Bhatt A, Green R, Coles R, Condon M, Connell N D
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Department of Surgery, UMDNJ/New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA.
J Bacteriol. 1998 Dec;180(24):6773-5. doi: 10.1128/JB.180.24.6773-6775.1998.
A mutant of Mycobacterium smegmatis unable to use the dipeptide carnosine (beta-alanyl-L-histidine) as a sole carbon or nitrogen source was isolated. Carnosinase activity and the ability to grow on beta-Ala and/or L-His were similar in the mutant and the wild type. However, the mutant showed significant impairment in the uptake of carnosine. This study is the first description of a peptide utilization mutant of a mycobacterium.
分离出一种耻垢分枝杆菌突变体,该突变体无法将二肽肌肽(β-丙氨酰-L-组氨酸)作为唯一碳源或氮源使用。该突变体和野生型的肌肽酶活性以及在β-丙氨酸和/或L-组氨酸上生长的能力相似。然而,该突变体在肌肽摄取方面表现出显著缺陷。本研究首次描述了分枝杆菌的一种肽利用突变体。