| Literature DB >> 25081 |
S Ogawa, R G Shulman, P Glynn, T Yamane, G Navon.
Abstract
The 31P high resolution NMR spectra of concentrated suspensions of Escherichia coli cells have been measured at 145.8 MHz. The position of the orthophosphate resonance is used as a measure of internal and external pH. In accord with Paddan, Zilberstein and Rottenberg ((1976) Eur. J. Biochem. 63, 533--541) it is shown that when properly energized the internal pH is 7.5 +/- 0.1. By synchronizing the NMR data acquisition with 3-s bursts of O2 it is possible to measure the internal pH with a time resolution of about 1 s. It is shown that at 20 degrees C the pH remains constant for times longer than 15 s after the oxygen is discontinued and it decays in several minutes.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 25081 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(78)90130-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002