Transport of Amino Acids in Membrane Vesicles of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides Energized by Respiratory and Cyclic Electron Flow
- 1 July 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 55 (2), 397-406
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1975.tb02175.x
Abstract
Active transport of amino acids in whole cells and membrane vesicles from the facultative photo-synthetic bacterium Rhodopseduomonas spheroides is coupled to electron flow in the respiratory chain and in the cyclic electron transfer system. In vesicles made from cells grown aerobically in the dark transport of amino acids is most effectively energized by the oxidation of NADH and to a lesser extent by ascorbate or succinate in the presence of N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-1, 4-phenyldiamine dihydrochloride or by ascorbate + phenazine methosulphate via the respiratory chain with oxygen as terminal electron acceptor. In membrane vesicles from cells grown anaerobically in the light the energy for active transport of amino acids is supplied upon illumination by photo-oxidation of bacteriochlorophyll and subsequent electron flow through the cyclic electron transfer system. The initial rate of transport increases with the light intensity upto saturation levels. In both vesicle preparations, inhibitors of electron transfer flow inhibit amino acid uptake. In order to obtain light-driven amino acid transport the isolation of membrane vesicles needs to be performed in a medium with a redox potential between 0 and 100 mV. Illumination of vesicles made from cells grown anaerobically in the light results in the generation of a membrane potential as is indicated by the uptake of the lipophylic cation triphenyl-methylphosphonium.Keywords
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