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. 1969 Feb;97(2):705–714. doi: 10.1128/jb.97.2.705-714.1969

Product Induction in Pseudomonas acidovorans of a Permease System Which Transports l-Tryptophan1

Henry Rosenfeld 1, Philip Feigelson 1,2
PMCID: PMC249749  PMID: 5773025

Abstract

Growth of Pseudomonas acidovorans in the presence of l-tryptophan resulted in the appearance of a tryptophan transport system which was extremely sensitive to sodium azide or 2,4-dinitrophenol. Asparagine-grown cells possessed no detectable tryptophan “permease” activity. Substitution of l-kynurenine for l-tryptophan in the growth medium also induced the tryptophan permease activity, along with tryptophan oxygenase and kynurenine formamidase. This is the first reported example of the product induction of a permease activity. Irrespective of whether Pseudomonas cells are grown in the presence of d- or l-tryptophan, the resulting induced tryptophan permease activity is specific for the l-isomer. In addition, the radioactive compounds l-leucine, l-phenylalanine, or dl-5-hydroxytryptophan are not transported. When dl-5-fluorotryptophan is a component of the inducing medium (with l-tryptophan), induction of tryptophan permease activity, as well as tryptophan oxygenase, is inhibited. In the permease assay system, using normally induced cells, the fluoroanalogue inhibited strikingly tryptophan transport. Therefore, this analogue may inhibit induction by blocking inducer transport into the cell. When added to the l-tryptophan-inducing medium, dl-7-azatryptophan markedly enhanced induction of tryptophan oxygenase, but the level of tryptophan permease activity was not further elevated. The mechanism of this analogue is unclear at present. Invariant tryptophan permease activity levels are found in cells grown with 5 or 15 mml-tryptophan or 5 mml-kynurenine, whereas the respective tryptophan oxygenase levels are greatly different. Together with other results, these results indicate that the synthesis of tryptophan permease activity is not coordinate with that of tryptophan oxygenase. Tryptophan transport is strongly inhibited by l-formylkynurenine and by l-kynurenine. These two metabolites were prepared in radioactive form, and they are actively transported following bacterial growth on l-tryptophan or l-kynurenine. Preliminary results suggest the tryptophan permease activity may be distinct from the permease(s) activity for l-formylkynurenine and l-kynurenine. Kynurenine, then, is capable of inducing tryptophan permease and kynurenine permease activities.

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