title: Identification of an arginine carrier in the vacuolar membrane of Neurospora crassa.
abstract: A number of arginine derivatives were tested for their ability to inhibit arginine uptake into vacuolar membrane vesicles of Neurospora crassa. The guanido side chain and L-configuration were found to be important for recognition by the arginine carrier. Based upon the specificity of recognition, a reactive arginine derivative (N alpha-p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl arginyl diazomethane) was synthesized which has an intact guanido side chain and a diazo group at the carboxyl end. The latter decomposes to a reactive carbene group. This derivative inhibited arginine uptake into vacuolar membrane vesicles at low concentrations. Radioactive N alpha-p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl arginyl diazomethane was covalently bound to vacuoles. Binding was specific for a single membrane protein with an approximate molecular weight of 40,000, saturable (2 pmol/mg vacuolar membrane protein), and inhibited by 100 mM L-arginine but not by 100 mM L-lysine. The results suggest that this protein is the arginine carrier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1569.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Paek
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000345:Affinity Labels / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009491:Neurospora / Q000378:metabolism*; D009492:Neurospora crassa / Q000378:metabolism*; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D001120:Arginine