PMID:125265

Citation	Vinopal, RT, Clifton, D and Fraenkel, DG (1975) PfkA locus of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 122:1162-71
Abstract	pfkA was know, on the basis of three mutants, as the likely locus of phosphofructokinase in Escherichia coli, and the unlinked pfkB1 mutation suppressed these mutations by restoring some enzyme activity (Morrissey and Fraenkel, 1972). We now report a new search for the complete inactivation of pfkA (e.g., by deletion or amber mutation), done to assess whether the pfkB1 suppression is by an independent enzyme, phosphofructokinase activity 2 (Fraenkel, Kotlarz, and Buc, 1973). Ten new phosphofructokinase mutants all were at pfkA, rather than at pfkB or pfkC. One of them (pfkA9) gave temperature-sensitive reverants with heat-labile enzyme. Another (pfkA11) proved genetically to be a nonsense mutation, but showed no restored activity when suppressed by supF. However, even unsuppressed it was found to contain an enzyme related to phosphofructokinase activity 1 kinetically (more allosteric), physically (almot identical subunit), and antigenically. All the pfkA mutants apparently contained cross-reacting material to activity 1. All (including pfkA11) were suppressed by the pfkB1 mutation. Several results support the idea that pfkA is the structural gene for the main phosphofructokinase of E. coli (activity 1), but that there is some restriction to its complete inactivation.
Links	PubMed PMC246172
Keywords	Chromosome Mapping; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Fructose/metabolism; Galactose/metabolism; Genes; Glucose/metabolism; Glycerol/metabolism; Immunodiffusion; Mannitol/metabolism; Mannose/metabolism; Mutation; Phosphofructokinase-1/biosynthesis; Phosphofructokinase-1/immunology; Suppression, Genetic; Temperature; Transduction, Genetic
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