Abstract:
:Protein E, the lysis protein of bacteriophage phiX174, is a specific inhibitor of MraY, the phospho-MurNAc-pentapeptide translocase that catalyzes the synthesis of lipid I in the conserved pathway for peptidoglycan biosynthesis. The original evidence for this inhibition was the isolation of two spontaneous E-resistance mraY mutants. Here we report further genetic studies aimed at dissecting the interaction between E and MraY, using a genetic strategy that is facile, rapid, and does not depend on the availability of purified E, purified MraY, or its substrates. This system relies on the ability of mraY or its enzymatically inactive D267N allele to protect cells from lysis after induction of a chimeric lambda :: E prophage. Using this approach, the MraY protein from Bacillus subtilis, which shares 43% sequence identity with the Escherichia coli enzyme, was found to interact weakly, if at all, with E. A potential E binding site defined by transmembrane domains 5 and 9 has been identified by isolating more mraY mutants resistant to E inhibition. Genetic analysis indicates that these E-resistant alleles fall into three classes on the basis of the affinity of the encoded proteins for MraY.
journal_name
Geneticsjournal_title
Geneticsauthors
Zheng Y,Struck DK,Bernhardt TG,Young Rdoi
10.1534/genetics.108.093443subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-11-01 00:00:00pages
1459-66issue
3eissn
0016-6731issn
1943-2631pii
genetics.108.093443journal_volume
180pub_type
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