PMID: 7581026Jan 1, 1995Paper

Does gene palB regulate the transcription or the post-translational modification of Pi-repressible phosphatases of Aspergillus nidulans?

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research = Revista Brasileira De Pesquisas Médicas E Biológicas
W Maccheroni JùniorA Rossi

Abstract

When grown on low-Pi medium, the chaA1 pabaA1 palB7 mutant of Aspergillus nidulans excretes an acid phosphatase with steady-state kinetic properties, temperature sensitivity and electrophoretic mobility different from those of the enzyme excreted by the pabaA1 strain. The enzyme excreted by the pabaA1 strain at pH 6.5 showed PNP-P activity with negative cooperativity (K0.5 = 0.87 +/- 0.06 mM, n = 0.68 +/- 0.03) whereas the enzyme excreted by the chaA1 pabaA1 palB7 mutant showed Michaelian kinetics (Km = 0.46 +/- 0.03 mM, n = 1.00 +/- 0.02). The apparent half-lives at 60 degrees C, pH 5.5, of acid phosphatase excreted by the pabaA1 and chaA1 pabaA1 palB7 strains were 58.6 +/- 4.9 min and 21.5 +/- 1.8 min, respectively. Furthermore, the electrophoretic mobility of acid phosphatases excreted by the palA1, palB7, palC4, palE11 and palF15 mutants of A. nidulans was altered and differed from the electrophoretic mobility of the enzyme excreted by the wild-type strain. Also, the palB7 mutation altered the electrophoretic pattern of acid phosphatases synthesized on high-Pi medium. These results are compatible with the post-translational modifications in the Pi-repressible phosphatases rather than with the action of gene palB in controll...Continue Reading

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