Isolation and characterization Salmonella typhimurium mutants lacking a tripeptidase (peptidase T).
AUTOR(ES)
Strauch, K L
RESUMO
Salmonella typhimurium contains an enzyme, peptidase T, that hydrolyzes a variety of tripeptides. Specificity studies with a peptidase activity stain after gel electrophoresis of crude cell extracts showed that peptidase T hydrolyzes tripeptides containing N-terminal methionine, leucine, or phenylalanine. Little or no activity could be detected against dipeptides, N-blocked or C-blocked tripeptides, and tetrapeptides. Analysis of reaction products by high-pressure liquid chromatography showed that peptidase T removes the N-terminal amino acid from tripeptides. Mutants lacking peptidase T were isolated by screening microcultures grown in the wells of plastic microtitration plates for hydrolysis of Met-Ala-Ser or Met-Gly-Gly. Mutations (pepT) that eliminate this enzyme were found to be phage P22 cotransducible with purB at approximately 25 map units on the S. typhimurium map. Comparison of the growth properties of mutant and wild-type strains suggests that peptidase T does not function in utilization of tripeptides to provide amino acids during growth.
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