PMID:2555351
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Padan, E, Maisler, N, Taglicht, D, Karpel, R and Schuldiner, S (1989) Deletion of ant in Escherichia coli reveals its function in adaptation to high salinity and an alternative Na+/H+ antiporter system(s). J. Biol. Chem. 264:20297-302 |
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| Abstract |
We have deleted the chromosomal ant gene from Escherichia coli by substitution with the kan gene, which encodes kanamycin resistance. The delta ant strains obtained cannot adapt to high sodium concentrations (700 mM, pH 6.8), which do not affect the wild type. The Na+ sensitivity of delta ant is pH dependent, increasing at alkaline pH. Thus at pH 8.5, 100 mM NaCl retard growth of delta ant with no effect on the wild type. The delta ant strains also cannot challenge the toxic effects of Li+ ions, a substrate of the Na+/H+ antiporter system. However, growth of these strains is normal on carbon sources which require Na+ ions for transport and growth. Moreover, antiporter activity, as measured in everted membrane vesicles, is not significantly impaired. A detailed analysis of the remaining antiporter activity in a delta ant strain reveals kinetic properties which differ from those displayed by the ant protein: (a) Km for transport of Li+ ions is about 15 times higher and (b) the activity is practically independent of intracellular pH. Our results demonstrate the presence of an alternative Na+/H+ antiporter(s) in E. coli, additional to ant system. |
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Blotting, Southern; Carrier Proteins/genetics; Carrier Proteins/metabolism; Cell Membrane/metabolism; Escherichia coli/drug effects; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/physiology; Genes, Bacterial; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Kinetics; Lithium/pharmacology; Osmolar Concentration; Plasmids; Potassium/pharmacology; Restriction Mapping; Sodium/pharmacology; Sodium-Hydrogen Antiporter; Transduction, Genetic |
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