Properties of two different Na+/H+ antiport systems in alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain C-125.
AUTOR(ES)
Kitada, M
RESUMO
Na+/H+ antiport was studied in alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain C-125, its alkali-sensitive mutant 38154, and a transformant (pALK2) with recovered alkaliphily. The transformed was able to maintain an intracellular pH (pHin) that was lower than that of external milieu and contained an electrogenic Na+/H+ antiporter driven only by delta psi (membrane potential, interior negative). The activity of this delta psi-dependent Na+/H+ antiporter was highly dependent on pHin, increasing with increasing pHin, and was found only in cells grown at alkaline pH. On the other hand, the alkali-sensitive mutant, which had lost the ability to grow above pH 9.5, lacked the delta psi-dependent Na+/H+ antiporter and showed defective regulation of pHin at the alkaline pH range. However, this mutant, like the parent strain, still required sodium ions for growth and for an amino acid transport system. Moreover, another Na+/H+ antiporter, driven by the imposed delta pH (pHin > extracellular pHout), was active in this mutant strain, showing that the previously reported delta pH-dependent antiport activity is probably separate from delta psi-dependent antiporter activity. The delta pH-dependent Na+/H+ antiporter was found in cells grown at either pH 7 or pH 9. This latter antiporter was reconstituted into liposomes by using a dilution method. When a transmembrane pH gradient was applied, downhill sodium efflux was accelerated, showing that the antiporter can be reconstituted into liposomes and still retain its activity.
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