Primary structure of colicin M, an inhibitor of murein biosynthesis.
AUTOR(ES)
Köck, J
RESUMO
The DNA sequence of the colicin M activity gene cma was determined. A polypeptide consisting of 271 amino acids was deduced from the nucleotide sequence. The amino acid sequence agreed with the peptide sequences determined from the isolated colicin. The molecular weight of active colicin M was 29,453. The primary translation product was not processed. In the domain required for uptake into cells, colicin M contained the pentapeptide Glu-Thr-Leu-Thr-Val. A similar sequence was found in all colicins which are taken up by a TonB-dependent mechanism and in outer membrane receptor proteins which are constituents of TonB-dependent transport systems. The structure of colicin M in the carboxy-terminal activity domain had no resemblance to the pore-forming colicins or colicins with endonuclease activity. Instead, the activity domain contained a sequence which exhibited homology to the sequence around the serine residue in the active site of penicillin-binding proteins of Escherichia coli. The colicin M activity gene was regulated from an SOS box upstream of the adjacent colicin B activity gene on the natural plasmid pColBM-Cl139.
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