Catabolite Inhibition: a General Phenomenon in the Control of Carbohydrate Utilization1
AUTOR(ES)
McGinnis, James F.
RESUMO
When Escherichia coli is grown in synthetic medium with radioactive galactose or lactose as the carbon source, the addition of glucose rapidly inhibited utilization of the radioactive substrate, whether the formation of 14CO2 or acid-insoluble products was measured. The inhibition was reversed after the removal of glucose. Experiments with mutants blocked in subsequent steps of galactose and lactose metabolism demonstrated that the inhibition occurs prior to the formation of the first metabolic product. The utilization of a variety of sugars, including maltose, lactose, mannose, galactose, l-arabinose, xylose, and glycerol was inhibited by glucose. Of a number of carbohydrates tested as potential inhibitors, only glucose and, to a lesser extent, glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P) were capable of inhibiting the utilization of all of the substrates. Glucose did not inhibit G-6-P utilization but G-6-P inhibited glucose utilization. With all substrates, except glycerol, there was a delay before the onset of inhibition by G-6-P. We conclude that E. coli has a general regulatory mechanism, termed catabolite inhibition, which controls the activity of early reactions in carbohydrate metabolism, allowing certain substrates to be utilized preferentially.
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