PMID:1655717
| Citation |
Thelen, P, Tsuchiya, T and Goldberg, EB (1991) Characterization and mapping of a major Na+/H+ antiporter gene of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 173:6553-7 |
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| Abstract |
Using in vivo assays, we show that the Na+/H+ antiporter activity of the Escherichia coli mutant HIT-1 is reduced dramatically compared with activity in wild-type cells. An isogenic nhaA (formerly antA) deletion strain, however, is not significantly different from wild type in this respect. We call the locus affecting Na+/H+ antiporter activity of the HIT-1 mutant nhaB. The nhaB activity exhibits no pH dependence in the range between 7.0 and 8.5, whereas that of the nhaA gene increases considerably at pH levels above 8.0. Mutants with defects in nhaB grow normally on agar media containing 0.5 M NaCl, but nhaA mutants are sensitive to 0.5 M NaCl. We have mapped the nhaB mutation of HIT-1 to 25.6 min on the E. coli map. It is unlinked to the nhaA region, which is located at about 0.5 min. Since a cell with a mutation in nhaB alone is essentially Na+/H+ antiporter negative up to pH 8.0, we conclude that nhaB is required for the major Na+/H+ antiporter activity in the usual physiological pH range. |
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Carrier Proteins/genetics; Chromosome Mapping; Chromosomes, Bacterial; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Melibiose/metabolism; Mutagenesis, Insertional/genetics; Mutation/genetics; Serine/metabolism; Sodium/metabolism; Sodium-Hydrogen Antiporter; Transduction, Genetic/genetics |
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