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The tripeptide serine-lysine-leucine (SKL) occurs at the carboxyl terminus of many peroxisomal proteins and serves as a peroxisomal targeting signal. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has two isozymes of citrate synthase. The peroxisomal form, encoded by CIT2, terminates in SKL, while the mitochondrial form, encoded by CIT1, begins with an amino-terminal mitochondrial signal sequence and ends in SKN. We analyzed the importance of SKL as a topogenic signal for citrate synthase, using oleate to induce peroxisomes and density gradients to fractionate organelles. Our experiments revealed that SKL was necessary for directing citrate synthase to peroxisomes. C-terminal SKL was also sufficient to target a leaderless version of mitochondrial citrate synthase to peroxisomes. Deleting this tripeptide from the CIT2 protein caused peroxisomal citrate synthase to be missorted to mitochondria. These experiments suggest that the CIT2 protein contains a cryptic mitochondrial targeting signal.
Mol Cell Biol 1992 Dec
PMID:Alternative topogenic signals in peroxisomal citrate synthase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 144 89

In the course of our investigation of phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma 1 phosphorylation by using a set of anti-PLC-gamma 1 monoclonal antibodies (P.-G. Suh, S. H. Ryu, W. C. Choi, K.-Y. Lee, and S. G. Rhee, J. Biol. Chem. 263:14497-14504, 1988), we found that some of these antibodies directly recognize a 47-kDa protein. We show here that this 47-kDa protein is identical to the SH2/SH3-containing protein Nck (J. M. Lehmann, G. Riethmuller, and J. P. Johnson, Nucleic Acids Res. 18:1048, 1990). Nck was found to be constitutively phosphorylated on serine in resting NIH 3T3 cells. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) treatment led to increased Nck phosphorylation on both tyrosine and serine. Nck was also found to be phosphorylated on tyrosine in epidermal growth factor (EGF)-treated A431 cells and in v-Src-transformed NIH 3T3 cells. Multiple sites of serine phosphorylation were detected in Nck from resting cells, and no novel sites were found upon PDGF or EGF treatment. A single major tyrosine phosphorylation site was found in Nck in both PDGF- and EGF-treated cells and in v-Src-transformed cells. This same tyrosine was phosphorylated in vitro by purified PDGF and EGF receptors and also by pp60c-src. We compared the phosphorylation of Nck and PLC-gamma 1 in several cell lines transformed by oncogenes with different modes of transformation. Although PLC-gamma 1 and Nck have significant amino acid identity, particularly in their SH3 regions, and both associate with growth factor receptors in a ligand-dependent manner, they were not always phosphorylated on tyrosine in a coincident manner.
Mol Cell Biol 1992 Dec
PMID:The SH2/SH3 domain-containing protein Nck is recognized by certain anti-phospholipase C-gamma 1 monoclonal antibodies, and its phosphorylation on tyrosine is stimulated by platelet-derived growth factor and epidermal growth factor treatment. 144 8

The transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF beta 1) and -beta 2 (414) precursors both contain three predicted sites of N-linked glycosylation within their pro regions. These are located at amino acid residues 72, 140, and 241 for the TGF beta 2 (414) precursor and at residues 82, 136, and 176 for the TGF beta 1 precursor; both proteins contain mannose-6-phosphate (M-6-P) residues. The major sites of M-6-P addition are at Asn (82) and Asn (136), the first two sites of glycosylation, for the TGF beta 1 precursor. We now show that the major site of M-6-P addition within the TGF beta 2 (414) precursor is at Asn241, the third glycosylation site. To determine the importance of N-linked glycosylation to the secretion of TGF beta 1 and -beta 2, site-directed mutagenesis was used to change the Asn residues to Ser residues; the resulting DNAs were transfected into COS cells, and their supernatants were assayed for TGF beta activity. Substitution of Asn (241) of the TGF beta 2 (414) precursor resulted in an 82% decrease in secreted TGF beta 2 bioactivity. Mutation at Asn72 resulted in a 44% decrease, while mutation at Asn140 was without effect. Elimination of all three glycosylation sites resulted in undetectable levels of TGF beta 2. These results were compared with similar mutations made in the cDNA encoding the TGF beta 1 precursor. Mutagenesis of the two M-6-P-containing sites (Asn82 and Asn136) resulted in an 83% decrease in secreted TGF beta 1; replacement of Asn82 and Asn136 with Ser individually resulted in 85% and 42% decreases in activity, respectively. Substitution of Asn176 with Ser was without effect, while substitution of all three sites of glycosylation resulted in undetectable levels of TGF beta 1 activity, similar to the results obtained with TGF beta 2. The nine Cys residues within the mature region of TGF beta 1 were mutated to serine, and their effects on TGF beta 1 secretion were evaluated. Mutation of most Cys residues resulted in undetectable levels of TGF beta 1 protein or activity in conditioned medium. Mutation of Cys (355) led to the secretion of inactive TGF beta 1 monomers, suggesting that this residue is either directly involved in dimer formation or required for correct interchain disulfide bond formation.
Mol Endocrinol 1992 Oct
PMID:Site-directed mutagenesis of glycosylation sites in the transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF beta 1) and TGF beta 2 (414) precursors and of cysteine residues within mature TGF beta 1: effects on secretion and bioactivity. 144 17

