phosphates Alarmone Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of bacteriology. 168(2) |
| ISSN: | 0021-9193 |
| Popis: | AppppA and the DnaK protein have both been hypothesized to function in regulating the heat shock response of Escherichia coli. The proposals are that AppppA serves as a signal (alarmone) to turn on the heat shock response, whereas the DnaK protein is necessary to turn off the heat shock response. A simple model would be that the DnaK protein turns off the response by degrading AppppA. We disproved this model by demonstrating that the DnaK protein possesses a 5'-nucleotidase activity capable of degrading many cellular nucleotides but not AppppA. Although AppppA was not a substrate, it did inhibit the 5'-nucleotidase activity of the DnaK protein. This inhibition may be specific and have biological function since the mutant DnaK756 protein, which is defective in turning off the heat shock response, is partially desensitized to AppppA inhibition. These findings led us to consider other possible mechanisms for AppppA and the DnaK protein in heat shock regulation. |
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