Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 585, Issue 1, Pages 23-28Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.11.055
Keywords
AmtB; Active transport; Futile cycling; GlnK
Funding
- EC-MOAN [043235]
- MOSES
- BBSRC [BB/C008219/1, BB/F003528/1, BB/I00470X/1]
- FP7 project UNICELLSYS
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/C008219/1, BB/I00470X/1, BB/F003528/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/F003528/1, BB/I00470X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The nature of the ammonium import into prokaryotes has been controversial. A systems biological approach makes us hypothesize that AmtB-mediated import must be active for intracellular NH4+ concentrations to sustain growth. Revisiting experimental evidence, we find the permeability assays reporting passive NH3 import inconclusive. As an inevitable consequence of the proposed NH4+ transport, outward permeation of NH3 constitutes a futile cycle. We hypothesize that the regulatory protein GlnK is required to fine-tune the active transport of ammonium in order to limit futile cycling whilst enabling an intracellular ammonium level sufficient for the cell's nitrogen requirements. (C) 2010 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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