Potassium resistance of halotolerant and alkaliphilic Halomonas sp. Y2 by a Na+-induced K+ extrusion mechanism

Y Meng, P Lv, Y Cui, L Zhang, Y Wang, C Ma… - …, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
In most halophiles, K+ generally acts as a major osmotic solute for osmotic adjustment and
pH homeostasis. However, strains also need to extrude excessive intracellular K+ to avoid …

Plant-microbe co-evolution: allicin resistance in a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain (PfAR-1) isolated from garlic

J Borlinghaus, A Bolger, C Schier, A Vogel… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
The antibiotic defense substance allicin (diallylthiosulfinate) is produced by garlic (Allium
sativum L.) after tissue damage, giving garlic its characteristic odor. Allicin is a redox-toxin …

Characterization of a Prokaryotic K+ Channel from Escherichia coli

SD Beagle - 2019 - search.proquest.com
K+ channels are widely conserved among all species. Although bacterial K+ channels are
often used in structural and biophysical assays as models for their eukaryotic homologs, little …