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  • Title: MH1, a second-site revertant of an Escherichia coli mutant lacking Na+/H+ antiporters (delta nhaA delta nhaB), regains Na+ resistance and a capacity to excrete Na+ in a delta microH(+)-independent fashion.
    Author: Harel-Bronstein M, Dibrov P, Olami Y, Pinner E, Schuldiner S, Padan E.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1995 Feb 24; 270(8):3816-22. PubMed ID: 7876124.
    Abstract:
    The Escherichia coli mutant delta nhaA delta nhaB (EP432), which lacks the two specific Na+/H+ antiporter genes, is incapable of efficiently excreting Na+. Accordingly at low K+ (6 mM) medium, its intracellular Na+ concentration is only slightly lower (1.5-2x) than the extracellular concentration (50 mM), explaining the high sensitivity to Na+ (> or = 30 mM) of the mutant. This Na+ sensitivity is shown to be a powerful selection for spontaneous second-site suppressor mutations that allow growth on high Na+ (< or = 0.6 M) with a rate similar to that of the wild type. One such mutation, MH1, maps at 25.7 min on the E. coli chromosome. It confers Na+ but not Li+ resistance upon delta nhaA delta nhaB cells and exposes a Na(+)-excreting capacity, maintaining a Na+ gradient of about 8-10 (at 50 mM extracellular Na+), which is similar to that of the wild type. Although lower, Na+ excretion capacity is also observed in the delta nhaA delta nhaB mutant when grown in medium containing higher K+ (70 mM). This capacity is accompanied with a shift in the sensitivity of the mutant to higher Na+ concentrations (> or = 300 mM). Whereas Na+ excretion by a wild type carrying delta unc is uncoupler sensitive, that of MH1 delta unc is dependent on respiration in an uncoupler-insensitive fashion. It is concluded that under some conditions (high K+ in the medium or in MH1-like mutants), a primary pump driven by respiration is responsible for Na+ extrusion when the Na+/H+ antiporters are not active.
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