DIMER-DIMER BINDING REGION IN BETA-GALACTOSIDASE
DIMER-DIMER BINDING REGION IN BETA-GALACTOSIDASE
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00570a002
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
ZABIN, I
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作者:
CELADA, F;ZABIN, I
.alpha.-Complementation in .beta.-galactosidase [EC 3.2.1.23, of Escherichia coli] is the restoration of enzyme activity by adding .alpha. donor CNBr2, from amino acid residues 3-92 of the polypeptide, to inactive M15 protein from the lacZ deletion mutant strain M15. M15 protein lacks residues 11-41 and is a dimer; the active complex, like native .beta.-galactosidase, is tetrameric. A dimer-dimer binding region in .beta.-galactosidase was identified by proteolytic and immunologic studies of .alpha.-complementation. Proteolytic experiments were carried out with trypsin. Treatment of native .beta.-galactosidase with trypsin, followed by reaction of the mixture with CNBr, yields intact CNBr2 as measured by its ability to complement M15 protein. Active CNBr2 is not obtained when urea-denatured .beta.-galactosidase is treated in the same way. Therefore, the segment corresponding to CNBr2 is apparently buried within the folded protein. Immunologic experiments were carried out with antibodies against CNBr2, tryptic peptide T8 (residues 60-140) and CNBr3 (residues 93-187). Anti-CNBr2 and anti-T8 bind to M15 protein but not to .beta.-galactosidase, indicating that this area is exposed in the dimer. Anti-CNBr2, but not anti-T8 or anti-CNBr3, inhibits the formation of .alpha.-complemented enzyme. An early part of the sequence, within the segment corresponding to CNBr2, is apparently involved in dimer-dimer interaction.