Combining oligomer build-up with alanine scanning to determine the flocculation protein mutants for enhancing oligosaccharide binding

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Lu Sun ◽  
Chenhong Zhang ◽  
Jiemin Chen ◽  
Xinqing Zhao ◽  
Fengwu Bai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alanine Scanning ◽  
Protein Mutants

scholarly journals Comprehensive Alanine-scanning Mutagenesis of Escherichia coli CsrA Defines Two Subdomains of Critical Functional Importance

2006 ◽  
Vol 281 (42) ◽  
pp. 31832-31842
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Mercante ◽  
Kazushi Suzuki ◽  
Xiaodong Cheng ◽  
Paul Babitzke ◽  
Tony Romeo
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Functional Importance ◽  
Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis ◽  
Alanine Scanning

scholarly journals Probing Early Misfolding Events in Prion Protein Mutants by NMR Spectroscopy

Molecules ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 9451-9476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Giachin ◽  
Ivana Biljan ◽  
Gregor Ilc ◽  
Janez Plavec ◽  
Giuseppe Legname
Keyword(s):  
Nmr Spectroscopy ◽  
Prion Protein ◽  
Protein Mutants

scholarly journals Gbu Glycine Betaine Porter and Carnitine Uptake in Osmotically Stressed Listeria monocytogenes Cells

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 5647-5655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Lou Mendum ◽  
Linda Tombras Smith
Keyword(s):  
Listeria Monocytogenes ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Glycine Betaine ◽  
Compatible Solutes ◽  
High Salt ◽  
Uptake System ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Protein Mutants ◽  
Carnitine Uptake ◽  
Do So

ABSTRACT The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes grows actively under high-salt conditions by accumulating compatible solutes such as glycine betaine and carnitine from the medium. We report here that the dominant transport system for glycine betaine uptake, the Gbu porter, may act as a secondary uptake system for carnitine, with a Km of 4 mM for carnitine uptake and measurable uptake at carnitine concentrations as low as 10 μM. This porter has a Km for glycine betaine uptake of about 6 μM. The dedicated carnitine porter, OpuC, has a Km for carnitine uptake of 1 to 3 μM and a V max of approximately 15 nmol/min/mg of protein. Mutants lacking either opuC or gbu were used to study the effects of four carnitine analogs on growth and uptake of osmolytes. In strain DP-L1044, which had OpuC and the two glycine betaine porters Gbu and BetL, triethylglycine was most effective in inhibiting growth in the presence of glycine betaine, but trigonelline was best at inhibiting growth in the presence of carnitine. Carnitine uptake through OpuC was inhibited by γ-butyrobetaine. Dimethylglycine inhibited both glycine betaine and carnitine uptake through the Gbu porter. Carnitine uptake through the Gbu porter was inhibited by triethylglycine. Glycine betaine uptake through the BetL porter was strongly inhibited by trigonelline and triethylglycine. These results suggest that it is possible to reduce the growth of L. monocytogenes under osmotically stressful conditions by inhibiting glycine betaine and carnitine uptake but that to do so, multiple uptake systems must be affected.

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