Purification and characterization of a luxO promoter binding protein LuxT from Vibrio harveyi |
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Authors: | Lin Y H Miyamoto C Meighen E A |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6, Canada. |
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Abstract: | Bioluminescence in the marine bacterium Vibrio harveyi is cell density dependent and is regulated by small molecules (autoinducers) excreted by the bacteria. The autoinducer signals are relayed to a central regulator, LuxO, which acts in its phosphorylated form as a repressor of the lux operon at the early stages of cell growth. We report in these studies the purification to homogeneity of a luxO DNA binding protein (LuxT) from V. harveyi after five major chromatography steps, including a highly effective DNA affinity chromatography step and reverse-phase HPLC. Regeneration of binding activity was accomplished after HPLC and SDS-PAGE by renaturation of LuxT from guanidine hydrochloride. It was also demonstrated that the functional LuxT was a dimer of 17 kDa that bound tightly (K(d) = 2 nM) to the luxO promoter. The sequences of three tryptic peptides obtained on digestion of the purified protein did not match any sequences in the Protein Data Bank, indicating that LuxT is a new V. harveyi lux regulatory protein. |
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