Lac permease of Escherichia coli: histidine-205 and histidine-322 play different roles in lactose/protein symport
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Abstract
The lac permease of Escherichia coli was modified by site-directed mutagenesis such that His-205 or His-322 is replaced with either Asn or Gln. Permease with Asn or Gln in place of His-205 exhibits normal activity, while permease with Asn or Gln in place of His-322 exhibits no activity. The results are consistent with the interpretation that His-205 and His-322 play different roles in lactose/H+ symport, the former involving hydrogen bonding of the imidazole nitrogens and the latter requiring positive charge in the imidazole ring. In addition, it is demonstrated that permease with Arg in place of His-322 does not catalyze efflux, exchange, or counterflow. The observations, in conjunction with those in the accompanying paper [Carrasco, N., Antes, L. M., Poonian, M. S., & Kaback, H. R. (1986) Biochemistry (following paper in this issue)], suggest that His-322 plays an important role in H+ translocation, possibly as a component of a charge-relay system with Glu-325, a neighboring residue in helix 10.
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