Biomedical subjects

H W Doelle

Publications and source records attributed to H W Doelle.

7 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1978

Transitional steady-state investigations during aerobic-anaerobic transition of glucose utilization by Escherichia coli K-12.

Transitional steady-state investigations during changes in oxygen tension under aerobic and during aerobic-anaerobic transition conditions were carried out with the aim of finding an indicator system which separates the equilibrium from the non-equilibrium state. Of the parameters used i.e. biomass formation, CO2 production, Q02, NADH oxidase, succinate dehydrogenase, phosphofructokinase, glyceraldehyde-3 phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase, only the three enzymes requiring NADH or NADP for their function fulfilled the requirements. Biomass production and CO2 formation were useful only during the aerobic-anaerobic transition period. In each case the response was immediate and the indicator systems demonstrated that a new steady state of oxygen was always obtained after 11 h which, at the specific growth rate used, was equivalent to at least two volume replacements of the growth vessel.

Aerobiosis↗

PubMed1978

Bioenergetic aspects of aerobic glucose metabolism of Escherichia coli K-12 under varying specific growth rates and glucose concentrations.

An attempt was made to find a bioenergetical explanation for the differential effect of specific growth rate and glucose concentration on glucose metabolism of Escherichia coli K-12 with the help of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP). The effect of DNP on biomass occurred only at high glucose concentrations. The presence of this uncoupler strongly stimulated glucose uptake rates and oxygen uptake rates, but repressed severly Yg values. Increase in glucose concentration, however, sharply decreased QO2. The amount of oxygen required for maintenance was not affected by DNP, but Yomax values were much lower in the presence of DNP. The results are discussed and it is suggested that aerobic fermentation is caused by a severe reduction of site 1 of the respiratory chain region, whereas biomass formation is affected by repression of the terminal cytochrome a2. In comparing the effect of glucose on biomass formation at similar Qglucose levels aerobic and anaerobic fermentation, repression occurred in both cases at glucose concentrations of 0.3% and above. Although the analyses of 15 enzymes established the metabolic differences, the repression of growth was common to both fermentation types.

Aerobiosis↗

PubMed1976

Purification, properties and immunological relationship of L (+)-lactate dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus casei.

The fructose-1,6-bisphosphate-activated L-lactate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27) from Lactobacillus casei ATCC 393 has been purified to homogenity by including affinity chromatography (cibacronblue-Sephadex-G-200) and preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis into the purification procedures. The enzyme has an Mr of 132000-135000 with a subunit Mr of 34000. The pH optimum was found to be 5.4 insodium acetate buffer. Tris/maleate and citrate/phosphate buffers inhibited enzyme activity at this pH. The enzyme was completely inactivated by a temperature increase from 60 degrees C to 70 degrees C. Pyruvate saturation curves were sigmoidal in the absence of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. In the presence of 20 muM fructose 1,6-bisphosphate a Km of 1.0 mM for pyruvate was obtained, whereas fructose 1,6-bisphosphate had no effect on the Km of 0.01 mM for NADH. The use of pyruvate analogues revealed two types of pyruvate binding sites, a catalytic and an effector site. The enzyme from L. casei appears to be subject to strict metabolic control, since ADP, ATP, dihydroxyacetone phosphate and 6-phosphogluconate are strong inhibitors. Immunodiffusion experiments with a rabbit antiserum to L. casei lactate dehydrogenase revealed that L. casei ATCC 393 L (+)-lactate dehydrogenase is probably not immunologically related to group D and group N streptococci. Of 24 lactic acid bacterial strains tested only 5 strains did cross-react: L. casei ATCC 393 = L. casei var. rhamnosus ATCC 7469 - L. casei var. alactosus NCDO 680 greater than L. casei UQM 95 greater than L. plantarum ATCC 14917.

Cations, Divalent↗

PubMed1976

Effect of specific growth rate and glucose concentration on growth and glucose metabolism of Escherichia coli K-12.

Chemostat cultures of E. coli K-12 revealed that the metabolic change from respiration to aerobic fermentation can be obtained with increasing specific growth rate at low glucose input concentration (0.1%), or increasing glucose input concentrations at low specific growth rate (0.1 h-1). Both effects do not affect biomass formation. The metabolic change is not related to a pathway switch of glucose utilization. The increase in specific growth rate causes suppression of succinate dehydrogenase, and NADH oxidase, whereas glucose increases cause suppression of succinate dehydrogenase, cytochrome a and 2-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Both phenomena are reflected in the specific oxygen uptake rate, specific carbon dioxide production rate and respiratory quotient values. Growth limitation could be related to a maximal glucose uptake rate of the cell and thus constitutes an entirely different effect caused by high glucose input concentration.

