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Intracellular protein breakdown in non-growing cells of Escherichia coli.


ABSTRACT: 1. When Escherichia coli leu(-) was incubated at 35 degrees in a medium based on minimal medium, but with the omission of phosphate ions, or glucose, or NH(4) (+) ions and leucine, intracellular protein was degraded at a rate of about 5%/hr. in each case. If Mg(2+) ions were omitted, however, the rate of degradation was 2.9%/hr. 2. Under certain conditions of incubation, protein degradation was inhibited. The inhibitor was neither NH(4) (+) ions nor amino acids, and its properties were not those of a protein, but it might be an unstable species of RNA. 3. Although a large part of the cell protein was degraded at about 5%/hr. during starvation of NH(4) (+) ions and leucine, some proteins were lost at more rapid rates, whereas others were lost at lower rates or not at all. 4. In particular, beta-galactosidase activity was lost at about 8%/hr. during starvation of NH(4) (+) ions and leucine, whereas d-serine-deaminase and alkaline-phosphatase activities were stable. During starvation of Mg(2+) ions, all three enzyme activities were stable.

SUBMITTER: Willetts NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1270427 | biostudies-other | 1967 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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