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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 267, Issue 22, 15391-15397, Aug, 1992

Kinetics of leucine transport in brush border membrane vesicles from lepidopteran larvae midgut

P Parenti, M Villa and GM Hanozet
Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy.

The kinetics of K(+)-leucine cotransport in the midgut of lepidopteran larvae was investigated using brush border membrane vesicles. Initial rate (3 s) of leucine uptake was determined under experimental conditions similar to those occurring in vivo, i.e. in the presence of delta psi much greater than 0 (inside negative) and a delta pH of 1.4 units (7.4in/8.8out). Leucine and K+ bind to the carrier according to a sequential mechanism, and the binding of one substrate changed the dissociation constant for the other substrate by a factor of 0.15. Both trans-K+ and trans-leucine were mixed-type inhibitors of leucine uptake. Moreover, a portion of total leucine uptake was K+ independent, and it was competitively inhibited by trans-leucine. We interpret the trans inhibitory effects to mean that the partially loaded K+ only form is virtually unable to translocate across the membrane, whereas the binary complex carrier, leucine, can isomerize from the trans to the cis side of the membrane. However, the K(+)-independent leucine uptake occurs with a Keq greater than 1, i.e. the efflux route through the partially loaded leucine only form is slower than the rate of isomerization of the unloaded carrier from trans to cis side. Taken together, these results suggest a model in which transport occurs by an iso-random Bi Bi system. Since K+ does not act as a pure competitive activator, this model is different from that proposed for most of the Na(+)-linked solutes transport agencies and may be related to the broadening of the cation specificity of the amino acid transporters in lepidopteran larvae.
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