Reaction: [protein]-Nπ-phospho-L-histidine + sucrose[side 1] = [protein]-L-histidine + sucrose 6G-phosphate[side 2]
Other name(s): scrAB (gene names); sucrose PTS permease; EIIScr; Enzyme IIScr
Systematic name: protein-Nπ-phospho-L-histidine:sucrose Nπ-phosphotransferase
Comments: This enzyme is a component (known as enzyme II) of a phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)-dependent, sugar transporting phosphotransferase system (PTS). The system, which is found only in prokaryotes, simultaneously transports its substrate from the periplasm or extracellular space into the cytoplasm and phosphorylates it. The phosphate donor, which is shared among the different systems, is a phospho-carrier protein of low molecular mass that has been phosphorylated by EC 2.7.3.9 (phosphoenolpyruvate—protein phosphotransferase). Enzyme II, on the other hand, is specific for a particular substrate, although in some cases alternative substrates can be transported with lower efficiency. The reaction involves a successive transfer of the phosphate group to several amino acids within the enzyme before the final transfer to the substrate.
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References:
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5. Titgemeyer, F., Jahreis, K., Ebner, R. and Lengeler, J.W. Molecular analysis of the scrA and scrB genes from Klebsiella pneumoniae and plasmid pUR400, which encode the sucrose transport protein Enzyme II Scr of the phosphotransferase system and a sucrose-6-phosphate invertase. Mol. Gen. Genet. 250 (1996) 197-206. [PMID: 8628219]
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