Mutation E252C increases drastically the Km value for Na+ and causes an alkaline shift of the pH dependence of NhaA Na+/H+ antiporter of Escherichia coli.

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A single Cys replacement of Glu at position 252 (E252C) in loop VIII-IX of NhaA increases drastically the Km for Na(+) (50-fold) of the Na(+)/H(+) antiporter activity of NhaA and shifts the pH dependence of NhaA activity, by one pH unit, to the alkaline range. In parallel, E252C causes a similar alkaline pH shift to the pH-induced conformational change of loop VIII-IX. Thus, although both the Na(+)/H(+)...

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