Abstract
The uptake of branched-chain amino acids in threonine-dehydratase deficient mutants of Corynebacterium glutamicum is dependent on the presence of relatively high (>1 mM) intracellular concentrations of isoleucine, valine or leucine. This indicates that the respective uptake-system is induced by its substrate, i.e. branched-chain amino acids, at the internal side. This unusual regulation presumably is the reason for the failure to obtain mutants deficient in isoleucine uptake by use of a selection scheme which starts from isoleucine auxotroph mutants. The physiological meaning of this regulation is discussed with respect to isoleucine efflux and the cyclic retention hypothesis.
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