Reduction of ribonucleotides by the obligate intracytoplasmic bacterium Rickettsia prowazekii.
AUTOR(ES)
Cai, J
RESUMO
Rickettsia prowazekii, an obligate intracellular parasitic bacterium, was shown to have a ribonucleotide reductase that would allow the rickettsiae to obtain the deoxyribonucleotides needed for DNA synthesis from rickettsial ribonucleotides rather than from transport. In the presence of hydroxyurea, R. prowazekii failed to grow in mouse L929 cells or SC2 cells (a hydroxyurea-resistant cell line), which suggested that R. prowazekii contains a functional ribonucleotide reductase. This enzymatic activity was demonstrated by the conversion of ADP to dADP and CDP to dCDP, using (i) a crude extract of Renografin-purified R. prowazekii that had been harvested from infected yolk sacs and (ii) high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis. The rickettsial ribonucleotide reductase utilized ribonucleoside diphosphates as substrates, required magnesium and a reducing agent, and was inhibited by hydroxyurea. ADP reduction was stimulated by dGTP and inhibited by dATP. CDP reduction was stimulated by ATP and adenylylimido-diphosphate and inhibited by dATP and dGTP. These characteristics provided strong evidence that the rickettsial enzyme is a nonheme iron-containing enzyme similar to those found in mammalian cells and aerobic Escherichia coli.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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