Autoregulation of lactose uptake through the LacYpermease by enzyme IIAGlc of the PTS in Escherichia coli K-12
| Autor: | Boris M. Hogema, Jos C. Arents, Rechien Bader, Pieter W. Postma |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Molecular Microbial Physiology (SILS, FNWI) |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Isopropyl Thiogalactoside
Lactose permease Time Factors Monosaccharide Transport Proteins Glucose-6-Phosphate Adenylate kinase Lactose Biology Lac repressor Microbiology chemistry.chemical_compound Cyclic AMP Escherichia coli Homeostasis Inducer Phosphorylation Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System Molecular Biology Dose-Response Relationship Drug Symporters Escherichia coli Proteins Membrane Transport Proteins PEP group translocation Carbohydrate beta-Galactosidase Glucose Biochemistry chemistry Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Microbiology, 31, 1825-1833. Wiley-Blackwell |
| ISSN: | 1365-2958 0950-382X |
| Popis: | Bacterial growth on one or more carbon sources requires careful control of the uptake and metabolism of these carbon sources. In Escherichia coli, the phosphorylation state of enzyme IIAGlc of the phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) is involved in this control in two ways. The unphosphorylated form of IIAGlc causes 'inducer exclusion', the inhibition of uptake of a number of non-PTS carbon sources, including lactose uptake by the lactose permease. The phosphorylated form of enzyme IIAGlc probably activates adenylate cyclase. In cells growing on lactose, enzyme IIAGlc was approximately 50% dephosphorylated, suggesting that lactose could inhibit its own uptake. This inhibition could be demonstrated by comparing lactose uptake rates in the wild-type strain and in a mutant in which the lactose carrier was insensitive to inducer exclusion. In this deregulated mutant strain, lactose was consumed much faster, and large amounts of glucose were excreted. It was shown that enzyme IIAGlc was dephosphorylated more strongly and that the cAMP level was lower in the mutant, most probably causing the observed decrease in lac expression level. When the lac expression level in the mutant strain was increased to that of the parent strain by adding exogenous cAMP, growth on lactose was slower, suggesting that enzyme IIAGlc-mediated inhibition of lactose uptake and downregulation of the lac expression level protected the cells against excessive lactose influx. An even stronger increase in the lac expression level in a mutant lacking enzyme IIAGlc caused complete growth arrest. We conclude that the autoregulatory mechanism that controls lactose uptake is an important mechanism for the cells in adjusting the uptake rate to their metabolic capacity. |
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