PMID:12413473
| Citation |
Killmann, H and Gestwa, G (2002) Determination of ferrichrome binding to the FhuA outer membrane transport protein, periplasmic accumulation of ferrichrome, or transport of ferrichrome into cells using a three-layer oil technique. Anal. Biochem. 310:55-60 |
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| Abstract |
A new method for the determination of ferrichrome binding to the FhuA transporter in the Escherichia coli outer membrane, ferrichrome accumulation in the periplasmic space, and ferrichrome transport into the cytoplasm was developed. Cells were separated from residual, soluble, radiolabeled ferrichrome by centrifugation in a micro-test tube containing three layers of nonmixable solutions of different densities. Cells in the upper aqueous layer passed through the middle silicone oil layer, but did not enter the underlying NaI layer, thereby accumulating on top of the NaI layer; soluble compounds remained in the upper aqueous layer. Cells were then easily recovered by centrifugation, and radioactivity was determined by liquid scintillation counting. Reproducible results for all applications tested were obtained without the need for any washing steps. The method was tested by determination of receptor binding and transport of ferrichrome with various FhuA mutants which, in contrast to their transport activity, showed only a weak binding of ferrichrome to FhuA and compared with the commonly used cellulose nitrate filter method. Similar transport rates were obtained with the two methods, but binding of ferrichrome to the mutated FhuA proteins and accumulation of ferrichrome in the periplasm could be measured only with the new method. |
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Biological Transport, Active; Cell Membrane/metabolism; Centrifugation, Density Gradient/methods; Escherichia coli/cytology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Ferrichrome/metabolism; Ferrichrome/pharmacokinetics; Iron Radioisotopes; Kinetics; Periplasmic Binding Proteins/genetics; Periplasmic Binding Proteins/metabolism; Plasmids/genetics; Protein Binding; Receptors, Virus/genetics; Receptors, Virus/metabolism; Scintillation Counting/methods; Silicones/chemistry; Sodium Iodide/chemistry |
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