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. 1982 Jun;150(3):1183–1191. doi: 10.1128/jb.150.3.1183-1191.1982

Energy coupling of facilitated transport of inorganic ions in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides.

K J Hellingwerf, I Friedberg, J S Lolkema, P A Michels, W N Konings
PMCID: PMC216339  PMID: 6281239

Abstract

Within the scope of a study on the effects of changes in medium composition on the proton motive force in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides, the energy coupling of sodium, phosphate, and potassium (rubidium) transport was investigated. Sodium was transported via an electroneutral exchange system against protons. The system functioned optimally at pH 8 and was inactive below pH 7. The driving force for the phosphate transport varied with the external pH. At pH 8, Pi transport was dependent exclusively on delta psi (transmembrane electrical potential), whereas at pH 6 only the delta pH (transmembrane pH gradient) component of the proton motive force was a driving force. Potassium (rubidium) transport was facilitated by a transport system which catalyzed the electrogenic transfer of potassium (rubidium) ions. However, in several aspects the properties of this transport system were different from those of a simple electrogenic potassium ionophore such as valinomycin: (i) accumulated potassium leaked very slowly out of cells in the dark; and (ii) the transport system displayed a threshold in the delta psi, below which potassium (rubidium) transport did not occur.

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