Determination of a functional lysine residue of a plant cysteine synthase by site‐directed mutagenesis, and the molecular evolutionary implications
- 9 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 328 (1-2), 111-114
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(93)80976-2
Abstract
Comparison of seven deduced amino acid sequences of cysteine synthase (O-acetyl-l-serine (thiol)-lyase, EC 4.2.99.8) from plants and bacteria disclosed the presence of 12 conserved Lys residues, which can be candidates for a functional binding site for pyridoxal phosphate cofactor. These 12 conserved Eys residues in a cDNA clone encoding spinach cysteine synthase A were replaced with Gly by oligonucleotide-directed in vitro mutagenesis. These Lys → Gly mutated cDNAs were transferred into Escherichia coli NK3, a cysteine auxotroph lacking both cysteine synthase loci, cysKand cysM. One mutant replaced at Lys-49 could not complement the cysteine requirement of NK3, whereas other mutants and wild-type clone could. No enzymatic activity of cysteine synthase A was detected either in the cell-free extracts of E coli NK3 transformed with the Lys-49 mutant. These results indicated that Lys-49 is a functional residue for the catalytic activity of cysteine synthase. This Lys residue is conserved in other evolutionarily related amino acid-metabolizing enzymes catalyzing reactions involving the β-carbon of amino acids.Keywords
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