Inhibition by Peptides of Amino Acid Uptake by Bacterial Populations in Natural Waters: Implications for the Regulation of Amino Acid Transport and Incorporation †

AUTOR(ES)

Kirchman, David

RESUMO

To investigate the regulatory interactions of amino acid transport and incorporation, we determined the effects of dipeptides on amino acid uptake by bacteria in an estuary and a freshwater lake. Dipeptides noncompetitively inhibited net transport and incorporation of amino acids into macromolecules but had no effect on the ratio of respiration to incorporation. Nearly maximum inhibition occurred at peptide concentrations of <10 nM. In contrast, the initial uptake rate of glycyl-[14C]phenylalanine was not affected by glycine or phenylalanine. Net amino acid transport appeared to be inhibited by the increased flux into the intracellular pools, whereas the incorporation of labeled monomers into macromolecules was isotopically diluted by the unlabeled amino acids resulting from intracellular hydrolysis of the dipeptide. Chloramphenicol, sodium azide, and dinitrophenol all inhibited the initial uptake rate of leucine and phenylalanine. These results suggest that in aquatic environments amino acids are taken up by active transport which is coupled closely to protein synthesis.

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