O-Methylthreonine Inhibition of Growth and of Threonine Deaminase in Escherichia coli
AUTOR(ES)
Smulson, Mark E.
RESUMO
O-methylthreonine (OMT), an isosteric analogue of isoleucine, markedly inhibited growth of Escherichia coli 15. This inhibition was overcome most effectively by addition of isoleucine, valine, or leucine to the medium and less effectively by addition of threonine. The dipeptide, valylleucine, also relieved the OMT-induced inhibition but only after a lag period, suggesting that valine and leucine, liberated by dipeptidase action, compete with OMT for entry into the cell. OMT was activated and transferred to transfer ribonucleic acid (RNA) by isoleucyl-RNA synthetase in vitro. The rate of OMT incorporation into protein of intact cells was comparable to that of isoleucine. In contrast to isoleucine, very high concentrations of OMT were required to inhibit threonine deaminase, and the inhibition was strictly competitive with threonine. In addition, OMT inhibited a threonine deaminase preparation desensitized to isoleucine inhibition.
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