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Cloning, Over-expression, and Characterization of YjgA, a Novel ppGpp-binding Protein

  • Gnanasekaran, Gopalsamy (Department of Molecular Medicine, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Pan, SangO (Jeollanamdo Institute of Natural Resources Research (JINR)) ;
  • Jung, Wontae (Department of Chemistry, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Jeong, Kwangjoon (Department of Molecular Medicine, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Jeong, Jae-Ho (Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Rhee, Joon Haeng (Department of Molecular Medicine, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Choy, Hyon E. (Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Jung, Che-Hun (Department of Molecular Medicine, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University)
  • Received : 2013.05.03
  • Accepted : 2013.05.20
  • Published : 2013.08.20
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Abstract

Guanosine-5'-diphosphate 3'-diphosphate (ppGpp) serves as alarmone in bacterial stringent responses. In this study, an affinity column was constructed by immobilizing ppGpp to NHS-Sepharose for isolating ppGpp-binding proteins. A novel ppGpp-binding protein, YjgA, was isolated and characterized by MALDI-TOF MS (matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry) coupled with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. YjgA and truncated forms of YjgA were cloned and over-expressed in BL21 (DE3). The binding affinity of YjgA to ppGpp was determined by equilibrium dialysis. The interaction of YjgA with ppGpp was very specific, considering that the dissociation constant of YjgA with ppGpp was measured as $5.2{\pm}2.0{\mu}M$, while the affinities to GTP and GDP were about 60 and 30 times weaker than ppGpp. Expression of yjgA gene in Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 was examined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RT-PCR results revealed that yjgA was expressed from early to late stationary phase. The yjgA deletion mutant exhibited decreased cell number at stationary phase compared to parent strain and the over-expression of YjgA increased the cell number. These results suggested that YjgA might stimulate cell division under stationary phase. In most prokaryotic genome, about half of the protein candidates are hypothetical, that are expected to be expressed but there is no experimental report on their functions. The approach utilized in this study may serve as an effective mean to probe the functions of hypothetical proteins.

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