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  • Title: A protonmotive force as the source of energy for galactoside transport in energy depleted Escherichia coli.
    Author: Flagg JL, Wilson TH.
    Journal: J Membr Biol; 1977 Mar 08; 31(3):233-55. PubMed ID: 15125.
    Abstract:
    An artificially produced electrochemical potential difference for protons (portonmotive force) provided the energy for the transport of galactosides in Escherichia coli cells which were depleted of their endogenous energy reserves. The driving force for the entry of protons was provided by either a transmembrane pH gradient or a membrane potential. The pH gradient across the membrane was created by acidifying the external medium. The membrane potential (inside negative) was established by the outward diffusion of potassium (in the presence of valinomycin) or by the inward diffusion of the permeant thiocyanate ion. The magnitude of the electrochemical potential difference for protons agreed well with magnitude of the chemical potential difference of the lactose analog, thiomethylgalactoside. The observations are consistent with the view that the carrier-mediated entry of each galactoside molecule is accompanied by the entry of one proton.
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