251. Hydrolysis of leaf Fraction 1 protein by the proteolytic rumen bacterium Bacteroides ruminicola R8/4.
- Author
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Hazlewood GP, Jones GA, and Mangan JL
- Subjects
- Amino Acids metabolism, Animals, Bacteroides growth & development, Hydrolysis, Peptide Hydrolases metabolism, Sulfhydryl Compounds pharmacology, Bacteroides metabolism, Carboxy-Lyases metabolism, Dietary Proteins metabolism, Plant Proteins metabolism, Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase metabolism, Rumen microbiology
- Abstract
Proteolytic activity in a batch culture of Bacteroides ruminicola R8/4 was maximal and largely (greater than 90%) cell-associated during the mid-exponential phase of growth. The cell-bound protease was not inactivated during storage at --70% C, was not significantly affected by pH over the range 5.9 to 8.2, but was subject to substrate inhibition by Fraction 1 protein (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase; EC 4.1.1.39) and was most active in the presence of thiol reagents. Radioactive Fraction 1 protein was hydrolysed by non-growing and growing cells of B. ruminicola R8/4 with the production of peptides and free amino acids. Deaminase activity was absent. Radioactive amino acids were incorporated into bacterial proteins from [14C]Fraction 1 protein without substantial change in specific radioactivity.
- Published
- 1981
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