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Transmembrane remote conformational suppression of the Gly‐332 mutation of the Tn 10 ‐encoded metal‐tetracycline/H + antiporter
Author(s) -
Kawabe Tetsuhiro,
Yamaguchi Akihito
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01032-7
Subject(s) - transmembrane protein , mutant , transmembrane domain , antiporter , mutagenesis , mutation , chemistry , histidine , conformational change , microbiology and biotechnology , stereochemistry , biochemistry , biology , membrane , amino acid , receptor , gene
Gly‐332 is a conformationally important residue of the Tn 10 ‐encoded metal‐tetracycline/H + antiporter (TetA(B)), which was found by random mutagenesis and confirmed by site‐directed mutagenesis. A bulky side chain at position 332 is deleterious to the transport function. A spontaneous second‐site suppressor revertant was isolated from G332S mutant and identified as the Ala‐354→Asp mutant. Gly‐332 and Ala‐354 are located on opposite ends of transmembrane segment XI. As judged from [ 14 C]NEM binding to Cys mutants, the residue at position 354, which is originally exposed to water, was buried in the membrane by a G332S mutation through a remote conformational change of transmembrane segment XI. This effect is the same as that of a G62L mutation at position 30 through transmembrane segment II [Kimura, T., Sawai, T. and Yamaguchi, A. (1997) Biochemistry 36, 6941–6946]. Interestingly, the G332S mutation was also suppressed by the L30S mutation, and the G62L mutation was moderately suppressed by the A354D mutation. These results indicate the presence of a close conformational relationship between the flanking regions of the transmembrane segments II and XI.