PANTOTHENATE STUDIES .1. INTERFERENCE BY D-SERINE AND L-ASPARTIC ACID WITH PANTOTHENATE SYNTHESIS IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI
PANTOTHENATE STUDIES .1. INTERFERENCE BY D-SERINE AND L-ASPARTIC ACID WITH PANTOTHENATE SYNTHESIS IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.60.6.733-745.1950
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发表时间:
1950-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
DAVIS, BD
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作者:
MAAS, WK;DAVIS, BD
D-serine inhibits growth of the W strain of E. coli bv interfering with the conversion of beta-alanine to pantothenate. In growth expts. the inhibition was reversed competitively by beta-alanine and non-competitively by pantothenate; in expts. with non-growing cell suspensions, inhibition of the pantothenate synthesizing enzyme system was restored competitively by beta-alanine. Using the same methods L-aspartic acid was shown to enhance D-serine inhibition by interfering with the conversion of beta-alanine to pantothenate. The use of biochemical mutants blocked at various stages of pantothenate synthesis permitted testing of certain assumptions underlying inhibition analysis; confirmatory results obtained with them strengthened the validity of the conclusions reached with expts. on the wild type. The usefulness of biochemical mutants combined with inhibition analysis in the study of the mechanism of antimicrobial action is discussed.