Regulation of D-alanine carboxypeptidase and peptidoglycan cross-linkage in amino acid-deprived Escherichia coli.
AUTOR(ES)
Harkness, R E
RESUMO
The effect of amino acid deprivation on the activities of D-alanine carboxypeptidase (CPase) and peptidoglycan transpeptidase in Escherichia coli was determined. Enzymes were assayed in ether-treated bacteria (ETB) which were permeable to peptidoglycan nucleotide precursors. ETB were prepared at intervals from cultures grown in the presence and absence of a required amino acid. The specific activity of CPase in ETB decreased 50 to 85% during amino acid deprivation. This was paralleled by a 60 to 70% decrease in the specific activity of peptidoglycan transpeptidase. Both enzymes reached their lowest level of activity about 40 min after the onset of amino acid deprivation. The decrease in CPase activity apparently was not due to degradation of the enzyme, since full activity was restored after disruption of ETB by sonication. A decrease in CPase activity was associated with an enhancement of transpeptidation. The peptidoglycan synthesized in vitro by amino acid-deprived ETB was 1.7 times more cross-linked than the peptidoglycan synthesized by control ETB These results support the proposal that CPase may be involved in regulating transpeptidation in E. coli.
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