Abstract
The Mycoplasma phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent sugar phosphotransferase system consists of three components: a membrane-bound enzyme II, a soluble enzyme I, and a soluble phosphocarrier protein, HPr. The HPr has been purified to homogeneity by a combination of ammonium sulfate precipitations, gel filtration and diethylaminoethyl, carboxymethyl Bio-Gel A, and hydroxylapatite column chromatography. The purified protein is relatively heat stable (ca. 50% activity survives 30 min of boiling) and has a molecular weight of ca. 10,000 (determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis and amino acid analysis). It contains a single histidine residue per molecule and can be totally inactivated by photooxidation with Rose Bengal dye. Although the mycoplasma HPr is very similar to that of Escherichia coli, it shows no significant association with antiserum produced against E. coli HPr.
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