Accumulation of 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonate by osmotically stressed Escherichia coli K-12.
AUTOR(ES)
Cayley, S
RESUMO
We found that exogenous morpholinopropanesulfonate (MOPS) is concentrated approximately fivefold in the free volume of the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli K-12 (strain MG1665) when grown at high osmolarity (1.1 OsM) in two different media containing 40 mM MOPS. MOPS was not accumulated by E. coli grown in low-osmolarity MOPS-buffered medium or in 1.1 OsM MOPS-buffered medium containing the osmoprotectant glycine betaine. Salmonella typhimurium LT2 did not accumulate MOPS under any condition examined. We infer that accumulation of MOPS by E. coli K-12 is not due to passive equilibration but rather to transport, possibly involving an as yet uncharacterized porter not present in S. typhimurium. Glutamate and MOPS were the only anionic osmolytes we observed by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance in E. coli K-12 grown in MOPS-buffered medium. The increase in positive charge accompanying the increase in the steady-state amount of K+ in cells shifted from low to high external osmolarity appeared to be compensated for by changes in the amounts of putrescine, glutamate, and MOPS. MOPS is not an osmoprotectant, because its accumulation did not increase cell growth rate.
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