Article
Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride protects L-lysine transport in Schizosaccharomyces pombe against inactivation by ammonium ions.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 30 Apr 1990
Horák J, Sychrová H, Kotyk A
Abstract excerpt
Ammonium ions inactivate the basic amino acid transport system in Schizosaccharomyces pombe in an irreversible manner. The inactivation is accompanied by a 4-fold decrease of KT of L-lysine transport, leaving its Jmax unchanged; phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride protects the system against inactivation. In contrast, two basic amino acid transport systems in a gap1 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are influenced by...
Topics
- Ammonia
- Biological Transport
- Lysine
- Mutation
- Phenylmethylsulfonyl Fluoride
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Saccharomycetales
- Schizosaccharomyces
- Sulfones
- Time Factors
