Inhibition by glucose of the synthesis of proline from glutamic acid |
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Authors: | FORBES M SEVAG M G |
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Affiliation: | From the Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaU.S.A. |
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Abstract: | While in the absence of glucose, proline is not a required amino acid, in the presence of glucose the growth of Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus in amino acid medium is proportional to the concentration of proline when all other amino acids and growth factors are present in amounts adequate for optimal growth. The data presented here and the ideas prevailing in the literature indicate that glutamic acid is a precursor of proline. Glucose inhibits the conversion of glutamic acid into proline, which in turn causes failure of growth. Thus, 1 μg. and 10 μg. glucose/ ml. cause 50% and 100% inhibition, respectively, of the growth dependent on the synthesis of proline. One μg. proline antagonizes completely the inhibition in the presence of 5,000 μg. glucose/ml.One μg. glycerol, 100 μg. pyruvate, 250 μg. lactate, or 100 μg. α-glycerophosphate/ml., individually, cause from 25 to 50% inhibition of the growth dependent on the synthesis of proline from glutamic acid. Five thousand μg./ml. either of malic, succinic, fumaric, α-keto-glutaric, cis-aconitic acid, or dihydroxyacetone, or 500 μg. citric acid/ml. fails to cause inhibition.Pyrrolidone carboxylic acid was found to substitute for glutamic acid but not for proline in tests with M. pyogenes var. aureus. Also, seven proline-less mutant strains of Escherichia coli were unable to utilize pyrrolidone carboxylic acid in place of proline. No evidence was obtained to indicate that pyrrolidone carboxylic acid could serve as a direct precursor of proline. |
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