PMID:4884824
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Fields, KL and Luria, SE (1969) Effects of colicins E1 and K on cellular metabolism. J. Bacteriol. 97:64-77 |
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| Abstract |
Colicins E1 and K inhibited a whole series of energy-dependent reactions in Escherichia coli cells, including motility, biosynthesis of nucleic acids, proteins and polysaccharides, and the conversion of ornithine to citrulline. Respiration was only partially affected, and substrates such as glucose continued to be catabolized through the normal pathways, albeit with reduced CO(2) production. The soluble products of aerobic glucose catabolism by colicin-treated cells were analyzed. Pyruvate replaced acetate as the major excreted product, and the following intermediates of glycolysis were excreted in significant amounts: glucose-6-phosphate, fructose-1,6-diphosphate, dihydroxyacetone phosphate, and 3-phosphoglycerate. Anaerobically growing cells manifested a somewhat enhanced tolerance to the colicins. This protection by anaerobiosis appeared to depend on the exclusion of oxygen more than on the extent of fermentative catabolism versus catabolism of the respiratory type. These results are interpreted in terms of possible functions of colicin in lowering the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content of the cells and in terms of the role of lowered ATP levels in inhibiting many of the energy-requiring reactions. |
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Acetone/biosynthesis; Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism; Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis; Carbon Dioxide/metabolism; Carbon Dioxide/pharmacology; Citrulline/biosynthesis; Colicins/pharmacology; Escherichia coli/drug effects; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Fermentation; Glucose/metabolism; Hexosephosphates/biosynthesis; Nucleic Acids/biosynthesis; Ornithine/metabolism; Oxygen Consumption/drug effects; Phosphates/biosynthesis; Polysaccharides/biosynthesis; Pyruvates/biosynthesis; Trioses/biosynthesis |
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