Bacterial Na+ energetics
- 19 June 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 250 (1) , 106-114
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(89)80693-3
Abstract
Novel observations related to the Na+-linked energy transduction in bacterial membranes are considered. It is concluded that, besides the well-known systems based on the circulation of protons, there are those based on the circulation of Na+. In some cases, H+ and Na+ cycles co-exist in one and the same membrane. Representatives of the ‘sodium world’, i.e. cells possessing primary Na+ pumps (ΔΔµ̃Na generators and consumers) are found in many genera of bacteria. Among the ΔΔµ̃Na generators, one should mention Na+-NADH-quinone reductase and Na+-terminal oxidase of the respiratory chain, Na+-decarboxylases and Na+-ATPases. For Δµ̃Na consumers, there are Na+-ATP-synthases, Na+-metabolite symporters and Na+ motors. Sometimes, one and the same enzyme can transport H+ or, alternatively, Na+. For instance, an Na+-ATP-synthase of the F0F1 type translocates H+ when Na+ is absent. Employment of the Na+ cycle, apart from or instead of the H+ cycle, increases the resistance of bacteria to alkaline or protonophore-containing media and, apparently, to some other unfavourable conditions.Keywords
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