Mucins are the structural components of the mucus gels that protect the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and reproductive tracts. These polydisperse glycoproteins (250,000 to 20,000,000 D) are approximately 80% carbohydrate on a mass basis and have a high intrinsic viscosity due to their large size and extreme hydrophilicity. Mucin oligosaccharides, the structures responsible for this hydrophilicity, are heterogeneous in size and structure but are chiefly O-linked, i.e., they initiate from N-acetylgalactosamine residues attached to threonine and serine residues of the polypeptide backbone. Our understanding of the structure of mucins has advanced rapidly in the last few years with the isolation and sequencing of cDNA clones that encode mucin polypeptide backbones. All currently well-characterized mucins have been found to contain extended arrays of tandemly repeated peptides rich in potential O-glycosylation sites. Less is known about the unique sequences that flank the tandem repeat arrays of secretory mucins, but currently available information indicates that these flanking regions contain cysteine-rich stretches that participate in mucin oligomer formation. Thus, secretory mucins appear to consist of oligomers containing heavily glycosylated domains flanked by unique sequences required for polymerization. Progress has also been made in characterizing the genes that encode mucins. At least four human mucin genes are known at present, although many others may remain to be discovered. Moreover, much work remains before we gain an understanding of the mechanisms involved in the expression of mucin genes and their tissue-specific regulation.
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1992 Dec
PMID:Mucin genes and the proteins they encode: structure, diversity, and regulation. 144 3

During the course of characterizing polymerase chain reaction products corresponding to protein kinases of a higher plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, we found a DNA fragment that potentially codes for a polypeptide with mosaic sequences of two classes of protein kinases, a tyrosine-specific and a serine/threonine-specific one. Overlapping complementary DNA (cDNA) clones coinciding with this fragment were isolated from an A. thaliana cDNA library. From their sequence analyses a protein kinase was predicted composed of 410 amino acid residues (APK1, Arabidopsis protein kinase 1), in which the kinase domain was flanked by short non-kinase domains. Upon expression of APK1 in Escherichia coli cells, several bacterial proteins became reactive with anti-phosphotyrosine antibody but not with the same antibody preincubated with phosphotyrosine, convincing us that APK1 phosphorylated tyrosine residues. APK1 purified from an over-producing E. coli strain showed serine/threonine kinase activity, and no tyrosine kinase activity, towards APK1 itself, casein, enolase, and myosin light chains. APK1 was thus concluded to be a novel type of protein kinase, which could phosphorylate tyrosine, serine, and threonine residues, though tyrosine phosphorylation seemed to occur only on limited substrates. Since the structure of the APK1 N-terminal portion was indicative of N-myristoylation, APK1 might associate with membranes and thereby contribute to signal transduction. The A. thaliana genome contained two APK1 genes close to each other (APK1a and APK1b).
Plant Mol Biol 1992 Nov
PMID:Novel protein kinase of Arabidopsis thaliana (APK1) that phosphorylates tyrosine, serine and threonine. 145 Mar 80

The crystal structure of subtilisin BL, an alkaline protease from Bacillus lentus with activity at pH 11, has been determined to 1.4 A resolution. The structure was solved by molecular replacement starting with the 2.1 A structure of subtilisin BPN' followed by molecular dynamics refinement using X-PLOR. A final crystallographic R-factor of 19% overall was obtained. The enzyme possesses stability at high pH, which is a result of the high pI of the protein. Almost all of the acidic side-chains are involved in some type of electrostatic interaction (ion pairs, calcium binding, etc.). Furthermore, three of seven tyrosine residues have potential partners for forming salt bridges. All of the potential partners are arginine with a pK around 12. Lysine would not function well in a salt bridge with tyrosine as it deprotonates at around the same pH as tyrosine ionizes. Stability at high pH is acquired in part from the pI of the protein, but also from the formation of salt bridges (which would affect the pI). The overall structure of the enzyme is very similar to other subtilisins and shows that the subtilisin fold is more highly conserved than would be expected from the differences in amino acid sequence. The amino acid side-chains in the hydrophobic core are not conserved, though the inter-residue interactions are. Finally, one third of the serine side-chains in the protein have multiple conformations. This presents an opportunity to correlate computer simulations with observed occupancies in the crystal structure.
J Mol Biol 1992 Nov 20
PMID:The crystal structure of the Bacillus lentus alkaline protease, subtilisin BL, at 1.4 A resolution. 145 65

