Rapid shifts of potassium-ion concentration affect Hak1p expression only slowly and do not affect Trk1p expression at all. Time courses of Trk1p-HA (A, ■) and HA-Hak1p (B, ■) and of intracellular K+ () during potassium starvation (0 to 5 h), followed by potassium repletion (5 to 10 h). Removal of [K+]o (harvest, rinse, and resuspend) required less than 1 min, which was very fast compared to the decline of [K+]i. For strains {TRK1-HA} and {HA-HAK1}, the preparative growth medium was K+-free Vogel's salts plus 100 mM KCl and 2% sucrose. For the insets, the load was 5 μg membrane protein in each lane. High-sensitivity ECL reagent was used for panel A.