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Journal of Bacteriology, December 2000, p. 7078-7082, Vol. 182, No. 24
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Characterization of GTPase Activity of TrmE, a Member of a Novel GTPase Superfamily, from Thermotoga maritima

Kunitoshi Yamanaka, Jihwan Hwang, and Masayori Inouye*

Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

Received 19 May 2000/Accepted 7 August 2000

A gene encoding a putative GTP-binding protein, a TrmE homologue that is highly conserved in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, was cloned from Thermotoga maritima, a hyperthermophilic bacterium. T. maritima TrmE was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified. TrmE has a GTPase activity but no ATPase activity. The GTPase activity can be competed with GTP, GDP, and dGTP but not with GMP, ATP, CTP, or UTP. Km and kcat at 70°C were 833 µM and 9.3 min-1, respectively. Our results indicate that TrmE is a GTP-binding protein with a very high intrinsic GTP hydrolysis rate. We also propose that TrmE homologues constitute a novel subfamily of the GTPase superfamily.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Ln., Piscataway, NJ 08854. Phone: (732) 235-4115. Fax: (732) 235-4559. E-mail: inouye{at}umdnj.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, December 2000, p. 7078-7082, Vol. 182, No. 24
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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