Characterization of fructose-1,6-diphosphate-insensitive catabolic glycerol kinase ofPseudomonas aeruginosa |
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Authors: | Dr Sara M McCowen Joseph R Sellers Paul V Phibbs Jr |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 2012, 23284-0001 Richmond, Virginia, USA;(2) Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA |
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Abstract: | Glycerol kinase is induced in cells ofPseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO when grown in the presence of glycerol or glycerol-3-phosphate. The enzyme was isolated from the soluble cytoplasmic fraction of cell extracts and purified 500-fold by ammonium sulfate precipitation and chromatography on columns of Sephadex G-25, DEAE-Sephadex, hydroxyapatite, and Sephadex G-200. A molecular weight of 120,000 was estimated by gel filtration of the catalytically active enzyme. In polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the purified product contained one major band of Coomassie Blue staining material. The enzyme exhibited an apparent Km of 40 M for glycerol and 23 M for ATP. Of the nucleotide triphosphates tested, only ATP served as a phosphoryl group donor. Mg++ or Mn++ was required for activity, although a threefold greater concentration of Mn++ was required when Mn++ substituted for Mg++. In contrast to most other catabolic glycerol kinases in bacteria, the enzyme was not inhibited by fructose-1,6-diphosphate nor by other tested metabolites. |
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