作者
Peng Jiang, James A Peliska, Alexander J Ninfa
发表日期
1998/9/15
期刊
Biochemistry
卷号
37
期号
37
页码范围
12782-12794
出版商
American Chemical Society
简介
The uridylyltransferase/uridylyl-removing enzyme (UTase/UR) of Escherichia coli plays an important role in the regulation of nitrogen assimilation by controlling the uridylylation state of the PII signal transduction protein (PII) in response to intracellular signals. The reversible uridylylation of PII indirectly controls the activity of PII receptors that regulate transcription from nitrogen-regulated promoters and the activity of glutamine synthetase. Here, we present a detailed analysis of the uridylyltransferase and uridylyl-removing activities and their regulation by the small molecule effectors ATP, 2-ketoglutarate, and glutamine. Several important features of enzyme mechanism and regulation were elucidated. Mg2+ appeared to be the physiologically relevant metal ion cofactor for both transferase and uridylyl-removing activities. The transferase reaction proceeded by an ordered bi−bi kinetic mechanism, with PII binding …
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