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Isolation of Physiologically Active Thylakoids and Their Use in Energy-Dependent Protein Transport Assays
Published on: September 28, 2018
Specificity of peptide transport systems in Lactococcus lactis: evidence for a third system which transports
C Foucaud1, E R Kunji, A Hagting
1Station de Recherches Laitières, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Abstract:
A proton motive force-driven di-tripeptide carrier protein (DtpT) and an ATP-dependent oligopeptide transport system (Opp) have been described for Lactococcus lactis MG1363. Using genetically well-defined mutants in which dtpT and/or opp were inactivated, we have now established the presence of a third peptide transport system (DtpP) in L. lactis. The specificity of DtpP partially overlaps that of DtpT. DtpP transports preferentially di- and tripeptides that are composed of hydrophobic (branched-chain amino acid) residues, whereas DtpT has a higher specificity for more-hydrophilic and charged peptides. The toxic dipeptide L-phenylalanyl-beta-chloro-L-alanine has been used to select for a di-tripeptide transport-negative mutant with the delta dtpT strain as a genetic background. This mutant is unable to transport di- and tripeptides but still shows uptake of amino acids and oligopeptides. The DtpP system is induced in the presence of di- and tripeptides containing branched-chain amino acids. The use of ionophores and metabolic inhibitors suggests that, similar to Opp, DtpP-mediated peptide transport is driven by ATP or a related energy-rich phosphorylated intermediate.
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