Growth of Escherichia coli on Short-Chain Fatty Acids: Nature of the Uptake System

Author:

Salanitro Joseph P.1,Wegener Warner S.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Abstract

Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 which grow on butyrate and valerate were studied with respect to uptake of these substrates. To utilize short-chain and medium-chain fatty acids, E. coli must synthesize the β-oxidation enzymes constitutively. In addition, growth on the C 4 and C 5 acids requires a second mutation which permits entry of these substrates. At p H 5, both in the parent and mutant strains, butyrate and valerate penetrate as the undissociated acids but appear not to be activated and thus inhibit growth. At p H 7, the parent strain is not permeable to the anions, whereas the mutant concentrates these substrates. There appear to be two components of the uptake system, a nonspecific diffusion component and an energy-linked activating enzyme. Two mutant types which take up short-chain fatty acids are described. One synthesizes the uptake system constitutively and is inhibited by 4-pentenoate when cultured on acetate. In the other, the uptake system is inducible, and the strain is pentenoate-resistant when grown on acetate but pentenoate-sensitive when cultured on butyrate or valerate.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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