A Phosphate-Bond-Driven Dipeptide Transport System in Streptococcus cremoris Is Regulated by the Internal pH
AUTOR(ES)
van Boven, A.
RESUMO
The uptake of amino acids and peptides by Streptococcus cremoris is mediated by different highly specific transport systems. The leucine transport system has a high affinity only for leucine, isoleucine, and valine and no affinity for leucyl-peptides. The transport system for leucyl-leucine is strongly inhibited by several dipeptides with hydrophobic, neutral, N-terminal amino acids but not by leucine. The leucyl-leucine transport system has a high affinity for dipeptides containing β-methyl groups in the side chain; the C terminus of the dipeptide affects the affinity to a much lower extent. Leucyl-leucine transport in whole cells was studied as a function of the internal pH at different external pH values in the presence and absence of nigericin. The internal pH was shown to be an important controlling factor in leucyl-leucine uptake, but the ΔpH was not involved as a driving force. At increasing external pH values, the affinity of the transport system for leucyl-leucine decreased. Uptake of leucyl-leucine was also studied in the presence of arsenate, which inhibited ATP synthesis by substrate-level phosphorylation. The rate of leucyl-leucine transport appeared to be dependent on the intracellular ATP concentrations. These results indicate that the energy for the leucyl-leucine transport is directly supplied by ATP.
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