Molecular characterization of a glucokinase with broad hexose specificity from Bacillus sphaericus strain C3-41.

ABSTRACT: Bacillus sphaericus cannot metabolize sugar since it lacks several of the enzymes necessary for glycolysis. Our results confirmed the presence of a glucokinase-encoding gene, glcK, and a phosphofructokinase-encoding gene, pfk, on the bacterial chromosome and expression of glucokinase during vegetative growth of B. sphaericus strains. However, no phosphoglucose isomerase gene (pgi) or phosphoglucose isomerase enzyme activity was detected in these strains. Furthermore, one glcK open reading frame was cloned from B. sphaericus strain C3-41 and then expressed in Escherichia coli. Biochemical analysis revealed that this gene encoded a protein with a molecular mass of 33 kDa and that the purified recombinant glucokinase had K(m) values of 0.52 and 0.31 mM for ATP and glucose, respectively. It ha

SUBMITTER: Han B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1932687 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature