Integrated Center for Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan1; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
J Bacteriol. 2011 Jul;193(14):3657-61. doi: 10.1128/JB.01537-10. Epub 2011 May 20.
A Glu139Asp mutant of the NtpK subunit (kE139D) of Enterococcus hirae vacuolar-type ATPase (V-ATPase) lost tolerance to sodium but not to lithium at pH 10. Purified kE139D V-ATPase retained relatively high specific activity and affinity for the lithium ion compared to the sodium ion. The kE139 residue of V-ATPase is indispensable for its enzymatic activity that is linked with the salt tolerance of enterococci.
A Glu139Asp mutant of the NtpK subunit (kE139D) of Enterococcus hirae vacuolar-type ATPase (V-ATPase) lost tolerance to sodium but not to lithium at pH 10. Purified kE139D V-ATPase retained relatively high specific activity and affinity for the lithium ion compared to the sodium ion. The kE139 residue of V-ATPase is indispensable for its enzymatic activity that is linked with the salt tolerance of enterococci.
耐辐射球菌液泡型 ATP 酶(V-ATPase)NtpK 亚基的 Glu139Asp 突变体(kE139D)在 pH 值为 10 时对钠离子失去耐受性,但对锂离子仍有耐受性。与钠离子相比,纯化的 kE139D V-ATPase 对锂离子仍保持着相对较高的比活度和亲和力。V-ATPase 的 kE139 残基对于与肠球菌耐盐性相关的其酶活性是不可或缺的。