Potassium ion efflux induced by cationic compounds in yeast.
Potassium efflux in yeast induced by several cationic compounds showed different characteristics. All of the observed efflux required glucose as substrate at the concentrations used. For most of them, the phenomenon required binding of the cationic compound to the cell surface and increased with the negative cell surface charge, and for all the compounds tested, it depended on a metabolizable substrate. Efflux induced with terbium chloride appeared more likely due to the function of a K+/H+ antiporter. With DEAE-dextran and dihydrostreptomycin, potassium efflux was dependent on the cell potassium content and was also sensitive to osmotic changes of the medium. DEAE-dextran-provoked efflux was not due to cell disruption. Dihydrostreptomycin seemed to activate a potassium efflux system which could not be studied in isolation, but its inhibition of potassium uptake may also be involved. Except for cells treated with ethidium bromide, no appreciable cell disruption was observed. The potassium efflux observed appears to be a membrane phenomenon reversible after washing with magnesium chloride.
Enríquez-Freire
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Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado 70-600, 04510, México, D.F., Mexico.
López
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Peña
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D017920:Antiporters / Q000378:metabolism; D003637:DEAE-Dextran / Q000494:pharmacology; D004096:Dihydrostreptomycin Sulfate / Q000494:pharmacology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D027961:Potassium-Hydrogen Antiporters; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D013725:Terbium / Q000494:pharmacology
D017920:Antiporters; D015221:Potassium Channels; D027961:Potassium-Hydrogen Antiporters; D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D013725:Terbium; D013012:Sorbitol; C067490:terbium chloride; D003637:DEAE-Dextran; D004096:Dihydrostreptomycin Sulfate