Abstract
A recombinant DING protein from Pseudomonas fluorescens has been previously shown to have a phosphate-binding site, and to be mitogenic for human cells. Here we report the three-dimensional structure of the protein, confirming a close similarity to the "Venus flytrap" structure seen in other human and bacterial phosphate-binding proteins. Site-directed mutagenesis confirms the role of a key residue involved in phosphate binding, and that the mitogenic activity is not dependent on this property. Deletion of one of the two hinged domains that constitute the Venus flytrap also eliminates phosphate binding whilst enhancing mitogenic activity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3455-3460 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 581 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 24 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Manasa Ramakrishna for assistance with the running of the SP 3 structure prediction programme, to model truncated variants of PfluDING. Financial support was provided by the University of Auckland Staff Research Fund.
Keywords
- DING protein
- Human phosphate-binding protein
- Phosphate binding
- pstS protein