Abstract
A characteristics difference between active transport systems in bacterial and animal cells is that the latter usually require sodium ions and operate by the process of co-transport. The melibiose permease system (TMG permease II) of Salmonella typhimurium has now been identified as a sodium-dependent co-transport system. Co-transport, and the analogous mechanism, counter-transport, may be the underlying mechanisms for the active transport of many solutes by bacterial cells, although they may be difficult to detect.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 132-138 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2 1971 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology
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Stock, J., & Roseman, S. (1971). A sodium-dependent sugar co-transport system in bacteria. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 44(1), 132-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X(71)80168-7