Aerobiosis↗

PubMed1975

ATP-sensitive and ATP-insensitive phosphofructokinase in Escherichia coli K-12.

The purification and kinetic characteristics of two phosphofructokinases are described. Aerobic cultures of Escherichia coli exhibit two types of phosphofructokinase. Both types are dimers of mol. wt 150,000 (subunit mol. wt 73,000), whereas the anaerobic culture of E. coli revealed only one type, which is a tetramer of mol. wt 350,000 (subunit mol. wt 90,000). Type 1 of the aerobic enzyme, representing approximately 70% of the total enzyme activity, is ATP-insensitive, whereas type II and the anaerobic enzyme are ATP-sensitive. The addition of AMP stimulates the tetramer, relieving ATP inhibition, and also the type II dimer, which is, however, inhibited at concentrations higher than 0.5 mM AMP. No effect was observed on the type I dimer of the aerobic preparation. ADP stimulates the tetramer and inhibits type I more strongly than type II of the aerobic dimer. The kinetic characteristics together with the effect of metabolites on these phosphofructokinase types are described and discussed in the light of their importance for the regulatory mechanism of the Pasteur effect.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗

PubMed1975

Production of racemic lactic acid in Pediococcus cerevisiae cultures by two lactate dehydrogenases.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent d(minus)-and l(plus)-lactate dehydrogenases have been partially purified 89- and 70-fold simultaneously from cell-free extracts of Pediococcus cerevisiae. Native molecular weights, as estimated from molecular sieve chromatography and electrophoresis in nondenaturing polyacrylamide gels, are 71,000 to 73,000 for d(minus)-lactate dehydrogenase and 136,000 to 139,000 for l(plus)-lactate dehydrogenase. Electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate-containing gels reveals subunits with approximate molecular weights of 37,000 to 39,000 for both enzymes. By lowering the pyruvate concentration from 5.0 to 0.5 mM, the pH optimum for pyruvate reduction by d(minus)-lactate dehydrogenase decreases from pH 8.0 to 3.6. However, l(plus)-lactate dehydrogenase displays an optimum for pyruvate reduction between pH 4.5 and 6.0 regardless of the pyruvate concentration. The enzymes obey Michaelis-Menten kinetics for both pyruvate and reduced NAD at pH 5.4 and 7.4, with increased affinity for both substrates at the acid pH. alpha-Ketobutyrate can be used as a reducible substrate, whereas oxamate has no inhibitory effect on lactate oxidation by either enzyme. Adenosine triphosphate causes inhibition of both enzymes by competition with reduced NAD. Adenosine diphosphate is also inhibitory under the same conditions, whereas NAD acts as a product inhibitor. These results are discussed with relation to the lactate isomer production during the growth cycle of P. cerevisiae.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

PubMed1975

Investigation into pyruvate kinases from Escherichia coli K-12 grown under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.

Two forms of anaerobic Escherichia coli K-12 pyruvate kinase (EC 2.7.1.40) were separated by ammonium sulphate fractionations. Pyruvate kinases I is allosteric and pyruvate kinase II is non-allosteric to phosphoenolpyruvate. The addition of 1 mM FDP reversed the allostery to normal Michaelis-Menten kinetics. AMP had no effect, whereas 8 mM ATP completely inhibited the enzyme. The enzyme showed normal kinetics with ADP as substrate. Mg2+ and Mn2+ stimulated whereas Cu2+ severely inhibited the enzyme, which could be reversed by the addition of 1 mM FDP. Citrate, alpha-ketoglutarate, succinate, fumarate and alanine inhibited the enzyme, whereas phenylalanine had no effect. The allosteric pyruvate kinase from aerobic cultures was not only activated by FDP, but also by AMP. FDP changed Km and Vmax, whereas AMP influenced only the Km. During aerobic-anaerobic transition, pyruvate kinase synthesis increases and reaches a maximum under anaerobic conditions. The degree of FDP activation remains constant, but AMP activation is lost during transition. Aerobic cultures of E. coli K-12 grown on gluconeogenic substrates exhibited pyruvate kinase II activity (non-allosteric), which was stimulated by FDP and by AMP. It has been suggested that E. coli may have two types of pyruvate kinase II depending on the substrate and two types of pyruvate kinase I depending on oxygen tension in the medium.

Adenine Nucleotides↗