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The ability to persist and grow under alkaline conditions is an important characteristic of many bacteria. In order to survive at alkaline pH,Escherichia coli must maintain a stable cytoplasmic pH of about 7.6. Membrane cation/proton antiporters play a major role in alkaline pH homeostasis by catalyzing active inward proton transport. The DedA/Tvp38 family is a highly conserved membrane protein family of unknown function present in most sequenced genomes. YqjA and YghB are members of theE. coli DedA family with 62% amino acid identity and partially redundant functions. We have shown thatE. coli with ΔyqjA and ΔyghB mutations cannot properly maintain the proton motive force (PMF) and is compromised in PMF-dependent drug efflux and other PMF-dependent functions. Furthermore, the functions of YqjA and YghB are dependent upon membrane-embedded acidic amino acids, a hallmark of several families of proton-dependent transporters. Here, we show that the ΔyqjA mutant (but not ΔyghB ) cannot grow under alkaline conditions (ranging from pH 8.5 to 9.5), unlike the parentE. coli . Overexpression ofyqjA restores growth at alkaline pH, but only when more than ∼100 mM sodium or potassium is present in the growth medium. Increasing the osmotic pressure by the addition of sucrose enhances the ability of YqjA to support growth under alkaline conditions in the presence of low salt concentrations, consistent with YqjA functioning as an osmosensor. We suggest that YqjA possesses proton-dependent transport activity that is stimulated by osmolarity and that it plays a significant role in the survival ofE. coli at alkaline pH.IMPORTANCE The ability to survive under alkaline conditions is important for many species of bacteria.Escherichia coli can grow at pH 5.5 to 9.5 while maintaining a constant cytoplasmic pH of about 7.6. Under alkaline conditions, bacteria rely upon proton-dependent transporters to maintain a constant cytoplasmic pH. The DedA/Tvp38 protein family is a highly conserved but poorly characterized family of membrane proteins. Here, we show that the DedA/Tvp38 protein YqjA is critical forE. coli to survive at pH 8.5 to 9.5. YqjA requires sodium and potassium for this function. At low cation concentrations, osmolytes, including sucrose, can facilitate rescue ofE. coli growth by YqjA at high pH. These data are consistent with YqjA functioning as an osmosensing cation-dependent proton transporter.

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Escherichia coli YqjA, a Member of the Conserved DedA/Tvp38 Membrane Protein Family, Is a Putative Osmosensing Transporter Required for Growth at Alkaline pH