brp and blh are required for synthesis of the retinal cofactor of bacteriorhodopsin in Halobacterium salinarum.
J Biol Chem
; 276(8): 5739-44, 2001 Feb 23.
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ABSTRACT
Bacteriorhodopsin, the light-driven proton pump of Halobacterium salinarum, consists of the membrane apoprotein bacterioopsin and a covalently bound retinal cofactor. The mechanism by which retinal is synthesized and bound to bacterioopsin in vivo is unknown. As a step toward identifying cellular factors involved in this process, we constructed an in-frame deletion of brp, a gene implicated in bacteriorhodopsin biogenesis. In the Deltabrp strain, bacteriorhodopsin levels are decreased approximately 4.0-fold compared with wild type, whereas bacterioopsin levels are normal. The probable precursor of retinal, beta-carotene, is increased approximately 3.8-fold, whereas retinal is decreased by approximately 3.7-fold. These results suggest that brp is involved in retinal synthesis. Additional cellular factors may substitute for brp function in the Deltabrp strain because retinal production is not abolished. The in-frame deletion of blh, a brp paralog identified by analysis of the Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 genome, reduced bacteriorhodopsin accumulation on solid medium but not in liquid. However, deletion of both brp and blh abolished bacteriorhodopsin and retinal production in liquid medium, again without affecting bacterioopsin accumulation. The level of beta-carotene increased approximately 5.3-fold. The simplest interpretation of these results is that brp and blh encode similar proteins that catalyze or regulate the conversion of beta-carotene to retinal.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Retinaldehído
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Bacteriorodopsinas
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Halobacterium salinarum
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Genes Bacterianos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Biol Chem
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos