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Query: EC:3.6.1.3 (ATPase)
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Subunit-specific antisera prepared against each of the four cytoplasmically made subunits (IV, V, VI, and VII) of yeast mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.9.3.1) were used to precipitate immunoreactive polypeptides that were synthesized either in vitro, in a cell-free protein-synthesizing system programmed with total yeast mRNA, or in vivo, in intact cells and in spheroplasts, under conditions of pulse labeling, pulse-chase labeling, and continuous labeling. Using N-formyl-[35S]Met-rTNA as the only radioactively labeled component in the cell-free system, we demonstrated (i) that each of the four cytoplasmically made subunits is synthesized as a separate entity and not as part of a polyprotein as was claimed by others; (ii) that subunits IV, V, and VI are synthesized as precursors, larger by 1500-3000 daltons than their mature counterparts; in contrast, subunit VII is not synthesized as a larger precursor. Precursor forms of subunits IV, V, and VI identical to those synthesized in vitro were also detected in vivo by pulse-labeling of spheroplasts. The observed disappearance of these larger forms after a chase is compatible with the notion that they represent short-lived precursors that are rapidly converted to their mature counterparts during or shortly after import into mitochondria. Furthermore, using N-formyl-[35S]Met-tRNA, we provide definitive evidence that two of the cytoplasmically made subunits (beta and gamma) of another oligomeric inner mitochondrial membrane protein (F1-ATPase, EC 3.6.1.3) are not synthesized as part of a polyprotein but as individual precursors.
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PMID:The four cytoplasmically made subunits of yeast mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase are synthesized individually and not as a polyprotein. 625 13

The effects of macrocyclic polyamines and polymethylenediamines on various reactions influenced by polyamines have been studied. Among the amines tested, 2,3,4,3- and 3,3,3,4-cyclic polyamines, NH2(CH2)6NH2 and NH2(CH2)8NH2 had some ability to stimulate polyphenylalanine synthesis, globin synthesis and rat liver isoleucyl-tRNA formation. The degree of stimulation was at most 40% of that obtained by polyamines. In the degradation of poly(C) by bovine pancreatic RNAase A, all tested amines stimulated the degradation. In the NADPH-dependent lipid peroxidation of rat liver microsomes, the degree of inhibition by 2,3,2,3- or 2,3,3,3-cyclic polyamine was greater than that by spermine. The hydrolysis of ATP by an oligomycin-sensitive ATPase was inhibited by 2,3,4,3- and 3,3,3,4-cyclic polyamines, NH2(CH2)10HN2 and spermine at somewhat comparable levels. None of the macrocyclic polyamines or polymethylenediamines stimulated the growth of a polyamine-requiring mutant of Escherichia coli. Possible explanations for the differences in the effects of amines on the various reactions are discussed.
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PMID:Effects of macrocyclic polyamines and polymethylenediamines on reactions influenced by polyamines. 626 Jan 58

Subunit 9 of ATPase is known to be encoded in the oli1 gene of yeast mitochondrial DNA. The oli1 transcripts of wild type and of a cytoplasmic "petite" mutant have been analyzed by hybridization of mitochondrial RNA to various DNA fragments from the internal and flanking regions of the gene and by S1 nuclease mapping of the 5' and 3' ends. The results of such studies indicate that the ATPase gene is co-transcribed with the downstream serine tRNA gene. The oli1 message and tRNA are generated by post-transcriptional processing. Two of the nucleolytic processing steps are blocked in the cytoplasmic petite mutant, resulting in the accumulation of several different intermediate transcripts containing both genes. Processing of the 3' ends occurs near a common seven-nucleotide sequence (5'-ATTCTTA-3') also found in the 3' regions of other mitochondrial genes. This sequence is proposed to be part of a signal necessary for either termination of transcription or RNA processing.
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PMID:oli1 Transcripts in wild type and in a cytoplasmic "petite" mutant of yeast. 631 19

Elongation factor 3 from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was purified over 230-fold from a high speed supernatant fraction. The homogeneity of the protein was shown by gel filtration and sedimentation equilibrium analysis of the native protein and by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis of the denatured protein. The molecular weight of the protein was estimated to be 125,000 by the above-mentioned methods. The protein consists of a single polypeptide chain. Amino acid analysis revealed no unusual features. Antibody raised against the purified factor showed a single cross-reacting band with the characteristic hexagonal pattern in an Ouchterlony double diffusion plate. The immune serum had no reactivity against the other two elongation factors (EF). The polymerization reaction was inhibited by the anti-EF3. Addition of excess EF3 could overcome this effect. Factor 3 is absolutely required by the yeast ribosomes for polyphenylalanine synthesis. Ribosomes from other eukaryotes do not require this protein. The function of the third factor in polyphenylalanine synthesis cannot be defined at this time. The protein showed ribosome-dependent GTPase and ATPase activities. Studies of partial reactions showed that EF3 was not required for Phe-tRNA binding to ribosomes, peptide bond formation, or translocation. Nucleotide exchange by EF1 was not stimulated by EF3.
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PMID:Protein synthesis in yeast. I. Purification and properties of elongation factor 3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 645 69

