Choline transport in Fusarium graminearum A 3
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Authors: | GD Robson LC Best MG Wiebe APJ Trinci |
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Institution: | Department of Cell and Structural Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK. |
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Abstract: | Fusarium graminearum A 3/5 possesses a high affinity system (Km = 32 +/- 8 microM; mean +/- SE) for uptake of choline, which was shown to be energy-dependent and constitutive. The maximum rate of choline uptake by this system was repressed by ammonia and glucose, showing a three-fold increase in maximum activity after nitrogen (2 h) or carbon (4 h) starvation. The system was highly specific for choline with only dimethylethanolamine (Ki = 198 +/- 29 microM), betaine aldehyde (Ki = 95 +/- 14 microM) and chlorocholine (Ki = 352 +/- 40 microM) acting as competitive inhibitors. Hemicholinium-3 acted as a mixed (non-competitive) inhibitor (KIES = 1.9 +/- 0.6 microM; KIE = 3.6 +/- 1.9 microM). |
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Keywords: | Choline transport Fungal morphology Fusarium graminearum |
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