Transport kinetics of ectoine, an osmolyte produced by Brevibacterium epidermis.

Abstract:

:Brevibacterium epidermis DSM 20659 is a halotolerant Gram-positive bacterium which can synthesize the osmolyte, ectoine, but prefers to take it up from its environment. The present study revealed that B. epidermis is equipped with at least one transport system for ectoine, with a maximal transport velocity of 15.7 +/- 4.3 nmol/g CDW.min. The transport requires energy (ATP) and is completely inhibited by the proton uncoupler, CCCP. The ectoine uptake system is constitutively expressed at a basal level of activity and its activity is immediately 10-fold increased by hyper-osmotic stress. Initial uptake rates are not influenced by the intensity of the hyper-osmotic shock but the duration of the increased activity of the uptake system could be directly related to the osmotic strength of the assay solution. Competition assays indicate that betaine, but not proline, is also transported by the ectoine uptake system.

journal_name

Biotechnol Lett

journal_title

Biotechnology letters

authors

Onraedt A,De Mey M,Walcarius B,Soetaert W,Vandamme EJ

doi

10.1007/s10529-006-9149-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1741-7

issue

21

eissn

0141-5492

issn

1573-6776

journal_volume

28

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