Inactivation and partial degradation of phosphoribosylanthranilate isomerase-indoleglycerol phosphate synthetase in nongrowing cultures of Escherichia coli.

Journal of Bacteriology
R D MostellerR V Goldstein

Abstract

The stability of tryptophan biosynthetic enzyme activities was examined in cultures of repressor-negative (trpR) strains of Escherichia coli K-12 incubated under conditions of nutrient starvation of chloramphenicol inhibition. The results show that four of the five activities examined are stable under most nongrowing conditions, whereas one activity, indoleglycerol phosphate (InGP) synthetase, carried by the trpC protein, is unstable under most conditions tested. Phosphoribosylanthranilate (PRA) isomerase activity, which is also carried by the trpC protein, is unstable during starvation for ammonium, cysteine, or sulfate but is stable under other nongrowing conditions where InGP synthetase is not. InGP synthetase activity but not PRA isomerase activity is also diminished about twofold in cultures using glycerol as a carbon-energy source. These results indicate that one or both activities of the trpC protein is specifically inactivated under several culture conditions. Experiments with antibodies to the trpC protein show that sulfate-starved and ammonium-starved cultures contain 20 to 40% less immunologically reactive trpC protein than unstarved cultures. This indicates that the trpC protein is probably partially degraded under ...Continue Reading

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