title: Energetics of alanine, lysine, and proline transport in cytoplasmic membranes of the polyphosphate-accumulating Acinetobacter johnsonii strain 210A.
abstract: Amino acid transport in right-side-out membrane vesicles of Acinetobacter johnsonii 210A was studied. L-Alanine, L-lysine, and L-proline were actively transported when a proton motive force of -76 mV was generated by the oxidation of glucose via the membrane-bound glucose dehydrogenase. Kinetic analysis of amino acid uptake at concentrations of up to 80 microM revealed the presence of a single transport system for each of these amino acids with a Kt of less than 4 microM. The mode of energy coupling to solute uptake was analyzed by imposition of artificial ion diffusion gradients. The uptake of alanine and lysine was driven by a membrane potential and a transmembrane pH gradient. In contrast, the uptake of proline was driven by a membrane potential and a transmembrane chemical gradient of sodium ions. The mechanistic stoichiometry for the solute and the coupling ion was close to unity for all three amino acids. The Na+ dependence of the proline carrier was studied in greater detail. Membrane potential-driven uptake of proline was stimulated by Na+, with a half-maximal Na+ concentration of 26 microM. At Na+ concentrations above 250 microM, proline uptake was strongly inhibited. Generation of a sodium motive force and maintenance of a low internal Na+ concentration are most likely mediated by a sodium/proton antiporter, the presence of which was suggested by the Na(+)-dependent alkalinization of the intravesicular pH in inside-out membrane vesicles. The results show that both H+ and Na+ can function as coupling ions in amino acid transport in Acinetobacter spp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Van Veen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abee
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kleefsman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Melgers
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kortstee
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Konings
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Zehnder
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000378:metabolism*; D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D042843:Glucose 1-Dehydrogenase; D005948:Glucose Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008566:Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011122:Polyphosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D011392:Proline / Q000378:metabolism*; D011522:Protons; D012964:Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D011122:Polyphosphates; D011522:Protons; D011392:Proline; D012964:Sodium; D005948:Glucose Dehydrogenases; D042843:Glucose 1-Dehydrogenase; D005947:Glucose; D008239:Lysine; D000409:Alanine