Amino acid transport in membrane vesicles of obligately anaerobic Veillonella alcalescens.
AUTOR(ES)
Konings, W N
RESUMO
Membrane vesicles of Veillonella alcalescens, grown in the presence of L-lactate and KNO-3, actively transport amino acids under anaerobic conditions in the presence of several electron donors and the electron acceptor nitrate. The highest initial rates of uptake are obtained with L-lactate, followed by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, glycerol-1-phosphate, formate, and L-malate.. The membrane vesicles contain the dehydrogenases for these electron donors, and these enzymes are coupled with nitrate reductase. In membrane vesicles from cells, grown in the presence of nitrate, the dehydrogenases are not coupled with fumarate reducatase, and anaerobic transport of amino acids does not occur with fumarate as electron acceptor. Under aerobic conditions none of the physiological electron donors can energize transport. However, a high rate of uptake is observed with the electron donor system ascorbate-phenazine metho-sulfate. This electron donor system also effectively energizes transport under anaerobicconditions in the presence of the electron acceptor nitrate.
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