Abstract
Phosphoribulokinase in Alcaligenes eutrophus was partially inactivated when an autotrophic culture was shifted to heterotrophic growth with pyruvate as the sole source of carbon and energy. A similar response was observed on addition of various organic substrates to autotrophic cultures during the transition to mixotrophic growth. The extent of inactivation depended on the added substrate. Pyruvate or lactate caused the strongest inactivation among the tested substrates. Up to 75% of the phosphoribulokinase activity found in the autotrophic cells was lost within 30 min after supplementation of the cultures with either of these two substrates. This loss of enzyme activity was not the result of degradation of enzyme protein. Inactivation of phosphoribulokinase was accompanied by a decrease in the CO2 fixation rate of the cells. Reactivation of the enzyme occurred after exhaustion of pyruvate from the medium. Neither inactivation nor reactivation required de novo protein synthesis; however, continued energy conversion was necessary for the inactivation to occur. We suggest that the pyruvate metabolism of A. eutrophus is involved in these regulatory processes which act on phosphoribulokinase. They appear to contribute to the control of autotrophic CO2 assimilation in this organism.
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