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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
A new method has been developed for measuring peptide transport in aminoacid auxotrophs of Escherichia coli by following induction of beta-galactosidase. Appearance of the enzyme was determined after addition of inducer and peptides to amino-acid starved bacteria. For a given number of lysine equivalents, the rate and the extent of enzyme synthesis were the same for lysine and lysyl peptides; similar results were found for glycine and glycl peptides. Saturation constants for peptide transport were determined from the exogenous peptide concentration that gave half maximal rates of enzyme synthesis. The saturation constants, studies with mutants defective in peptide transport, and detection of competition between peptides for uptake, all endorsed earlier conclusions from growth tests about the structural specificities for peptide transport. The new method is quicker, more sensitive and more informative than growth tests.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-1287
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
485-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2001-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Monitoring enzyme synthesis as a means of studying peptide transport and utilization in Escherichia coli.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article