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A model of lysosomal pH regulation.
The Journal of general physiology - 1 Jun 2013
Ishida Yoichi, Nayak Smita, Mindell Joseph A, Grabe Michael
Abstract excerpt
Lysosomes must maintain an acidic luminal pH to activate hydrolytic enzymes and degrade internalized macromolecules. Acidification requires the vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase to pump protons into the lumen and a counterion flux to neutralize the membrane potential created by proton accumulation. Early experiments suggested that the counterion was chloride, and more recently a pathway consistent with the ClC-7...
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