Kobayashi H, Suzuki T, Kinoshita N, Unemoto T
J Bacteriol. 1984 Jun;158(3):1157-60. doi: 10.1128/jb.158.3.1157-1160.1984.
When Streptococcus faecalis was grown in the presence of protonophores , an ATPase activity of the membrane was increased at a pH below 8.0 but not at a pH above 8.0. Characteristics of this increased ATPase were identical to those of a proton-translocating ATPase (H+-ATPase) located on the membrane of normal cells. The cytoplasmic pH was regulated at 7.6 to 7.8 but was not regulated in the presence of protonophores . The increase in the H+-ATPase was observed when the cytoplasmic pH was lowered to less than 7.6 by the addition of protonophores and was not related to the dissipation of the proton motive force. Thus, we suggest that the H+-ATPase of the membrane is amplified when the cytoplasmic pH is lowered below the pH at which it is regulated under normal conditions.
当粪肠球菌在质子载体存在的情况下生长时,膜的ATP酶活性在pH低于8.0时增加,而在pH高于8.0时不增加。这种增加的ATP酶的特性与正常细胞膜上的质子转运ATP酶(H⁺-ATP酶)相同。细胞质pH被调节在7.6至7.8,但在质子载体存在时不被调节。当通过添加质子载体使细胞质pH降低至低于7.6时,观察到H⁺-ATP酶增加,且这与质子动力势的耗散无关。因此,我们认为当细胞质pH降低到低于正常条件下其被调节的pH时,膜的H⁺-ATP酶会被放大。