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  • Title: Altered stoichiometry of the Na,K-ATPase.
    Author: Blostein R, Polvani C.
    Journal: Acta Physiol Scand Suppl; 1992; 607():105-10. PubMed ID: 1333147.
    Abstract:
    With inside-out membrane vesicles derived from human red cells and incubated at pH > or = 6.6, an altered sodium pump stoichiometry (1Na+:2K+) associated with altered charge transfer is observed when the cytoplasmic Na+ concentration is reduced to very low levels (0.2 mM). With increased proton concentration (approximately pH 6.0), protons can substitute for Na+ or K+ ions such that the Na,K-ATPase can effect either electroneutral Na+/H+ exchange (K+ absent), H+/K+ exchange (Na+ absent), or H(+)-plus-Na+ cotransport in exchange for K+ (low Na+ concentration). Evidence that the stoichiometries of these exchanges are 3Na+/3H+, 2H+/2K+ and 1H(+)-plus-1Na+/2K+, respectively, is presented.
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