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. 1989 Dec;171(12):6521–6525. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.12.6521-6525.1989

Nucleotide transport in Rhodobacter capsulatus.

C Carmeli 1, Y Lifshitz 1
PMCID: PMC210542  PMID: 2512281

Abstract

Cytoplasmic membrane vesicles isolated from the gram-negative photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus catalyzed the transport of nucleotides. No transport occurred in the intact bacteria unless they were pretreated with EDTA. The transport rate was measured by incorporation of radioactive phosphate into externally added ADP or by incorporation of nonradioactive phosphate into added labeled ADP. The catalytic activities which utilized the added ADP were photosynthetic ATP synthesis, Pi-ADP exchange, and adenylate kinase. These activities were shown to occur on the cytoplasmic side of the internal membrane. The products were found in the outer medium. The rate of nucleotide transport across the membranes was comparable to the rate of photophosphorylation. These results indicated that nucleotides can be transported across the cytoplasmic membrane but not across the outer membrane of the native R. capsulatus cell. Therefore, by analogy to the mitochondrial ATP-ADP translocator, the exchange might function as an energy transfer system to the periplasm of these bacteria.

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