Incorporation of leucine into phospholipids of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.
AUTOR(ES)
Smith, R D
RESUMO
L-[4,5-3H]- or L-[U-14C]leucine was incorporated by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron into acid-precipitable material even when the bacteria were treated with concentrations of tetracycline high enough to prevent growth. Similar results were obtained when L-[2,3,4-3H]valine or L-[4,5-3H]isoleucine was used instead of leucine. In bacteria which had been treated with tetracycline, the acid-precipitable label was not solubilized by treatment with protease, lysozyme, or deoxyribonuclease. However, virtually all of the label was extractable with chloroform-methanol, indicating that the label had been incorporated into membrane lipids. Since L-[1-14C]leucine was not incorporated into lipids, leucine was probably decarboxylated before incorporation. When a chloroform extract from bacteria which had been labeled with both [32P]phosphate and [3H]leucine was resolved into component phospholipids by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography, 3H was incorporated into all of the phospholipids. When these phospholipids were deacylated, the 3H from leucine was associated with released fatty acids rather than with the head groups. Thus, it appears that B. thetaiotaomicron can utilize leucine and similar amino acids not only by incorporating them into protein but also by incorporating portions of these amino acids into membrane phospholipids.
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