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Abstract

Tyrosinase activity and melanin synthesis in the marine bacterium in media with very low copper concentrations are dependent on the presence of a protein (PpoB2) that functions as a chaperone to deliver copper to tyrosinase (PpoB1). Under these conditions, mutants in (such as strain T105) produce PpoB1 as an apoenzyme that can be reconstituted to the active holoenzyme by the addition of cupric ions to cell extracts. To study PpoB2 functionality, a system was developed for genetic complementation in Using this approach, melanin synthesis was restored in strain T105 when a wild-type copy of was introduced. PpoB2 is a novel protein since it is believed to be the first to be described that contains several motifs similar to metal binding motifs present separately in other types of copper-related protein. At least three motifs, a His-rich N-terminal region, and the short CxxxC and MxxxMM sequences, are essential for the functionality of PpoB2, since site-directed mutagenesis of these motifs resulted in a non-functional protein. In addition, it was demonstrated that PpoB2 is a membrane copper transporter putatively participating in the delivery of this ion specifically to the tyrosinase of and not to a second copper oxidase showing laccase activity that this micro-organism also expresses. PpoB2 has similarities with the COG5486 group encoding putative transmembrane metal binding proteins, and is believed to be the first protein in this group to be experimentally characterized. It may constitute the first example of a novel type of protein involved in copper trafficking in bacteria.

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