A bacterial arginine-agmatine exchange transporter involved in extreme acid resistance |
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Authors: | Fang Yiling Kolmakova-Partensky Ludmila Miller Christopher |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA. |
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Abstract: | The arginine-dependent extreme acid resistance response of Escherichia coli operates by decarboxylating arginine. AdiC, a membrane antiporter, catalyzes arginine influx coupled to efflux of the decarboxylation product agmatine, effectively exporting a proton in each turnover. Using the adiC coding sequence under control of a tetracycline promoter in an E. coli vector, we expressed and purified the transport-protein with a yield of approximately 10 mg/liter bacterial culture. Glutaraldehyde cross-linking experiments indicate that the protein is a homodimer in detergent micelles and lipid membranes. Purified AdiC reconstituted into liposomes exchanges arginine and agmatine in a strictly coupled, electrogenic fashion. Kinetic analysis yields K(m) approximately 80 microm for Arg, in the same range as its dissociation constant determined by isothermal titration calorimetry. |
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