Article
The NhaB Na+/H+ antiporter is essential for intracellular pH regulation under alkaline conditions in Escherichia coli.
Journal of biochemistry - 1 Aug 1994
Shimamoto T, Inaba K, Thelen P, Ishikawa T, Goldberg E B, Tsuda M, Tsuchiya T
Abstract excerpt
We isolated a mutant of Escherichia coli which was defective in an Na+/H+ antiporter and grew poorly under alkaline conditions [Ishikawa, T., Hama, H., Tsuda, T., and Tsuchiya, T. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 7443-7446]. Later, it was concluded that the defective Na+/H+ antiporter in the mutant was...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Escherichia coli
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Intracellular Fluid
- Mutation
- Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers
