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The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life

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    Chapter 1 Bioinorganic Chemistry of the Alkali Metal Ions
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    Chapter 2 The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life
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    Chapter 3 The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life
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    Chapter 4 Discriminating Properties of Alkali Metal Ions Towards the Constituents of Proteins and Nucleic Acids. Conclusions from Gas-Phase and Theoretical Studies
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    Chapter 5 Alkali Metal Ion Complexes with Phosphates, Nucleotides, Amino Acids, and Related Ligands of Biological Relevance. Their Properties in Solution
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    Chapter 6 Sodium and Potassium Interactions with Nucleic Acids
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    Chapter 7 Role of Alkali Metal Ions in G-Quadruplex Nucleic Acid Structure and Stability
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    Chapter 8 Sodium and Potassium Ions in Proteins and Enzyme Catalysis
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    Chapter 9 Roles and Transport of Sodium and Potassium in Plants.
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    Chapter 10 Potassium Versus Sodium Selectivity in Monovalent Ion Channel Selectivity Filters
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    Chapter 11 Sodium as Coupling Cation in Respiratory Energy Conversion
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    Chapter 12 The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life
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    Chapter 13 Proton-Potassium (H + /K + ) ATPases: Properties and Roles in Health and Diseases
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    Chapter 14 Bioinspired Artificial Sodium and Potassium Ion Channels
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    Chapter 15 The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life
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    Chapter 16 Sodium and Potassium Relating to Parkinson’s Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury
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Chapter title
The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life
Chapter number 12
Book title
The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life
Published in
Metal ions in life sciences, October 2016
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21756-7_12
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Book ISBNs
978-3-31-921755-0, 978-3-31-921756-7
Authors

Etana Padan, Meytal Landau, Padan, Etana, Landau, Meytal

Abstract

The transmembranal Na(+)/H(+) antiporters transport sodium (or several other monovalent cations) in exchange for H(+) across lipid bilayers in all kingdoms of life. They are critical in pH homeostasis of the cytoplasm and/or organelles. A particularly notable example is the SLC9 gene family, which encodes Na(+)/H(+) exchangers (NHEs) in many species from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. In humans, these proteins are associated with the pathophysiology of various diseases. Yet, the most extensively studied Na(+)/H(+) antiporter is Ec-NhaA, the main Na(+)/H(+) antiporter of Escherichia coli.The crystal structure of down-regulated Ec-NhaA, determined at acidic pH, has provided the first structural insights into the antiport mechanism and pH regulation of an Na(+)/H(+) antiporter. It reveals a unique structural fold (called the NhaA fold) in which transmembrane segments (TMs) are organized in inverted-topology repeats, including two antiparallel unfolded regions that cross each other, forming a delicate electrostatic balance in the middle of the membrane. This unique structural fold (The NhaA fold) contributes to the cation binding site and facilitates the rapid conformational changes expected for Ec-NhaA. The NhaA fold has now been recognized to be shared by four Na(+)/H(+) antiporters (bacterial and archaeal) and a Na(+) symporter. Remarkably, no crystal structure of any of the human Na(+)/H(+) antiporters exists. Nevertheless, the Ec-NhaA crystal structure has enabled the structural modeling of NHE1, NHE9, and NHA2, three human plasmalemmal proteins that are members of the SLC9 family that are involved in human pathophysiology. Moreover, as outlined in this review, developments in the field, including cellular and biophysical methods that enable ion levels and fluxes to be measured in intact cells as well as in knockout mice, have led to striking advances in the identification and characterization of plasma membrane NHEs and NHA.Very little is known about the endomembrane isoforms of NHE. These intracellular exchangers may serve a function in cation homeostasis and/or osmoregulation, and not in pH regulation as is the case for the plasmalemmal isoforms. This intriguing possibility should be borne in mind when designing future studiesFuture progress towards gaining an understanding of the SLC9 gene family, including its structure-function relationships and regulatory mechanisms in health and in disease, is likely to include insights into the pathophysiology of multiple diseases.

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United States 1 1%
Unknown 77 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 23%
Researcher 11 14%
Student > Master 11 14%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Lecturer 4 5%
Other 13 17%
Unknown 15 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 23 29%
Chemistry 10 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 10%
Engineering 4 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 4%
Other 12 15%
Unknown 18 23%
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