MECHANISM OF LACTOSE TRANSLOCATION IN PROTEOLIPOSOMES RECONSTITUTED WITH LAC CARRIER PROTEIN PURIFIED FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI .1. EFFECT OF PH AND IMPOSED MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL ON EFFLUX, EXCHANGE, AND COUNTERFLOW
MECHANISM OF LACTOSE TRANSLOCATION IN PROTEOLIPOSOMES RECONSTITUTED WITH LAC CARRIER PROTEIN PURIFIED FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI .1. EFFECT OF PH AND IMPOSED MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL ON EFFLUX, EXCHANGE, AND COUNTERFLOW
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00279a033
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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2.9
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KABACK, HR
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作者:
GARCIA, ML;VIITANEN, P;KABACK, HR
Proteoliposomes reconstituted with purified lac carrier by octyl glucose dilution and freeze-thaw/sonication are unilamellar, 50-150 nm in diameter and impermeable to ions. By use of this preparation, carrier-mediated lactose efflux down a concentration gradient was used to probe the mechanism of .beta.-galactoside translocation. The maximum rate of efflux is pH dependent, increasing about 20-fold from pH 5.5 to 7.5. Experiments performed under identical conditions with equimolar lactose in the external medium (i.e., under exchange conditions) demonstrate that the exchange reaction is insensitive to pH and extremely fast relative to efflux. Proton symport occurs during lactose efflux, resulting in transient formation of a membrane potential (.DELTA..psi., interior negative). The ionophores valinomycin and carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone enhance the rate of efflux and the proteoliposomes exhibit efflux-dependent accumulation of rubidium in the presence of valinomycin. Imposition of a .DELTA..psi. (interior negative) retards the maximum rate of efflux by as much as 10-fold with no effect on apparent Km. Comparison of efflux and exchange reactions suggests that the rate-determining step for efflux corresponds to a reaction involving return of the unloaded carrier to the inner surface of the membrane and that either loss of the symported proton from the carrier or translocation of the unloaded carrier may be limiting. Counterflow experiments conducted at various pH reveal that external lactose affects proton loss from the carrier. When external lactose is present at concentrations below the apparent Km of the carrier, counterflow is pH dependent and decreases from pH 5.5 to 7.5, indicating that deprotonation of the carrier occurs frequently under these conditions to limit counterflow. When external lactose is saturating, the initial rate of counterflow and the magnitude of the overshoot are essentially unaffected by pH. The transient formation of .DELTA..psi. observed during lactose efflux is abolished under these conditions. The results confirm and extend earlier observations with right-side-out membrane vesicles which led to the suggestion that lactose efflux is an ordered mechanism and that the loaded carrier recycles in the protonated form during counterflow and exchange.