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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
Light-dependent Na+ and H+ transports, membrane potential (delta psi) and motility have been studied in the cells of the marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis. In the presence of a protonophorous uncoupler, carbonyl cyanide-m-chlorophenylhydrazone, the intracellular Na+ level is shown to increase in the dark and decrease in the light. The Na+/H+ antiporter, monensin, stimulates the dark CCCP-dependent [Na+]in increase and abolishes the light-dependent [Na+]in decrease. Na+ ions are necessary for the fast light-induced delta psi generation and H+ uptake by the cells. This uptake is inhibited by monensin being resistant to CCCP. Monensin sensitizes the delta psi level and the motility rate to low CCCP concentrations. The obtained data are consistent with the assumption that O. brevis possesses a primary Na+ pump which utilizes (directly or indirectly) the light energy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Light-dependent delta mu Na-generation and utilization in the marine cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Odessa State University, USSR.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article