Guzmán-Verri C, García F, Arvidson S
Microbiology and Tumorbiology Centre (MTC), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
J Bacteriol. 1997 Sep;179(18):5959-62. doi: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5959-5962.1997.
Mutational analysis of the carboxy-terminal region of Escherichia coli HlyC was performed by site-directed mutagenesis. Replacement of residue Val-127 or Lys-129 reduced the activity of HlyC to about 30 or 60%, respectively, of that of the wild type, while replacement of Gly-128 reduced the activity to less than 1% of the wild-type level. Complete inactivation of HlyC was caused by a double mutation, replacement of Gly-128 with valine and of Lys-129 with isoleucine. Analysis of culture supernatants from mutants with reduced hemolytic activity by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis revealed the production and simultaneous secretion of nonacylated, monoacylated, and fully acylated HlyA forms, demonstrating impairment of the acylation reaction, possibly due to a decreased affinity of HlyC for the individual HlyA acylation sites.
通过定点诱变对大肠杆菌HlyC的羧基末端区域进行了突变分析。残基Val-127或Lys-129的替换分别将HlyC的活性降低至野生型的约30%或60%,而Gly-128的替换则将活性降低至野生型水平的不到1%。HlyC的完全失活是由双重突变引起的,即Gly-128被缬氨酸替换,Lys-129被异亮氨酸替换。通过二维凝胶电泳对溶血活性降低的突变体的培养上清液进行分析,结果显示了非酰化、单酰化和完全酰化的HlyA形式的产生及同时分泌,这表明酰化反应受到损害,可能是由于HlyC对各个HlyA酰化位点的亲和力降低所致。