Regulatory phosphorylation of plant phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase: role of a conserved basic residue upstream of the phosphorylation site (original) (raw)

In order to mimic regulatory phosphorylation of the Ser-15 of maize C 4-form phosphoewo/pyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), we replaced Ser-15 and Lys-12 with Asp (S15D) and Asn (K12N), respectively, by site-directed mutagenesis. Although both mutant enzymes were catalytically as active as the wild-type PEPC, they showed much less sensitivity to malate, an allosteric inhibitor, similarly to the phosphorylated wild-type PEPC. A maize protein kinase of 30 kDa which is known to be specific to PEPC (PEPC-PK), phosphorylated K12N as well as the wildtype PEPC but not S15D. The phosphorylation of K12N further diminished the sensitivity to malate. Thus, a positive charge of the conserved Lys-12 is not required for the recognition by PEPC-PK but contributes to the intrinsic sensitivity to malate inhibition.

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