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  • Title: Regulation of potassium fluxes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
    Author: Ramos J, Haro R, Rodríguez-Navarro A.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1990 Nov 16; 1029(2):211-7. PubMed ID: 2245208.
    Abstract:
    To investigate the regulation of K+ fluxes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae the dependence of K+ efflux and Rb+ influx on [K+]i, pHi, [Na+]i, membrane potential, cell volume, and turgor pressure were studied in cells with different K+ contents. By decreasing the cell volume with osmotic shocks and the cellular pH with butyric acid the following was found. (1) The K+ efflux induced by uncouplers decreases simultaneously with the decrease of the K+ content of the cell, but the process was insensitive to [K+]i, pHi, cell volume and turgor pressure. The internal presence of Na+ inhibited this K+ efflux. (2) The increase of the Vmax of Rb+ influx observed in low-K+ cells is due to the decrease of the pHi and probably mediated by the increase of the activity of the plasma membrane ATPase. The Vmax is independent of [K+]i, [Na+]i, cell volume and turgor pressure. (3) The decrease in the Km of Bt+ influx observed in low-K+ cells does not depend directly on [K+]i, pHi, cell volume or turgor pressure. If Na+ is present, [Na+]i might be directly involved in the regulation of the Km.
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