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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
28
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
Site-directed mutagenesis was performed with the phosphate starvation-inducible outer membrane porin PhoE of Escherichia coli K-12 to study the molecular basis of its anion selectivity. Lysines 18, 29, 64, and 125 were replaced by glutamic acids, and the properties of the mutant porins were investigated in in vivo and in vitro experiments. Lipid bilayer experiments showed that all these mutations had no influence on the pore structure because PhoE and the mutants had the same single channel conductance in KCl solution. Selectivity measurements revealed that the mutations changed the ionic selectivity of PhoE, but the change was dependent on the location of the lysine. Replacement of Lys18 and Lys29 by glutamic acid had a relatively small influence. The effect of the Lys64 substitution was somewhat larger, and the effect of the replacement of Lys125 resulted in the most drastic change in selectivity and in the loss of the interaction of PhoE with polyphosphate, whereas the replacement of the other lysines had no effect on the polyphosphate interaction behavior. The results are consistent with the assumption that the charge spot in PhoE consists of only 1 lysine per monomer, located in position 125 of the primary sequence and probably close to the pore interior.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
264
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16393-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
One single lysine residue is responsible for the special interaction between polyphosphate and the outer membrane porin PhoE of Escherichia coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie der Universität Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't