title: Amino acid transport in membrane vesicles of Clostridium thermoautotrophicum.
abstract: A proton motive force (delta p) generated by oxidation of CO in membrane vesicles of Clostridium thermoautotrophicum drove active transport of L-alanine, glycine and L-serine. The maximum rate (Vmax) for L-alanine transport was 12 X higher at 50 degrees C than at 25 degrees C. The apparent transport constant (Kt) for L-alanine uptake was 30-40 microM and independent of the temperature. Glycine was a substrate for the L-alanine transport system as demonstrated by the competitive inhibition of L-alanine uptake by glycine (Ki = 6 microM), by the kinetics of glycine uptake (Kt = 7 microM) and by the inhibition of glycine uptake by L-alanine. The uptake kinetics of glycine was biphasic. L-Serine inhibited competitively also L-alanine and glycine transport but it was taken up by a separate transport system. The rate of amino acid transport, but not the Kt, was dependent on the value of the proton motive force.
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute for Dairy Research, Kernhemseweg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hugenholtz
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Ljungdahl
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003013:Clostridium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005998:Glycine / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D011522:Protons; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011522:Protons; D012694:Serine; D000409:Alanine; D005998:Glycine