A methodology was developed to construct any desired chromosomal mutation in the gene cluster that encodes the actinorhodin polyketide synthase (PKS) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). A positive selection marker (resistance gene) is first introduced by double crossing-over into the chromosomal site of interest by use of an unstable delivery plasmid. This marker is subsequently replaced by the desired mutant allele via a second high-frequency double recombination event. The technology has been used to: (i) explore the significance of translational coupling between two adjacent PKS genes; (ii) prove that the acyl carrier protein (ACP) encoded by a gene in the cluster is necessary for the function of the actinorhodin PKS; (iii) provide genetic evidence supporting the hypothesis that serine 42 is the site of phosphopantetheinylation in the ACP of the actinorhodin PKS; and (iv) demonstrate that this ACP can be replaced by a Saccharopolyspora fatty acid synthase ACP to generate an active hybrid PKS.
Mol Microbiol 1992 Nov
PMID:Targeted gene replacements in a Streptomyces polyketide synthase gene cluster: role for the acyl carrier protein. 145 61

We have isolated a rab-related (responsive to ABA) gene, rab18 from Arabidopsis thaliana. The gene encodes a hydrophilic, glycine-rich protein (18.5 kDa), which contains the conserved serine- and lysine-rich domains characteristic of similar RAB proteins in other plant species. The rab18 mRNA accumulates in plants exposed to low temperature, water stress or exogenous ABA but not in plants subjected to heat shock. This stress-related accumulation of the rab18 mRNA is markedly decreased in the ABA-synthesis mutant aba-1, the ABA-response mutant abi-1 or in wild-type plants treated with the carotenoid synthesis inhibitor, fluridone. Exogenous ABA treatment can induce the rab18 mRNA in the aba-1 mutant but not in the abi-1 mutant. These results provide direct genetic evidence for the ABA-dependent regulation of the rab18 gene in A. thaliana.
Plant Mol Biol 1992 Dec
PMID:The expression of a rab-related gene, rab18, is induced by abscisic acid during the cold acclimation process of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. 844 52

We have previously shown that resistance to the beta-lactam mecillinam in Escherichia coli can be brought about by a high ppGpp pool, as observed under conditions of partial amino acid starvation and RelA-dependent induction of the stringent response. We show here that our E. coli wild-type strain, which is sensitive to mecillinam on minimal glucose plates, becomes resistant in the presence of L-leucine or L-serine (or cysteine, which inactivates the antibiotic). The resistance, which is not a transient effect and does not depend on the physiological state of the cells when plated, is specific for mecillinam and is reversed by the presence of isoleucine and valine in the medium. At least in the case of serine, the resistance is RelA-dependent. We conclude that the presence of leucine and serine in the growth medium cause partial starvation for isoleucine/valine, leading to induction of the stringent response and concomitant resistance to mecillinam.
Mol Gen Genet 1992 Nov
PMID:Leucine and serine induce mecillinam resistance in Escherichia coli. 146 98

The Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen-1 (MSA1) undergoes stage-specific processing; this processing appears isolate-specific during cleavage to fragment gp41. Recombinant substrates were prepared from the two allelic forms of MSA1; the MAD20 substrate was cleaved at four sites in the molecule whilst the K1 form was cleaved once. However both parasite isolates, although expressing different allelic forms of MSA1, possess the same repertoire of MSA1-specific proteases. The cleavage site in native gp41 is conserved between P. falciparum isolates. The specificity of substrate cleavage was determined by N-terminal sequencing of cleaved substrate fragments; two cleavage sites, identical to native MAD20 processed fragments, were not conserved between alleles. An additional non-conserved site was cleaved by an erythrocyte protease. The MSA1-specific proteases were membrane-associated but soluble forms were purified by anion-exchange chromatography. The gp41-specific protease activity was inhibited by serine, thiol and metalloprotease inhibitors whilst the two other MSA1-specific proteases were serine proteases (as was the erythrocyte protease).
Mol Biochem Parasitol 1992 Nov
PMID:Membrane-associated proteases process Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen-1 (MSA1) to fragment gp41. 147 93


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