Arginyl-tRNA synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus (NCA 1518) has been purified 880-fold to apparent homogeneity as demonstrated by electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate. The molecular weight is 59 000 as confirmed by Sephadex G-100 and by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. The enzyme is monomeric, no subunits were detected. Its cognate tRNA induces an apparent increase in molecular weight suggesting the dimerisation of the enzyme. Nevertheless, it is not obvious that the enzyme dimer forms prior to the aminoacylation reaction catalysed by the enzyme. An ATPase activity was found associated to the synthetase but can be neglected because the ATP consumption is too low for hampering the arginyl-tRNA synthetase activity. The order of addition of substrates and release of products has been studied by measurements of initial velocity, product inhibition and dead-end inhibition. The nature of the kinetic patterns indicates that the aminoacylation reaction conforms to the classical concept of the mechanism which includes the formation of an enzyme-bound aminoacyl-adenylate as an intermediate in the first step followed by transfer of the amino acid to tRNA. The first partial reaction, measured by the ATP-32PPi exchange or AMP synthesis in the presence of ATP and arginine, requires tRNA, which is consistent with the model in which tRNAArg is an activator of the arginyladenylate synthesis.
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PMID:Arginyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase of Bacillus stearothermophilus. Purification and kinetic analysis. 735 46

Fungi appear to be unique in their requirement for a third soluble translation elongation factor. This factor, designated elongation factor 3 (EF-3), exhibits ribosome-dependent ATPase and GTPase activities that are not intrinsic to the fungal ribosome but are nevertheless essential for translation elongation in vivo. The EF-3 polypeptide has been identified in a wide range of fungal species and the gene encoding EF-3 (YEF3) has been isolated from four fungal species (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida albicans, Candida guillermondii, and Pneumocystis carinii). Computer-assisted analysis of the predicted S. cerevisiae EF-3 amino acid sequence was used to identify several potential functional domains; two ATP binding/catalytic domains conserved with equivalent domains in members of the ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) family of proteins, an amino-terminal region showing significant similarity to the E. coli S5 ribosomal protein, and regions of predicted interaction with rRNA, tRNA, and mRNA. Furthermore, EF-3 was also found to display amino acid similarity to myosin proteins whose cellular function is to provide the motive force of muscle. The identification of these regions provides clues to both the evolution and function of EF-3. The predicted functional regions are conserved among all known fungal EF-3 proteins and a recently described homologue encoded by the Chlorella virus CVK2. We propose that EF-3 may play a role in the ribosomal optimization of the accuracy of fungal protein synthesis by altering the conformation and activity of a ribosomal "accuracy center," which is equivalent to the S4-S5-S12 ribosomal protein accuracy center domain of the E. coli ribosome. Furthermore, we suggest that EF-3 represents an evolving ribosomal protein with properties analogous to the intrinsic ATPase activities of higher eukaryotic ribosomes, which has wider implications for the evolutionary divergence of fungi from other eukaryotes.
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PMID:Translation elongation factor-3 (EF-3): an evolving eukaryotic ribosomal protein? 756 24

Universal trees based on sequences of single gene homologs cannot be rooted. Iwabe et al. [Iwabe, N., Kuma, K.-I., Hasegawa, M., Osawa, S. & Miyata, T. (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 9355-9359] circumvented this problem by using ancient gene duplications that predated the last common ancestor of all living things. Their separate, reciprocally rooted gene trees for elongation factors and ATPase subunits showed Bacteria (eubacteria) as branching first from the universal tree with Archaea (archaebacteria) and Eucarya (eukaryotes) as sister groups. Given its topical importance to evolutionary biology and concerns about the appropriateness of the ATPase data set, an evaluation of the universal tree root using other ancient gene duplications is essential. In this study, we derive a rooting for the universal tree using aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase genes, an extensive multigene family whose divergence likely preceded that of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. An approximately 1600-bp conserved region was sequenced from the isoleucyl-tRNA synthetases of several species representing deep evolutionary branches of eukaryotes (Nosema locustae), Bacteria (Aquifex pyrophilus and Thermotoga maritima) and Archaea (Pyrococcus furiosus and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius). In addition, a new valyl-tRNA synthetase was characterized from the protist Trichomonas vaginalis. Different phylogenetic methods were used to generate trees of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetases rooted by valyl- and leucyl-tRNA synthetases. All isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase trees showed Archaea and Eucarya as sister groups, providing strong confirmation for the universal tree rooting reported by Iwabe et al. As well, there was strong support for the monophyly (sensu Hennig) of Archaea. The valyl-tRNA synthetase gene from Tr. vaginalis clustered with other eukaryotic ValRS genes, which may have been transferred from the mitochondrial genome to the nuclear genome, suggesting that this amitochondrial trichomonad once harbored an endosymbiotic bacterium.
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PMID:Root of the universal tree of life based on ancient aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase gene duplications. 770 56

