Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters (한국미생물·생명공학회지)

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Characterization and Functional Study of PyrR Orthologues from Genome Sequences of Bacteria

세균 게놈 유래성 PyrR Orthologue의 기능 분석

  • 김사열 (경북대학교 미생물학과) ;
  • 조현수 (경북대학교 미생물학과) ;
  • 설경조 (경북대학교 미생물학과) ;
  • 박승환 (한국생명공학연구원 미생물유전체연구실)
  • Published : 2003.06.01
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Abstract

The regulation of pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis has been proved to be controlled by a regulatory protein PyrR-mediated attenuation in the Gram-positive bacteria. After several bacterial genome sequencing projects, we have discovered the PyrR orthologues in the databases for Haemophilus influenzae and Synechocystis and sp. PCC6803 genome sequences. To investigate whether these PyrR orthologue proteins regulate pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis as well as the cases of Bacillus, the PyrR regions of each strains were amplified by PCR and cloned with pUC19 or T-vector in Escherichia coli and with a shuttle vector pHPS9 for E. coli and B. subtilis. For the regulation test of the PyrR orthologues, the aspartate-transcarbamylase (ATCase) assay was carried out. From the results of the ATCase assay, it was confirmed that Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 could not restore by pyrimidines to a B. subtilis, PyrR but H. influenzae PyrR could. For Purification of PyrR orthologue proteins, PyrR orthologue genes were cloned into the expression vector (pET14b). Over-expressed product of PyrR orthologue genes was purified and analyzed by the SDS-PACE. The purified PyrR orthologue proteins from H. influenzae and Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 turned out to be molecular mass of 18 kDa and 21 kDa, respectively. The result of uracil phosphoribosyl transferase (UPRTase) assay with purified PyrR orthologue proteins showed that H. influenzae PyrR protein only has UPRTase activity. In addition, we could predict several regulatory mechanisms that PyrR orthologue proteins regulate pyrimidine de novo synthesis in bacteria, through phylogenetic analysis for PyrR orthologue protein sequences.

그람 양성세균에서 PyrR단백질에 의하여 피리미딘의 생합성이 조절된다는 발견을 바탕으로 하여, Synechocystis sp.PCC6803과 Haemophilus influenzae의 PyrR orthologue 유전자를 Bacillus subtilis에서 형질전환 시켜 피리미딘 생합성의 조절 유무를 조사하였다. Synechocystis sp.PCC6803과 H. influenzae의 PyrR orthologue유전자를 pUC19과 T-vector에 클로닝 한후 pKH1, pKH2, pHPSK1, pHPSK2으로 각각 명명하였다. 이것을 다시 Escherichia. coli와 B. subtiius용 shuttle vector인 pHPS9에 클로닝 하여 pKH3, pKH4, pHPSK3, pHPSK4로 각각 명명하였다. B. subtilis DB104Δ PyrR에 pKH3, pKH4, pHPSK3, pHPSK4을 형질전환후 ATCase 활성을 측정결과 pHPSK3을 가진 균주만 피리미딘에 의한 조절작용이 일어난다는 사실을 통하여, H. influenzae의 PyrR orthologue 유전자의 선도 부분에 조절에 관여하는 미지의 부분이 있음을 예측할 수 있었다. 서로 다른 유래의 PyrR orthologue단백질을 정제하기 위하여 pET14b에 클로닝후 pKH5, pHPSK5으로 각각 명명하였다. SDS-PAGE로 분석한 결과 각각 약 18 kDa과 21 kDa의 분자량을 나타내었다. 정제된 PyrR orthologue 단백질의 UPRTase 활성을 측정한 결과 H. infuenzae의 PyrR orthologue 단백질은 UPRTase 활성을 나타내었으며 다양한 pH에서 측정한 결과 pH 5에서 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 반면에, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803의 PyrR orhologue 단백질은 UPRTase 활성을 나타내지 않았다. 여러 가지 균주의 PyrR 아미노산 서열을 비교한 계통수 분석은 PyrR 단백질의 조절기작과 어느 정도 연관됨을 시사해 주었다.

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