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Characterization of lactose carrier mutants which transport maltose. 1985

R J Brooker, and K Fiebig, and T H Wilson

Brooker and Wilson (Brooker, R. J., and Wilson, T. H. (1985) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 82, 3959-3963) previously isolated lactose carrier mutants which were able to transport maltose. All of the mutants were found to be single amino acid substitutions for alanine 177 or for tyrosine 236. In the present study, we have examined the ability of these mutants to transport maltose, lactose, o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside, methyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside, and H+. Both the position 177 and 236 mutants have enhanced rates of maltose transport and exhibit apparent Km values for maltose which are substantially less than that of the wild-type strain. The position 177 mutants transport lactose and other galactosides at a normal rate and with normal affinity during downhill transport and show counterflow transport rates which are faster than the wild-type strain. Interestingly, these mutants are markedly defective in accumulating substrates against a concentration gradient, yet retain a normal H+:galactoside stoichiometry. The position 236 mutants appear to be defective in the downhill, uphill, and counterflow transport of galactosides but exhibit a normal H+:galactoside stoichiometry.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D007785 Lactose A disaccharide of GLUCOSE and GALACTOSE in human and cow milk. It is used in pharmacy for tablets, in medicine as a nutrient, and in industry. Anhydrous Lactose,Lactose, Anhydrous
D008320 Maltose A dextrodisaccharide from malt and starch. It is used as a sweetening agent and fermentable intermediate in brewing. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
D008756 Methylgalactosides Methylgalactopyranosides,Methylgalactose
D009004 Monosaccharide Transport Proteins A large group of membrane transport proteins that shuttle MONOSACCHARIDES across CELL MEMBRANES. Hexose Transport Proteins,Band 4.5 Preactin,Erythrocyte Band 4.5 Protein,Glucose Transport-Inducing Protein,Hexose Transporter,4.5 Preactin, Band,Glucose Transport Inducing Protein,Preactin, Band 4.5,Proteins, Monosaccharide Transport,Transport Proteins, Hexose,Transport Proteins, Monosaccharide,Transport-Inducing Protein, Glucose
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D005838 Genotype The genetic constitution of the individual, comprising the ALLELES present at each GENETIC LOCUS. Genogroup,Genogroups,Genotypes
D013045 Species Specificity The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species. Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species

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