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The D-xylose-binding protein, XylF, from Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus 39E: cloning, molecular analysis, and expression of the structural gene.


ABSTRACT: Immediately downstream from the Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus xylAB operon, comprising genes that encode D-xylose isomerase and D-xylulose kinase, lies a 1,101-bp open reading frame that exhibits 61% amino acid sequence identity to the Escherichia coli D-xylose binding periplasmic receptor, XylF, a component of the high-affinity binding-protein-dependent D-xylose transport. The 25-residue N-terminal fragment of the deduced T. ethanolicus XylF has typical features of bacterial leader peptides. The C-terminal portion of this leader sequence matches the cleavage consensus for lipoproteins and is followed by a 22-residue putative linker sequence rich in serine, threonine, and asparagine. The putative mature 341-amino-acid-residue XylF (calculated molecular mass of 37,069 Da) appears to be a lipoprotein attached to the cell membrane via a lipid anchor covalently linked to the N-terminal cysteine, as demonstrated by metabolic labelling of the recombinant XylF with [14C]palmitate. The induced E. coli avidly bound D-[14C]xylose, yielding additional evidence that T. ethanolicus XylF is the D-xylose-binding protein. On the basis of sequence comparison of XylFs to other monosaccharide-binding proteins, we propose that the sequence signature of binding proteins specific for hexoses and pentoses be refined as (KDQ)(LIVFAG)3IX3(DN)(SGP)X3(GS)X(LIVA) 2X2A. Transcription of the monocistronic 1.3-kb xylF mRNA is inducible by xylose and unaffected by glucose. Primer extension analysis indicated that xylF transcription initiates from two +1 sites, both situated within the xylAB operon. Unlike in similar transport systems in other bacteria, the genes specifying the membrane components (e.g., ATP-binding protein and permease) of the high-affinity D-xylose uptake system are not located in the vicinity of xylF in T. ethanolicus. This is the first report of a gene encoding a xylose-binding protein in a gram-positive or thermophilic bacterium.

SUBMITTER: Erbeznik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC107324 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The D-xylose-binding protein, XylF, from Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus 39E: cloning, molecular analysis, and expression of the structural gene.

Erbeznik M M   Strobel H J HJ   Dawson K A KA   Jones C R CR  

Journal of bacteriology 19980701 14


Immediately downstream from the Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus xylAB operon, comprising genes that encode D-xylose isomerase and D-xylulose kinase, lies a 1,101-bp open reading frame that exhibits 61% amino acid sequence identity to the Escherichia coli D-xylose binding periplasmic receptor, XylF, a component of the high-affinity binding-protein-dependent D-xylose transport. The 25-residue N-terminal fragment of the deduced T. ethanolicus XylF has typical features of bacterial leader peptides. T  ...[more]

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