Analysis of the structural specificity of the lactose permease toward sugars.
Analysis of the structural specificity of the lactose permease toward sugars.
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10.1016/s0021-9258(18)71576-7
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1989-09
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S. Olsen;R. Brooker
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作者:
S. Olsen;R. Brooker
The sugar specificity properties of the lactose permease were investigated. Free galactose was shown to competitively inhibit the lactose permease yielding aKivalue of 7.4 mM. This value was severalfold higher than the observedKmfor lactose (1.3 mM). A variety of other monosaccharides also showed significant inhibition of lactose transport. With regard to −OH groups along the galactose ring it appears that the relative importance is OH-3 > OH-4 > OH-6 > OH-2 > OH-1. In general, galactosides with α-linkages exhibited significantly higher affinities compared with their β-linked counterparts. An optimal size for the aglycone portion of the galactoside was reached with aglycones containing hexose residues or a benzene ring. The preferred size of the aglycone appears to be hexose, benzene ring > methyl group > no aglycone ≫ disaccharide > trisaccharide. However, neither the specific structure of the aglycone nor its relative hydrophobicity appeared to be important factors in permease recognition. For example, the hydrophobic β-nitrophenylgalactosides had lower affinities compared with lactose (a β-galactoside), whereas the α-nitrophenylgalactosides generally had higher affinities compared with melibiose (an a-galactoside). In addition, no consistent preference was seen when considering the location of the nitro group on the benzene ring. From this work, a model is presented which depicts the binding of galactosides to the lactose permease.