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Phosphorylation of the PII protein (glnB gene product) in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942: analysis of in vitro kinase activity.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Forchhammer, Karl Marsac, Nicole Tandeau De |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Abstract | The PII protein in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 signals the cellular state of nitrogen assimilation relative to CO2 fixation by being phosphorylated at a seryl residue. In this study, we first determined the location of the phosphorylated seryl residue within the PII amino acid sequence. The phosphorylation site exhibits an RXS motif, a recognition sequence characteristic for cyclic AMP-dependent protein serine kinases from eukaryotes. We established an in vitro PII phosphorylation assay to further analyze the PII kinase activity in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. ATP was used specifically as a phosphoryl donor, and the PII kinase activity was shown to be stimulated by alpha-ketoglutarate. Unlike the PII-modifying uridylyltransferase- and uridylyl-removing enzyme characterized in proteobacteria, the activity of the PII kinase from the cyanobacterium did not respond to glutamine. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1128/jb.177.20.5812-5817.1995 |
| PubMed reference number | 7592328 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 177 |
| Issue Number | 20 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://jb.asm.org/content/177/20/5812.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.177.20.5812-5817.1995 |
| Journal | Journal of bacteriology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |