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. 1989 Nov;171(11):6135–6140. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.11.6135-6140.1989

Peptide uptake is essential for growth of Lactococcus lactis on the milk protein casein.

E J Smid 1, R Plapp 1, W N Konings 1
PMCID: PMC210481  PMID: 2509429

Abstract

The chlorated dipeptide L-alanyl-beta-chloro-L-alanine (diACA) is very toxic for Lactococcus lactis. Spontaneous mutants resistant to the dipeptide were isolated from plates. The presence and activities of cell wall-associated proteinase, different peptidases in cell extracts, amino acid transport systems, and di- and oligopeptide transport systems were examined and compared in a diACA-resistant mutant and the wild type. Only the rates of di- and tripeptide transport were found to be significantly reduced in the diACA-resistant mutant of L. lactis ML3. Since all other characteristics of this mutant were comparable to those of the wild type, the diACA-resistant mutant is most likely deficient in di- and tripeptide transport. Uptake of di- and tripeptides by L. lactis ML3 was found to be mainly mediated by one peptide transport system. The peptide transport-deficient mutant was found to be unable to grow on a chemically defined medium supplemented with casein as the sole nitrogen source, whereas growth could be restored by the addition of amino acids. These results indicate that peptide transport in L. lactis ML3 is an essential component in the process of casein utilization during growth in milk.

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