Timson David J, Ross Helen C, Reece Richard J
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, 2.205 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
Biochem J. 2002 May 1;363(Pt 3):515-20. doi: 10.1042/0264-6021:3630515.
The genes encoding the enzymes required for galactose metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are controlled at the level of transcription by a genetic switch consisting of three proteins: a transcriptional activator, Gal4p; a transcriptional repressor, Gal80p; and a ligand sensor, Gal3p. The switch is turned on in the presence of two small molecule ligands, galactose and ATP. Gal3p shows a high degree of sequence identity with Gal1p, the yeast galactokinase. We have mapped the interaction between Gal80p and Gal3p, which only occurs in the presence of both ligands, using protease protection experiments and have shown that this involves amino acid residue 331 of Gal80p. Gel-filtration experiments indicate that Gal3p, or the galactokinase Gal1p, interact directly with Gal80p to form a complex with 1:1 stoichiometry.
一种转录激活因子Gal4p;一种转录抑制因子Gal80p;以及一种配体传感器Gal3p。该开关在两种小分子配体半乳糖和ATP存在的情况下开启。Gal3p与酵母半乳糖激酶Gal1p具有高度的序列同一性。我们利用蛋白酶保护实验绘制了Gal80p和Gal3p之间的相互作用图谱,这种相互作用仅在两种配体都存在时发生,并且已经表明这涉及Gal80p的氨基酸残基331。凝胶过滤实验表明,Gal3p或半乳糖激酶Gal1p与Gal80p直接相互作用,以1:1的化学计量比形成复合物。