pH homeostasis and ATP synthesis: Studies of two processes that necessitate inward proton translocation in extremely alkaliphilic Bacillus species

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-222

  Krulwich, Terry Ann ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a,b   Hicks, David B ^a   Gilmour, Raymond ^a   Guffanti, Arthur A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Antiporters; ATP synthase; Oxidative phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; PH;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION TRANSPORT; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; PROTONS; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032144072     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050063     Document Type: Review

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