Ahmed S, Booth I R
Biochem J. 1983 Apr 15;212(1):105-12. doi: 10.1042/bj2120105.
Valinomycin, nigericin and trichlorocarbanilide were assessed for their ability to control the protonmotive force in Escherichia coli cells. Valinomycin, at high K+ concentrations, was found to decrease the membrane potential delta phi and indirectly to decrease the pH gradient delta pH. Nigericin was found to have two modes of action. At low concentrations (0.05-2 microM) it carried out K+/H+ exchange and decreased delta pH. At higher concentrations (50 microM) it carried out a K+-dependent transfer of H+, decreasing both delta phi and delta pH. In EDTA-treated cells only the latter mode of action was evident, whereas in a mutant sensitive to deoxycholate both types of effect were observed. Trichlorocarbanilide is proposed as an alternative to nigericin for the specific control of delta pH, and it can be used in cells not treated with EDTA.
对缬氨霉素、尼日利亚菌素和三氯卡班进行了评估,以确定它们控制大肠杆菌细胞中质子动力的能力。发现在高钾离子浓度下,缬氨霉素会降低膜电位Δφ,并间接降低pH梯度ΔpH。发现尼日利亚菌素有两种作用模式。在低浓度(0.05 - 2微摩尔)时,它进行钾离子/氢离子交换并降低ΔpH。在较高浓度(50微摩尔)时,它进行依赖钾离子的氢离子转移,同时降低Δφ和ΔpH。在经乙二胺四乙酸(EDTA)处理的细胞中,仅后一种作用模式明显,而在对脱氧胆酸盐敏感的突变体中,两种类型的效应均被观察到。三氯卡班被提议作为尼日利亚菌素的替代品,用于特异性控制ΔpH,并且它可用于未用EDTA处理的细胞。