Abstract
Uridine monophosphate kinase (UMPK) an enzyme of de novo biosynthesis catalyses the formation of UDP and it is involved in cell wall and RNA biosynthesis. In the present study UMPK of Staphylococcus aureus ATCC12600 was characterized. Analysis of purified UMPK by gel filtration chromatography on Sephadex G-200 indicated a molecular weight of 150 kDa and exhibited monomeric form with molecular weight of 25 kDa in SDS-PAGE confirming homohexamer nature of UMPK in solution. The enzyme kinetics of UMPK showed Km of 2.80 ± 0.1 μM and Vmax 51.38 ± 1.39 μM of NADH/min/mg. The enzyme exhibited cooperative kinetics with ATP as substrate, as GTP decreased this cooperativity and increased affinity for ATP. The UMPK gene was amplified, sequenced (Accession number: FJ415072), cloned in pQE30 vector and overexpressed in Escherichia coli DH5α. The purified recombinant UMPK showed similar properties of native UMPK. The UMPK gene sequence showed complete homology with pyrH gene sequence of all S. aureus strains reported in the database, the 3D structure of S. aureus UMPK built from the deduced amino acid sequence was super imposed with human UMPK (PDB ID: 1TEV) to find out the structural identity using the MATRAS programme gave an RMSD value 4.24 Å indicating very low homology and extensive structural variations with human UMPK structure. Thus, UMPK may be a potential drug target in the development of antimicrobials.
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Abbreviations
- UMPK:
-
Uridine monophosphate kinase
- RMSD:
-
Root mean square deviation
- MATRAS:
-
MArkovian TRAnsition of Structure
- PDB:
-
Protein Data Bank
- DEAE cellulose:
-
Diethylaminoethyl cellulose
- SDS-PAGE:
-
Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- CMP:
-
Cytidine monophosphate
- UMP:
-
Uridine monophosphate
- DOPE:
-
Discrete Optimized Protein Energy
- CMPK:
-
Cytidine monophosphate Kinase
- UTP:
-
Uridine triphosphate
- LDH:
-
Lactate dehydrogenase
- PK:
-
Pyruvate kinase
- PEP:
-
Phosphoenolpyruvate
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Hari Prasad, O., Nanda Kumar, Y., Reddy, O.V.S. et al. Cloning, Expression, Purification and Characterization of UMP Kinase from Staphylococcus aureus . Protein J 31, 345–352 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-012-9410-0
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