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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 20, 9083-9086, 07, 1986

Reconstitution of sugar phosphate transport systems of Escherichia coli

SV Ambudkar, TJ Larson and PC Maloney

Studies with Escherichia coli cells showed that the transport systems encoded by glpT (sn-glycerol 3-phosphate transport) and uhpT (hexose phosphate transport) catalyze a reversible 32Pi:Pi exchange. This reaction could be used to monitor the glpT or uhpT activities during reconstitution. Membranes from suitably constructed strains were extracted with octylglucoside in the presence of lipid and glycerol, and proteoliposomes were formed by dilution in 0.1 M KPi (pH 7). Both reconstituted systems mediated a 32Pi:Pi exchange which was blocked by the appropriate heterologous substrate, sn-glycerol 3-phosphate (G3P) or 2-deoxyglucose 6-phosphate (2DG6P), with an apparent Ki near 50 microM. In the absence of an imposed cation-motive gradient, Pi-loaded proteoliposomes also transported the expected physiological substrate; Michaelis constants for the transport of G3P or 2DG6P were near 20 microM. The heterologous exchange showed a maximal velocity of 130 nmol/min/mg protein via the glpT system and 11 nmol/min/mg protein for the uhpT system. This difference was expected because the G3P transport activity had been reconstituted from a strain carrying multiple copies of the glpT gene. Taken together, these results suggest that anion exchange may be the molecular basis for transport by the glpT and uhpT proteins.
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