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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 276, 期 33, 页码 31415-31421出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M104455200
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A gene encoding a putative GTPase containing two tandemly repeated GTP-binding domains from a hyperthermophilic bacterium, Thermotoga maritima, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene (TM1446) termed der is highly conserved in Eubacteria including E. coli. The purified der product (Tm-Der) has GTPase activity but no ATPase activity. GTP, GDP, and dGTP but not GMP, ATP, CTP, and UTP compete for GTP binding to Tm-Der. An optimal condition for the GTPase assay was determined to be pH 7.5 in 400 mm KCI and 5 mM MgCl2 at 70 degreesC, where K-m, V-max, and k(cat) values were determined to be 110 mum, 3.46 mum/min, and 0.87 min(-1), respectively. A der deletion strain of E. coli was constructed by replacing the der gene (originally annotated yfgK) with a kanamycin resistance gene. The deletion strain was found to form colonies only if the cells harbored a plasmid containing der, indicating that der is essential for E. coli growth.
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