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Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase-independent functional NifH mutant of Azotobacter vinelandii.


ABSTRACT: Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases (PPIases) play a pivotal role in catalyzing the correct folding of many prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins that are implicated in a variety of biological functions, ranging from cell cycle regulation to bacterial infection. The nif accessory protein NifM, which is essential for the biogenesis of a functional NifH component of nitrogenase, is a PPIase. To understand the nature of the molecular signature that defines the NifM dependence of NifH, we screened a library of nifH mutants in the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii for mutants that acquired NifM independence. Here, we report that NifH can acquire NifM independence when the conserved Pro258 located in the C-terminal region of NifH, which wraps around the other subunit in the NifH dimer, is replaced by serine.

SUBMITTER: Gavini N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1540071 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase-independent functional NifH mutant of Azotobacter vinelandii.

Gavini Nara N   Tungtur Sudheer S   Pulakat Lakshmi L  

Journal of bacteriology 20060801 16


Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases (PPIases) play a pivotal role in catalyzing the correct folding of many prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins that are implicated in a variety of biological functions, ranging from cell cycle regulation to bacterial infection. The nif accessory protein NifM, which is essential for the biogenesis of a functional NifH component of nitrogenase, is a PPIase. To understand the nature of the molecular signature that defines the NifM dependence of NifH, we screened a  ...[more]

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