Lipopolysaccharide phosphorylating enzymes encoded in the genomes of Gram-negative bacteria are related to the eukaryotic protein kinases

Krupa, A and Srinivasan, N (2002) Lipopolysaccharide phosphorylating enzymes encoded in the genomes of Gram-negative bacteria are related to the eukaryotic protein kinases. In: Protein Science, 11 (6). pp. 1580-1584.

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Abstract

By means of profile-matching procedures, conservation of functionally important residues, and fold-recognition techniques, we show that two distinct families of lipopolysaccharide kinases encoded in the genomes of Gram-negative bacteria are related to each other and to two distinct classes of proteins, namely eukaryotic protein kinases and right open reading frame (RIO1). Members of one of the lipopolysaccharide kinase families are identified only in pathogenic bacteria. Phosphorylation by these enzymes is relevant in the construction of outer membrane, immune response, and pathogenic virulence. The class of proteins called RIO1, also related to eukaryotic protein kinases and previously known to occur only in archaea and eukaryotes, are now identified in eubacteria as well. It has been suggested here that RIO1 proteins are intermediately related to lipopolysaccharide kinases and eukaryotic protein kinases implying an evolutionary relationship between the three classes of proteins.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Protein Science
Publisher:	The Protein Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The Protein Society.
Keywords:	Lipopolysaccharide;Outer cell membrane;Phosphorylation;Profile matching;Protein kinases;Sequence comparison
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:40
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/12099

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