Solute transport and energy transduction in bacteria |
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Authors: | Wil N. Konings Bert Poolman Hendrik W. van Veen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Microbiology, University of Groningen, Biology Centre, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | In bacteria two forms of metabolic energy are usually present, i.e. ATP and transmembrane ion-gradients, that can be used to drive the various endergonic reactions associated with cellular growth. ATP can be formed directly in substrate level phosphorylation reactions whereas primary transport processes can generate the ion-gradients across the cytoplasmic membrane. The two forms of metabolic energy can be interconverted by the action of ion-translocating ATPases. For fermentative organisms it has long been thought that ion-gradients could only be generated at the expense of ATP hydrolysis by the F0F1-ATPase. In the present article, an overview is given of the various secondary transport processes that form ion-gradients at the expense of precursor (substrate) and/or end-product concentration gradients. The metabolic energy formed by these chemiosmotic circuits contributes to the energy status of the bacterial cell which is particularly important for anaerobic/fermentative organisms. |
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Keywords: | antiport chemiosmosis exchange metabolic energy conservation symport |
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