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The Pto bacterial resistance gene and the Fen insecticide sensitivity gene encode functional protein kinases with
1Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1150, USA.
Plant Physiology
|August 1, 1995
Abstract:
The catalytic activity and amino acid specificity of the tomato Pto and Fen kinases were investigated. The Pto and Fen genes were fused to the carboxyl terminus of the maltose-binding protein and expressed in Escherichia coli. Incubation of the purified fusion proteins with [gamma-32P]ATP in an in vitro assay showed that both proteins were capable of autophosphorylation. Mutant fusion proteins in which the conserved lysine residue of subdomain II was changed to a glutamine were unable to autophosphorylate. Phosphoamino analysis of the active fusion proteins indicated that both kinases phosphorylate serine and threonine residues but not tyrosine.