S-Methylmethionine Metabolism in Escherichia coli
AUTOR(ES)
Thanbichler, Martin
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Selenium-accumulating Astragalus spp. contain an enzyme which specifically transfers a methyl group from S-methylmethionine to the selenol of selenocysteine, thus converting it to a nontoxic, since nonproteinogenic, amino acid. Analysis of the amino acid sequence of this enzyme revealed that Escherichia coli possesses a protein (YagD) which shares high sequence similarity with the enzyme. The properties and physiological role of YagD were investigated. YagD is an S-methylmethionine: homocysteine methyltransferase which also accepts selenohomocysteine as a substrate. Mutants in yagD which also possess defects in metE and metH are unable to utilize S-methylmethionine for growth, whereas a metE metH double mutant still grows on S-methylmethionine. Upstream of yagD and overlapping with its reading frame is a gene (ykfD) which, when inactivated, also blocks growth on methylmethionine in a metE metH genetic background. Since it displays sequence similarities with amino acid permeases it appears to be the transporter for S-methylmethionine. Methionine but not S-methylmethionine in the medium reduces the amount of yagD protein. This and the existence of four MET box motifs upstream of yfkD indicate that the two genes are members of the methionine regulon. The physiological roles of the ykfD and yagD products appear to reside in the acquisition of S-methylmethionine, which is an abundant plant product, and its utilization for methionine biosynthesis.
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