Open AccessPhosphorylation of Type IA restriction‐modification complex enzyme EcoKI on the HsdR subunit
Author(s) -
Cajthamlová Kamila,
Šišáková Eva,
Weiser Jaroslav,
Weiserová Marie
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00663.x
Subject(s) - phosphorylation , protein subunit , enzyme , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , biochemistry , gene
Phosphorylation of Type I restriction‐modification (R‐M) enzymes EcoKI, EcoAI, and EcoR124I – representatives of IA, IB, and IC families, respectively – was analysed in vivo by immunoblotting of endogenous phosphoproteins isolated from Escherichia coli strains harbouring the corresponding hsd genes, and in vitro by a phosphorylation assay using protein kinase present in subcellular fractions of E. coli . From all three R‐M enzymes, the HsdR subunit of EcoKI system was the only subunit that was phosphorylated. Further, evidence is presented that HsdR is phosphorylated in vivo only when coproduced with HsdM and HsdS subunits – as part of assembled EcoKI restriction endonuclease, while the individually produced HsdR subunit is not phosphorylated. In vitro phosphorylation of the HsdR subunit of purified EcoKI endonuclease occurs on Thr, and is strictly dependent on the addition of a catalytic amount of cytoplasmic fraction isolated from E. coli . So far this is the first case of phosphorylation of a Type I R‐M enzyme reported.