Transport of gamma-butyrobetaine in an Agrobacterium species isolated from soil.
AUTOR(ES)
Nobile, S
RESUMO
An Agrobacterium sp. isolated from soil by selective growth on gamma-butyrobetaine (gamma-trimethylaminobutyrate) as the sole source of both carbon and nitrogen has been shown to possess an inducible transport system for this growth substrate. This transport system has a Kt of 0.5 microM and a maximal velocity of 3.8 nmol/min per mg (dry weight). The influx of gamma-butyrobetaine is optimal at pH 8.5 and operates against a concentration gradient. The transport system shows a high specificity for trimethylamine carboxylic acid molecules of defined chain length. gamma-Butyrobetaine uptake was significantly reduced in osmotically shocked cells and a gamma-butyrobetaine binding activity was detected in the crude shock fluid. This suggests a transport mechanism involving a periplasmic gamma-butyrobetaine binding protein.
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