title: Transport of arginine and ornithine into isolated mitochondria of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: In this work we have characterised the transport of L-arginine and L-ornithine into mitochondria isolated from a wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain and an isogenic arg11 knock-out mutant. The Arg11 protein (Arg11p) is a mitochondrial carrier required for arginine biosynthesis [Crabeel, M., Soetens, O., De Rijcke, M., Pratiwi, R. & Pankiewicz, R. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 25011-25019]. Reconstitution experiments have confirmed that it is an L-ornithine carrier also transporting L-arginine and L-lysine by order of decreasing affinity, but not L-histidine [Palmieri, L., De Marco, V., Iacobazzi, V., Palmieri, F., Runswick, M. & Walker, J. (1997) FEBS Lett. 410, 447-451]. Evidence is presented here that the mitochondrial inner membrane contains an L-arginine and L-ornithine transporting system distinct from Arg11p, in keeping with the arginine leaky phenotype of arg11 knock-out mutants. The newly characterised carrier, which we propose to name Bac1p (basic amino acid carrier), behaves as an antiporter catalysing the electroneutral exchange of the basic amino acids L-arginine, L-lysine, L-ornithine and L-histidine and displays the highest affinity for L-arginine (Km of 30 microM). L-Arginine uptake has a pH optimum in the range of 7.5-9 and is inhibited by several sulphydryl reagents, by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and by cations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie, c/o Research Institute of COOVI, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Soetens
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crabeel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: El Moualij
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duyckaerts
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sluse
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001120:Arginine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D009952:Ornithine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; C101833:ORT1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D001120:Arginine; D009952:Ornithine