A phosphate-stimulated NAD(P)+-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in Bacillus cereus

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2002 May 21;211(1):29-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11199.x.

Abstract

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), a key enzyme of central carbon metabolism, was studied in a Bacillus cereus strain isolated from the phosphate layer from Morocco. Enzymatic assays with cell extracts demonstrated that when grown on Luria-Bertani (LB) medium, B. cereus contains a major NAD+-dependent GAPDH activity and only traces of NADP+-dependent activity, but in cells grown on Pi-supplemented LB medium a strong increase of the NADP+-dependent activity, that became predominant, occurs concurrently with a GAPDH protein increase. Our results show that B. cereus possesses two GAPDH activities, namely NAD+- and NADP+-dependent, catalyzed by two enzymes with distinct coenzyme specificity and different phosphate regulation patterns. The finding of a phosphate-stimulated NADP+-dependent GAPDH in B. cereus indicates that this bacterium can modulate its primary carbon metabolism according to phosphate availability.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacillus cereus / drug effects*
  • Bacillus cereus / enzymology*
  • Bacillus cereus / metabolism
  • Blotting, Western
  • Carbon / metabolism
  • Catalysis
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / chemistry
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / genetics
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / isolation & purification
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / metabolism*
  • Kinetics
  • NAD / metabolism*
  • NADP / metabolism*
  • Phosphates / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Phosphates
  • NAD
  • NADP
  • Carbon
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases