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Regulation of uracil uptake in Escherichia coli by adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate
Abstract:
Culture of a wild-type strain of Escherichia coli in the presence of cyclic AMP leads to an impairment of uracil uptake. Half maximum inhibition of uracil uptake was observed at 1.5 mM cyclic AMP. The effect seems to be specific since no inhibition was found in cultures supplemented with ATP, ADP or 5'-AMP. Similarly the inhibition was not observed in cultures of a mutant deficient in the cyclic AMP receptor protein. The inhibition in uracil uptake, found in bacteria cultured in the presence of cyclic AMP, is not a consequence of a reduction in the growth rate. On the other hand, this inhibition was observed only in cultures containing glucose or pyruvate as carbon source.
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