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Transient proton inflows during illumination of anaerobic Halobacterium halobium cellsThe roles of bacteriorhodopsin (bR), halorhodopsin (hR), and the H(+)-ATPase in the proton uptake in intact cells are examined. The Halobacterium halobium strains and solutions utilized in the experiment, and the techniques for measuring extracellular pH changes and intracellular K(+) concentrations are described. It is observed that in Halobacterium halobium strain R1, containing bR and hR, the light-driven proton uptake is divided into three transient inflows superimposed on the larger proton outflow. Under anaerobic conditions early proton uptake consists of an inflow which can be blocked with Dio-9 and a second inflow that can be eliminated by low concentrations (less than 125 nm) of triphenyltin chloride (TPT). The effects of Dio-9 and TPT on the passive proton-hydroxyl permeability of the cell membrane are investigated. A third transient light-driven proton flow observed at later times of illumination is studied. The data reveal that the first proton inflow correlates with proton dependent ATP synthesis; the second inflow is a passive uptake through an unidentified channel in response to electrogenic chloride pumping by bR and/or hR; and the third inflow correlates with the Na(+)/H(+) antiporter function.
Document ID
19860058698
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Helgerson, S. L.
(California Univ. San Francisco, CA, United States)
Stoeckenius, W.
(California, University San Francisco, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Volume: 241
ISSN: 0003-9861
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
86A43436
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-7151
CONTRACT_GRANT: NIH-GM-27057
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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