Biochemical relationships between the 53-kilodalton (Exo53) and 49-kilodalton (ExoS) forms of exoenzyme S of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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Liu, S
RESUMO
Genetic studies have shown that the 53-kDa (Exo53) and 49-kDa (ExoS) forms of exoenzyme S of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are encoded by separate genes, termed exoT and exoS, respectively. Although ExoS and Exo53 possess 76% primary amino acid homology, Exo53 has been shown to express ADP-ribosyltransferase activity at about 0.2% of the specific activity of ExoS. The mechanism for the lower ADP-ribosyltransferase activity of Exo53 relative to ExoS was analyzed by using a recombinant deletion protein which contained the catalytic domain of Exo53, comprising its 223 carboxyl-terminal residues (termed N223-53). N223-53 was expressed in Escherichia coli as a stable, soluble fusion protein which was purified to >80% homogeneity. Under linear velocity conditions, N223-53 catalyzed the FAS (for factor activating exoenzyme S)-dependent ADP-ribosylation of soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) at 0.4% and of the Ras protein at 1.0% of the rates of catalysis by N222-49. N222-49 is a protein comprising the 222 carboxyl-terminal residues of ExoS, which represent its catalytic domain. N223-53 possessed binding affinities for NAD and SBTI similar to those of N222-49 (less than fivefold differences in Kms) but showed a lower velocity rate for the ADP-ribosylation of SBTI. This indicated that the primary defect for ADP-ribosylation by Exo53 resided within its catalytic capacity. Analysis of hybrid proteins, composed of reciprocal halves of N223-53 and N222-49, localized the catalytic defect to residues between positions 235 and 349 of N223-53. E385 was also identified as a potential active site residue of Exo53.
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