PMID:1647999
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Graeme-Cook, KA (1991) The regulation of porin expression in Escherichia coli: effect of turgor stress. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 63:219-23 |
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| Abstract |
The OmpF and OmpC porins are major outer membrane proteins of Escherichia coli. Their expression is affected by medium osmolarity such that OmpF is normally produced at low osmolarity and OmpC at high osmolarity. Potassium ion accumulation is a major means by which cells maintain their internal osmolarity in high osmolarity medium in the absence of organic osmolytes such as glycine-betaine. Starvation for potassium causes cells to become turgor stressed. The effect of turgor stress and potassium ion concentration on OmpF and OmpC expression was examined. It was found that ompF gene expression was switched off by turgor stress but there was no concomitant increase in OmpC. Instead, ompC expression responded to the accumulation of potassium ions by the cell in high osmolarity medium. |
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics; Calcium/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Osmolar Concentration; Osmotic Pressure; Porins; Potassium/metabolism; beta-Galactosidase/metabolism |
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