A cation/proton antiport activity in Acholeplasma laidlawii.
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Sealed membrane vesicles of Acholeplasma laidlawii were obtained by controlled lysis of carotenoid-rich intact cells. An imposed delta pH was created by loading membrane vesicles or intact Acholeplasma laidlawii cells with 0.25 M NH4Cl and diluting them into 0.25 M choline chloride. The passive efflux of NH3 from the membrane vesicles or cells resulted in the creation of a delta pH (inside acid) that could be visualized by the quenching of the fluorescence of the weak base acridine orange. Whereas with isolated membrane vesicles, the fluorescence was dequenched by the addition of Na+, with intact cells, K+ in addition to Na+ was required. These results strongly suggest a Na+/H+ exchange activity that in intact Acholeplasma laidlawii cells is K+-dependent. The possible role of the Na+/H+ exchange activity in pH homeostasis at the more alkaline pH range, as well as in the extrusion of excess Na+ from the cells is discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- FEMS microbiology letters
دوره 50 1-2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989