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J Bacteriol. 1985 September; 163(3): 951-956

Characterization of a membrane-regulated sugar phosphate phosphohydrolase from Lactobacillus casei.

ABSTRACT

One of the key components of the futile xylitol cycle of Lactobacillus casei Cl-16 is a phosphatase which dephosphorylates xylitol 5-phosphate to xylitol prior to the expulsion of the pentitol from cells. This enzyme has been partially purified and characterized. The phosphatase is active against a variety of four-, five-, and six-carbon sugars and sugar alcohols phosphorylated at the terminal 4, 5, and 6 positions, respectively, but exhibits little or no affinity for substrates phosphorylated at the C-1 position. The enzyme has an apparent molecular weight of 62,000 and a pH optimum between 5.5 and 6, and it requires a divalent cation (Mg2+) for maximal activity. A single protein band, exhibiting phosphatase activity, was excised from polyacrylamide gels and used to prepare antiphosphatase sera in rabbits. The antiserum was used to detect the enzyme on polyacrylamide gels and to determine the molecular weight of the monomer on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. With a subunit molecular weight of 32,000, the native enzyme appears to be a dimer. Phosphatase activity and substrate specificity are regulated by some component associated with the cytoplasmic membrane.

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