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Journal of Bacteriology, August 1999, p. 4761-4767, Vol. 181, No. 16
0021-9193/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

The icfG Gene Cluster of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Encodes an Rsb/Spo-Like Protein Kinase, Protein Phosphatase, and Two Phosphoproteins

Liang Shi, Kenneth M. Bischoff, and Peter J. Kennelly*

Department of Biochemistry and the Institute for Genomics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0308

Received 23 March 1999/Accepted 31 May 1999

A set of open reading frames (ORFs) potentially encoding signal transduction proteins are clustered around icfG, a gene implicated in the regulation of carbon metabolism, in the genome of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. slr1860 is the ORF for icfG, whose predicted product resembles the protein phosphatases SpoIIE, RsbU, and RsbX from Bacillus subtilis. Bracketing slr1860/icfG are (i) ORF slr1861, whose predicted product resembles the SpoIIAB, RsbT, and RsbW protein kinases from B. subtilis, and (ii) ORFs slr1856 and slr1859, whose predicted products resemble the respective phosphoprotein substrates for the B. subtilis protein kinases: SpoIIAA, RsbS, and RsbV. In order to determine whether the protein products encoded by these ORFs possessed the functional capabilities suggested by sequence comparisons, each was expressed in Escherichia coli as a histidine-tagged fusion protein and analyzed for its ability to participate in protein phosphorylation-dephosphorylation processes in vitro. It was observed that ORF slr1861 encoded an ATP-dependent protein kinase capable of phosphorylating Slr1856 and, albeit with noticeably lower efficiency, Slr1859. Site-directed mutagenesis suggests that Slr1861 phosphorylated these proteins on Ser-54 and Ser-57, respectively. Slr1860 exhibited divalent metal ion-dependent protein-serine phosphatase activity. It catalyzed the dephosphorylation of Slr1856, but not Slr1859, in vitro.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry and the Institute for Genomics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0308. Phone: (540) 231-4317. Fax: (540) 231-9070. E-mail: pjkennel{at}vt.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, August 1999, p. 4761-4767, Vol. 181, No. 16
0021-9193/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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