Lipolytic enzymes LipA and LipB from Bacillus subtilis differ in regulation of gene expression, biochemical properties, and three-dimensional structure
T. Eggert et al., Lipolytic enzymes LipA and LipB from Bacillus subtilis differ in regulation of gene expression, biochemical properties, and three-dimensional structure, FEBS LETTER, 502(3), 2001, pp. 89-92
Bacillus subtilis secretes the lipolytic enzymes LipA and LipB. We show her
e that they are differentially expressed depending on the composition of th
e growth medium: LipA is produced in rich and in minimal medium, whereas Li
pB is present only in rich medium. A comparison of biochemical characterist
ics revealed that LipB is thermostable at pH 11 but becomes thermolabile at
pH 5. However, construction of a variant carrying the substitution A76G in
the conserved lipase pentapeptide reversed these effects. The atomic coord
inates from the LipA crystal structure were used to build a three-dimension
al structural model of LipB, which revealed that 43 out of 45 residues diff
erent from LipA are surface-located allowing to rationalize the differences
observed in the substrate preferences of the two enzymes. (C) 2001 Federat
ion of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. A
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