Anaerobic growth of halobacteria.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 77 ·No. 7 ·1980-07-00 ·Pages 3821-5

Hartmann R, Sickinger HD, Oesterhelt D

Abstract

An energy-transducing pathway in halobacteria is described. Arginine mediates substrate level phosphorylation and allows the cells to grow anaerobically. Bacteriorhodopsin plus light can function as an alternative energy source under these conditions, provided the cells contain the pigment when transferred to the anaerobic environment. Therefore the selection of mutants functionally defective in ATP synthase or bacteriorhodopsin becomes possible.

MeSH Terms

Adenosine Triphosphate/biosynthesis Anaerobiosis Arginine/metabolism Bacteriorhodopsins/metabolism Energy Metabolism Halobacterium/growth & development,metabolism Light Phosphorylation Photophosphorylation Retinaldehyde/metabolism

Chemicals

Bacteriorhodopsins Adenosine Triphosphate Arginine Retinaldehyde

Authors & Affiliations

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Hartmann R

Sickinger H D

Oesterhelt D

References (10)

10 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Abbr.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

ISSN

0027-8424

DOI

10.1073/pnas.77.7.3821

Published

1980-07-00

Pages

3821-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505876

PMCID

PMC349718

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.7.3821 PMC Full Text View journal details

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