Pyk

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  • Description: pyruvate kinase, glycolytic enzyme

Gene name pyk
Synonyms pykA
Essential no
Product pyruvate kinase
Function catabolic enzyme in glycolysis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: pyk
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
pyk
MW, pI 61,9 kDa, 4.88
Gene length, protein length 1755 bp, 585 amino acids
Immediate neighbours ytzA, pfkA
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
Pyk context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

ATP synthesis, carbon core metabolism, phosphoproteins, most abundant proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU29180

Phenotypes of a mutant

Unable to grow with non-PTS carbohydrates (such as glucitol or glycerol) as single carbon source.

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

  • A mutation was found in this gene after evolution under relaxed selection for sporulation PubMed

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ADP + phosphoenolpyruvate --> ATP + pyruvate
    • The reaction is irreversible under physiological conditions
  • Protein family: PEP-utilizing enzyme family (according to Swiss-Prot) pyruvate kinase family, (C-terminal section: PEP-utilizing enzyme family)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
    • allosteric Regulation PubMed
    • specific activity: 0.231 µmol min-1 (mg protein)-1 PubMed
  • Modification: phosphorylation on Ser36 PubMed, PubMed, phosphorylation on Ser536 or Ser546 PubMed, please note that the Ser is not on position 536 but rather at 538
  • Effectors of protein activity:
    • Activated by PEP (Hill Coefficient 1,8) PubMed PubMed
    • Allosterically activated by AMP PubMed
    • Activation by r5p and ADP PubMed
    • Inhibition by ADP and f16bp in high concentrations; and ATP PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure: 2E28 (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

The enzyme is a tetramer with four active sites PubMed

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • twofold induced by glucose PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:
    • belongs to the 100 most abundant proteins PubMed
    • number of protein molecules per cell (minimal medium with glucose and ammonium): 2986 PubMed
    • number of protein molecules per cell (complex medium with amino acids, without glucose): 11657 PubMed

Biological materials

  • Expression vector:
    • expression in E. coli, N-terminal His-tag: pGP1100 (in pWH844), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
    • expression in B. subtilis, native protein: pGP1411 (in pBQ200), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
    • expression in B. subtilis, N-terminal Strep-tag: pGP1409 (in pGP380), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
    • expression in B. subtilis, C-terminal Strep-tag: pGP1410 (in pGP382), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
  • lacZ fusion: see pfkA
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Jörg Stülke, University of Göttingen, Germany Homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Michael Kohlstedt, Praveen K Sappa, Hanna Meyer, Sandra Maaß, Adrienne Zaprasis, Tamara Hoffmann, Judith Becker, Leif Steil, Michael Hecker, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Michael Lalk, Ulrike Mäder, Jörg Stülke, Erhard Bremer, Uwe Völker, Christoph Wittmann
Adaptation of Bacillus subtilis carbon core metabolism to simultaneous nutrient limitation and osmotic challenge: a multi-omics perspective.
Environ Microbiol: 2014, 16(6);1898-917
[PubMed:24571712] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Cuauhtemoc Licona-Cassani, Alvaro R Lara, Natividad Cabrera-Valladares, Adelfo Escalante, Georgina Hernández-Chávez, Alfredo Martinez, Francisco Bolívar, Guillermo Gosset
Inactivation of pyruvate kinase or the phosphoenolpyruvate: sugar phosphotransferase system increases shikimic and dehydroshikimic acid yields from glucose in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2014, 24(1);37-45
[PubMed:24158146] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Fabian M Commichau, Nico Pietack, Jörg Stülke
Essential genes in Bacillus subtilis: a re-evaluation after ten years.
Mol Biosyst: 2013, 9(6);1068-75
[PubMed:23420519] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Natividad Cabrera-Valladares, Luz M Martínez, Noemí Flores, Georgina Hernández-Chávez, Alfredo Martínez, Francisco Bolívar, Guillermo Gosset
Physiologic consequences of glucose transport and phosphoenolpyruvate node modifications in Bacillus subtilis 168.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2012, 22(3);177-97
[PubMed:22846916] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Christopher T Brown, Laura K Fishwick, Binna M Chokshi, Marissa A Cuff, Jay M Jackson, Travis Oglesby, Alison T Rioux, Enrique Rodriguez, Gregory S Stupp, Austin H Trupp, James S Woollcombe-Clarke, Tracy N Wright, William J Zaragoza, Jennifer C Drew, Eric W Triplett, Wayne L Nicholson
Whole-genome sequencing and phenotypic analysis of Bacillus subtilis mutants following evolution under conditions of relaxed selection for sporulation.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2011, 77(19);6867-77
[PubMed:21821766] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Christine Eymann, Dörte Becher, Jörg Bernhardt, Katrin Gronau, Anja Klutzny, Michael Hecker
Dynamics of protein phosphorylation on Ser/Thr/Tyr in Bacillus subtilis.
Proteomics: 2007, 7(19);3509-26
[PubMed:17726680] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Laurent Jannière, Danielle Canceill, Catherine Suski, Sophie Kanga, Bérengère Dalmais, Roxane Lestini, Anne-Françoise Monnier, Jérôme Chapuis, Alexander Bolotin, Marina Titok, Emmanuelle Le Chatelier, S Dusko Ehrlich
Genetic evidence for a link between glycolysis and DNA replication.
PLoS One: 2007, 2(5);e447
[PubMed:17505547] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Boris Macek, Ivan Mijakovic, Jesper V Olsen, Florian Gnad, Chanchal Kumar, Peter R Jensen, Matthias Mann
The serine/threonine/tyrosine phosphoproteome of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Cell Proteomics: 2007, 6(4);697-707
[PubMed:17218307] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Alain Lévine, Françoise Vannier, Cédric Absalon, Lauriane Kuhn, Peter Jackson, Elaine Scrivener, Valérie Labas, Joëlle Vinh, Patrick Courtney, Jérôme Garin, Simone J Séror
Analysis of the dynamic Bacillus subtilis Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphoproteome implicated in a wide variety of cellular processes.
Proteomics: 2006, 6(7);2157-73
[PubMed:16493705] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Christine Eymann, Annette Dreisbach, Dirk Albrecht, Jörg Bernhardt, Dörte Becher, Sandy Gentner, Le Thi Tam, Knut Büttner, Gerrit Buurman, Christian Scharf, Simone Venz, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
A comprehensive proteome map of growing Bacillus subtilis cells.
Proteomics: 2004, 4(10);2849-76
[PubMed:15378759] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Ludwig, G Homuth, M Schmalisch, F M Dyka, M Hecker, J Stülke
Transcription of glycolytic genes and operons in Bacillus subtilis: evidence for the presence of multiple levels of control of the gapA operon.
Mol Microbiol: 2001, 41(2);409-22
[PubMed:11489127] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

B Fry, T Zhu, M M Domach, R R Koepsel, C Phalakornkule, M M Ataai
Characterization of growth and acid formation in a Bacillus subtilis pyruvate kinase mutant.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2000, 66(9);4045-9
[PubMed:10966427] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Sakai, K Suzuki, K Imahori
Purification and properties of pyruvate kinase from Bacillus stearothermophilus.
J Biochem: 1986, 99(4);1157-67
[PubMed:3711058] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Diesterhaft, E Freese
Pyruvate kinase of bacillus subtilis.
Biochim Biophys Acta: 1972, 268(2);373-80
[PubMed:4623707] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)