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. 1978 Nov 16;513(3):395-400.
doi: 10.1016/0005-2736(78)90207-9.

Na+-dependent methyl beta-thiogalactoside transport in Salmonella typhimurium

G M van Thienen, P W Postma, K van Dam

Na+-dependent methyl beta-thiogalactoside transport in Salmonella typhimurium

G M van Thienen et al. Biochim Biophys Acta. .

Abstract

We have studied the role of sodium ions in methyl beta-thiogalactoside (TMG) transport via the melibiose permease (TMG II) in Salmonella typhimurium. TMG uptake via TMG II in anaerobic, straved and metabolically poisoned cells is dependent on an inward-directed Na+ gradient. Cells which have been partially depleted of endogenous substrates show H+ extrusion upon sodium-stimulated TMG influx. Measurements of the electrochemical H+ gradient in cells, starved in different ways for endogenous substrates, suggest that this proton extrusion is probably not linked to the actual translocation mechanism but is the result of metabolism induced by TMG plug Na+ uptake.

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