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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
47
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
A chimeric fusion protein consisting of Natronomonas pharaonis sensory rhodopsin II (SRII), fused by a flexible linker to the two transmembrane helices of its cognate transducer protein, HtrII, followed by the HtrII membrane-proximal cytoplasmic fragment joined to the cytoplasmic domains of the Escherichia coli chemotaxis receptor Tsr, was expressed in E. coli. Purified fusion chimera protein reconstituted in liposomes binds to E. coli CheA kinase in the presence of the coupling protein CheW, and activates CheA autophosphorylation activity. CheA kinase activity is stimulated by photoexcitation of the SRII domain of the fusion protein, as shown by the wavelength-dependence of photostimulated phosphotransfer to the E. coli flagellar motor response regulator CheY in the purified in vitro liposomal system. Further confirming the fidelity of the in vitro system, increased and decreased levels of CheA activation in vitro result from overmethylated and undermethylated fusion protein purified from methylesterase and methyltransferase-deficient E. coli, respectively. Photoexcitation of the undermethylated fusion protein resulted in a 3-fold increase in phosphotransfer over that of the dark state. The results directly demonstrate the coupling of SRII photoactivated states to histidine kinase activity, previously predicted on the basis of sequence homologies of the haloarchaeal phototaxis system components to those of E. coli chemotaxis. The fusion chimera provides the first tool for in vitro measurement of photosignaling activity of SRII-HtrII molecular complexes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Archaeal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carotenoids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Escherichia coli Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Halorhodopsins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/HtrII protein, Natronobacterium..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sensory Rhodopsins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tsr protein, Bacteria, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/protein-histidine kinase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sensory rhodopsin II protein...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13887-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Archaeal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Carotenoids, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Chemotaxis, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Halorhodopsins, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Mechanotransduction, Cellular, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Natronobacterium, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Photochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14636056-Sensory Rhodopsins
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Photostimulation of a sensory rhodopsin II/HtrII/Tsr fusion chimera activates CheA-autophosphorylation and CheY-phosphotransfer in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't