A Novel Histidine-Rich CPx-ATPase from the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis Related to Multiple-Heavy-Metal Cotolerance
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- 15 September 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 184 (18) , 5027-5035
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.184.18.5027-5035.2002
Abstract
A novel gene related to heavy-metal transport was cloned and identified from the filamentous cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis. Sequence analysis of the gene (the Bxa1 gene) showed that its product possessed high homology with heavy-metal transport CPx-ATPases. The CPC motif, which is proposed to form putative cation transduction channel, was found in the sixth transmembrane helix. However, instead of the CXXC motif that is present in the N termini of most metal transport CPx-ATPases, Bxa1 contains a unique Cys-Cys (CC) sequence element and histidine-rich motifs as a putative metal binding site. Northern blotting and real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR showed that expression of Bxa1 mRNA was induced in vivo by both monovalent (Cu+ and Ag+) and divalent (Zn2+ and Cd2+) heavy-metal ions at similar levels. Experiments on heavy-metal tolerance in Escherichia coli with recombinant Bxa1 demonstrated that Bxa1 conferred resistance to both monovalent and divalent heavy metals. This is the first report of a CPx-ATPase responsive to both monovalent and divalent heavy metals.Keywords
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