Restoration of Active Transport in an Mg 2+ -Adenosine Triphosphatase-Deficient Mutant of Escherichia coli
- 1 December 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 116 (3) , 1124-9
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.116.3.1124-1129.1973
Abstract
A neomycin-resistant mutant of Escherichia coli , NR70, lacking membrane-bound Mg 2+ -adenosine triphosphatase (EC 3.6.1.3) activity has been isolated. Both whole cells and membrane vesicles exhibit a reduced ability to accumulate amino acids and sugars. Other membrane-related functions such as oxygen consumption, the in vivo hydrolysis of o -nitrophenyl-β- d -galactoside, and the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system did not exhibit reduced activities in NR70. Amino acid transport could be partially restored by the addition of N,N ′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. The results suggest that a role of the Mg 2+ -adenosine triphosphatase may be to participate in the coupling of energy derived from the electron transport chain to other processes such as transport.Keywords
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