The Alcaligenes eutrophus protein HoxN mediates nickel transport in Escherichia coli.
AUTOR(ES)
Wolfram, L
RESUMO
HoxN, an integral membrane protein with seven transmembrane helices and a molecular mass of 33.1 kDa, is involved in high-affinity nickel transport in Alcaligenes eutrophus H16. From genetic analyses, it has been concluded that HoxN is a single-component ion carrier. To investigate this assumption, hoxN was introduced into Escherichia coli. The recombinant strain showed significantly enhanced nickel uptake in a short-interval assay. Likewise, growth in the presence of 63NiCl2 yielded a more than 15-fold-increased cellular nickel content. The HoxN-based nickel transport activity could also be demonstrated in a physiological assay: an E. coli strain coexpressing hoxN and the urease operon of Klebsiella aerogenes exhibited urease activity 10-fold greater than that in the strain lacking a functional hoxN. These results strongly suggest that HoxN is sufficient to operate as a nickel permease. Multiple sequence alignment of HoxN and four other bacterial membrane proteins implicated in nickel metabolism revealed two conserved signatures which may play a role in the nickel translocation process.
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