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. 1970 Aug;103(2):277–285. doi: 10.1128/jb.103.2.277-285.1970

Biosynthesis of the Branched-Chain Amino Acids in Yeast: a Leucine-Binding Component and Regulation of Leucine Uptake

Howard Bussey a,1, H E Umbarger a
PMCID: PMC248076  PMID: 5432002

Abstract

Use of an ion-exchange resin assay has shown that leucine is bound to a component of a dialyzed extract of yeast. Leucine binding may be related to in vivo uptake of the amino acid. A yeast strain with a 30-fold lower affinity for leucine uptake in vivo has a parallel reduction in affinity for in vitro leucine binding; the rate of leucine uptake in wild-type yeast can be increased four- to fivefold by growth on leucine as a sole nitrogen source. Under these conditions, the specific activity of the leucine-binding component also increases over threefold. Regulation of leucine uptake was studied by using wild-type strain 60615 and a mutant 60615/fl2 with a constitutively elevated leucine uptake system. Leucine pool formation in the mutant was accompanied by an overshoot, leading to a loss of leucine from the pool. The phenomenon could be observed in the wild type under certain conditions. The mechanism of this process was examined. The leucine uptake system was found to be stable in the absence of protein synthesis. The rate of leucine uptake increased on reduction of the pool of amino acids, and in strain 60615/fl2 the ability to overshoot was rapidly recovered on depletion of the leucine pool. The results suggest a control of leucine uptake by feedback inhibition, in which leucine or other amino acids, e.g., isoleucine, inhibit leucine uptake. The results do not exclude control by a rapidly activated-inactivated system.

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