Quantitative discrimination of carrier-mediated excretion of isoleucine from uptake and diffusion in Corynebacterium glutamicum.
AUTOR(ES)
Zittrich, S
RESUMO
The efflux of isoleucine in whole cells of Corynebacterium glutamicum was studied. The different amino acid fluxes across the plasma membrane were functionally discriminated into passive diffusion, carrier-mediated excretion, and carrier-mediated uptake. Detailed kinetic analysis was made possible by controlled variation of internal isoleucine from low concentrations to 100 mM by feeding with mixtures of isoleucine-containing peptides. Isoleucine diffusion was experimentally separated and proceeded with a first-order rate constant of 0.083 min-1 or 0.13 microliters.min-1.mg (dry mass)-1, which corresponds to a permeability of 2 x 10(-8) cm.s-1. Uptake of isoleucine was constant at a rate of 1.1 nmol.min-1.mg (dry mass)-1. Carrier-mediated isoleucine excretion was zero below a threshold of 8 mM cytosolic isoleucine. Above this level, a Michaelis-Menten-type kinetics was observed, with a Km of 21 mM (13 mM plus 8 mM threshold value) and a Vmax of 14.5 nmol.min-1.mg (dry mass)-1. The activity of the isoleucine excretion carrier depended on the presence of a membrane potential. Excretion was specific for L-isoleucine (and presumably L-leucine) and could be inhibited by SH reagents.
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