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Abstract

Mutants () of which lack the high affinity transport of -aspartate and -glutamate have been isolated by their resistance to ---hydroxyaspartate. They transport low concentrations (100 ) of all three amino acids at a greatly reduced rate but they can still grow at the normal rate on high concentrations of aspartate (25 m) as sole carbon source. The mutation has been mapped between and . In glucose/citrate medium, an mutant, auxotrophic for aspartate, requires much lower aspartate concentrations for growth than an double mutant. These results demonstrate that a low affinity aspartate transport system is still present in mutant strains. This was also shown by the fact that both and mutants, which carry the gene () for high aspartase production, grew at the same rate in media containing high concentrations (25 m) of -aspartate as sole carbon source. The high affinity aspartate transport system ( = 67 ) alone can satisfy the growth requirements of aspartate auxotrophs in media containing glucose or some other carbon source. However, the maximum rate ( ) of this transport system is too low to allow rapid growth on aspartate as sole carbon source. For such rapid uptake the low affinity aspartate transport system is needed. Membrane vesicles, energized by glycerophosphate, exhibit only the active high affinity transport which is saturated at about 100 --aspartate ( = 66 ). Apparently, the proton motive force, which energizes the high affinity aspartate (and glutamate) transport, is not (directly) required for the low affinity aspartate transport.

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