scholarly journals A novel aspect of the inhibition by arsenicals of binding-protein-dependent galactose transport in gram-negative bacteria

1988 ◽  
Vol 253 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Richarme
Keyword(s):  
Binding Protein ◽  
Atp Depletion ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Protonmotive Force ◽  
Inhibitory Effects ◽  
Whole Cells ◽  
Atp Metabolism ◽  
Galactose Transport ◽  
Atp Inhibition ◽  
Dependent Transport

The inhibitory effects of arsenate and arsenite on binding-protein-dependent transport systems are reconsidered. It is shown that arsenate inhibits binding-protein-dependent galactose transport in proteoliposomes energized either by dihydrolipoamide and NAD+ or by a membrane potential (under conditions where ATP metabolism is not implicated); this result is in contradiction with the current interpretation of arsenate inhibition of binding-protein-dependent transport systems (which is based on ATP depletion) and can be explained by reference to the recently discovered ATP inhibition of the binding-protein-dependent galactose transport. In whole cells, the greater inhibition by arsenate of lipoamide-dependent transport than of protonmotive-force-dependent transport may be explained by a modification by arsenate of the pools of several compounds metabolized by 2-oxo-acid dehydrogenases (which have been implicated in binding-protein-dependent transport). The inhibition of binding-protein-dependent galactose transport by arsenite is probably linked to the inhibition by arsenite of the galactose-stimulated lipoamide dehydrogenase activity implicated in this transport and is reminiscent of the known arsenite inhibition of lipoamide dehydrogenases.

scholarly journals Redundancy in Periplasmic Binding Protein-Dependent Transport Systems for Trehalose, Sucrose, and Maltose in Sinorhizobium meliloti

2002 ◽  
Vol 184 (11) ◽  
pp. 2978-2986 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Beck Jensen ◽  
N. Kent Peters ◽  
T. V. Bhuvaneswari
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Sinorhizobium Meliloti ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Regulatory Protein ◽  
Gene Replacement ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Dependent Transport ◽  
Atp Binding Protein ◽  
Growth Experiments

ABSTRACT We have identified a cluster of six genes involved in trehalose transport and utilization (thu) in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Four of these genes, thuE, -F, -G, and -K, were found to encode components of a binding protein-dependent trehalose/maltose/sucrose ABC transporter. Their deduced gene products comprise a trehalose/maltose-binding protein (ThuE), two integral membrane proteins (ThuF and ThuG), and an ATP-binding protein (ThuK). In addition, a putative regulatory protein (ThuR) was found divergently transcribed from the thuEFGK operon. When the thuE locus was inactivated by gene replacement, the resulting S. meliloti strain was impaired in its ability to grow on trehalose, and a significant retardation in growth was seen on maltose as well. The wild type and the thuE mutant were indistinguishable for growth on glucose and sucrose. This suggested a possible overlap in function of the thuEFGK operon with the aglEFGAK operon, which was identified as a binding protein-dependent ATP-binding transport system for sucrose, maltose, and trehalose. The Km s for trehalose transport were 8 ± 1 nM and 55 ± 5 nM in the uninduced and induced cultures, respectively. Transport and growth experiments using mutants impaired in either or both of these transport systems show that these systems form the major transport systems for trehalose, maltose, and sucrose. By using a thuE′-lacZ fusion, we show that thuE is induced only by trehalose and not by cellobiose, glucose, maltopentaose, maltose, mannitol, or sucrose, suggesting that the thuEFGK system is primarily targeted toward trehalose. The aglEFGAK operon, on the other hand, is induced primarily by sucrose and to a lesser extent by trehalose. Tests for root colonization, nodulation, and nitrogen fixation suggest that uptake of disaccharides can be critical for colonization of alfalfa roots but is not important for nodulation and nitrogen fixation per se.

Periplasmic binding protein-dependent transport systems: the membrane-associated components

1990 ◽  
Vol 326 (1236) ◽  
pp. 353-365 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Atp Hydrolysis ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Energy Coupling ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Periplasmic Binding Protein ◽  
Dependent Transport

Periplasmic binding protein-dependent transport systems are multicomponent, consisting of several inner membrane-associated proteins and a periplasmic component. The membrane-associated components of different systems are related in organization and function suggesting that, despite different substrate specificities, each transport system functions by a common mechanism. Current understanding of these components is reviewed. The nature of energy coupling to periplasmic transport systems has long been debated. Recent data now demonstrate that ATP hydrolysis is the primary source of energy for transport. The ATP-binding transport components are the best characterized of a family of closely related ATP-binding proteins believed to couple ATP hydrolysis to a variety of different biological processes. Intriguingly, systems closely related to periplasmic binding protein-dependent transport systems have recently been identified in several Gram-positive organisms (which lack a periplasm) and in eukaryotic cells. This class of transport system appears to be widespread in nature, serving a variety of important and diverse functions.

scholarly journals Quantitative analysis of proton-linked transport systems. The lactose permease of Escherichia coli

1979 ◽  
Vol 182 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
I R Booth ◽  
W J Mitchell ◽  
W A Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Protonmotive Force ◽  
Lactose Permease ◽  
Whole Cells ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Ph Dependent ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
External Ph

Evidence is presented that lactose uptake into whole cells of Escherichia coli occurs by symport with a single proton over the range of external pH 6.5–7.7. The proton/lactose stoicheiometry has been measured directly over this pH range by comparison of the initial rates of proton and lactose uptake into anaerobic resting cell suspensions of E. coli ML308. Further, the relationship between the protonmotive force and lactose accumulation has been studied in E. coli ML308-225 over the range of external pH 5.9–8.7. At no point was the accumulation of the beta-galactoside in thermodynamic equilibrium with the protonmotive force. It is concluded that the concentration of lactose within the cell is governed by kinetic factors rather than pH-dependent changes in the proton/substrate stoicheiometry. The relevance of these findings to the model of pH-dependent proton/substrate stoicheiometries derived from studies with E. coli membrane vesicles is discussed.

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