QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI
QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00556a026
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
KABACK, HR
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作者:
FELLE, H;PORTER, JS;KABACK, HR
By use of giant cells of E. coli induced by growth in the presence of 6-amidinopenicillanic acid, membrane potentials were measured by 2 completely independent techniques: directly with intracellular microelectrodes and indirectly from the steady-state distribution of [3H]tetraphenylphosphonium. Under a variety of conditions, the 2 methods yield values that agree very closely. With both techniques, the membrane potential approximates -85 mV (interior negative) at pH 5.0 and -142 mV at pH 8.0, with an average slope of -22 mV/pH unit over the range pH 5.0-7.0. A parallel study of membrane vesicles prepared from giant cells was undertaken using tetraphenylphosphonium distribution alone as a measure of membrane potential. The vesicles exhibited a much smaller slope of membrane potential vs. extracellular pH (about -6 mV/pH unit) than intact giant cells. Distribution studies with these lipophilic cations provide an excellent measure of membrane potential and are discussed in relation to calculations of H+/substrate stoichiometry for protonsymport systems in E. coli.