The three proline residues (P25, P242, and P434) of Agrobacterium CP4 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase are crucial for the enzyme activity

Multiple sequence alignments showed that the prolines at the 25th, 129th, 153rd, 242nd, 322nd, and 434th amino acids in 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) from Agrobacterium sp. strain CP4 are strongly conserved in various prokaryotic EPSPS proteins. Single point mutations of the co...

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Published in:Plant biotechnology reports 2010, Vol.4 (4), p.329-334
Main Authors: Kang, Kyung-Su, Jin, Yong-Mei, Jeon, Hye-Sung, Park, Sang-Ryoung, Song, Dae-Geun, Lee, Joo-Young, Pan, Cheol-Ho, Kim, Min-Kyun
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Language:Korean
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Summary:Multiple sequence alignments showed that the prolines at the 25th, 129th, 153rd, 242nd, 322nd, and 434th amino acids in 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) from Agrobacterium sp. strain CP4 are strongly conserved in various prokaryotic EPSPS proteins. Single point mutations of the conserved prolines to alanine (P25A, P153A, P242A, P322A, and P434A) were introduced in the CP4 EPSPS in order to investigate the importance of the conserved prolines for the enzyme properties. The point mutations caused decreases in substrate binding affinity and catalytic efficiency as well as the glyphosate resistance, in general. Especially, the 25th and 242nd prolines located in the polypeptide hinges connecting top and bottom domains of CP4 EPSPS as well as the 434th proline at the C-terminus of the enzyme turned out to be crucial for the enzyme activity.
ISSN:1863-5466
1863-5474