80 S ribosomes from a number of higher eukaryotic organisms are able to hydrolyse ATP and GTP without the addition of soluble protein factors. ATPase seems to be an intrinsic activity of the ribosome, as indicated by the findings that ATPase activity is not diminished upon dissociation of ribosomes and reassociation of subunits, by washing with 0.66 M (KCl + NH4Cl) or 0.6 M LiCl treatment and ethanol precipitation; 1.5 M LiCl treatment removes only 40% ATPase activity. 80 S ribosomes are able to bind a variety of NTPs, NDPs and NTP analogues, with a preference for ATP. Effective inhibitors of the ribosomal ATPase are ammonium metavanadate and alcaloid emetine. The ATPase activity is present on both ribosomal subunits, which may reflect the existence of two catalytical sites for ATP on the 80 S ribosome. Ribosomal ATPase is stimulated by the occupancy of the A site, in particular with charged tRNA. The ATPase inhibitor adenylylimidodiphosphate almost completely prevents elongation-factor(EF)-1-dependent binding of Phe-tRNA(Phe) to the A site. The hydrolysis of ATP, therefore, is likely to be involved in the mechanism of tRNA binding to the A site of the 80 S ribosome. As far as wide substrate specificity and possible participation in tRNA interaction with the ribosome are concerned, the ribosomal ATPase seems to be similar to EF-3 found in fungi. A synergism in ATPase activities of yeast EF-3 and rabbit liver ribosomes at high ATP concentration and certain ribosome/EF-3 ratios have been observed. Rabbit liver ribosomes seem to stimulate the ATPase activity of yeast EF-3 similar to the mechanism in yeast ribosomes, though less efficiently.
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PMID:ATPase strongly bound to higher eukaryotic ribosomes. 792 50

Elongation factor 3 (EF-3) is a unique and essential requirement of the fungal translational machinery. Non-fungal organisms do not have and do not require a soluble form of the third elongation factor for translation. To test whether non-fungal organisms have a direct analog of EF-3 incorporated in the structure of the ribosomes, a comparison of EF-3 adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) with ATPases associated with pig liver ribosomes was carried out. EF-3 function depends on ATP (GTP) hydrolysis. The hydrolytic activity of EF-3 is enhanced by two orders of magnitude by yeast ribosomes due to an increase in the turnover rate of EF-3. The nucleotide hydrolytic activity of EF-3 is significantly constrained by the binding of aminoacylated tRNA(Phe) to poly(U)-programmed ribosomes. The translational inhibitors--neomycin and alpha-sarcin suppress the ATPase activity of EF-3. These results reflect a direct correlation between EF-3 ATPase and the functional state of the ribosome. Four lines of evidence indicate that yeast EF-3 ATPase is functionally distinct from pig liver ribosome associated ATPases. The kinetic parameters of ATPases from these two sources are different. Poly(U) and tRNA have no effect on the ATPase activity associated with the pig liver ribosomes. The latter activity is unaffected by the translational inhibitors neomycin and alpha-sarcin. The translational activity of pig liver ribosomes is not influenced by ATP, ADP or adenosine 5'-[beta, gamma-imido]triphosphate. In an in vitro system, one can demonstrate a small but consistent stimulatory effect of yeast EF-3 on polyphenylalanine synthesis by pig liver ribosomes only when EF-1 alpha is present at a limited concentration. The EF-3 effect disappears when EF-1 alpha is added in a stoichiometric amount to the pig liver ribosomes. This result is in contrast to the yeast system where the ribosomes are completely dependent on EF-3 at all concentrations of EF-1 alpha.
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PMID:Comparative analysis of ribosome-associated adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) from pig liver and the ATPase of elongation factor 3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 795 40

Bovine tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (TrpRS, E.C.6.1.1.2) is unable to catalyze in vitro formation of Ap4A in contrast to some other aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. However, in the presence of L-tryptophan, ATP-Mg2+ and ADP the enzyme catalyzes the Ap3A synthesis via adenylate intermediate. Ap3A (not Ap4A) may serve as a substrate for TrpRS in the reaction of E.(Trp approximately AMP) formation and in the tRNA(Trp) charging. The Km value for Ap3A was higher than the Km for ATP (approx. 1.00 vs. 0.22 mM) and Vmax was 3 times lower than for ATP. The Zn(2+)-deficient enzyme catalyzes Ap3A synthesis in the absence of exogenous ADP due to ATPase activity of Zn(2+)-deprived TrpRS. The inability of mammalian TrpRS to synthesize Ap4A, might be considered as a molecular tool preventing the removal of Zn2+ due to chelation by Ap4A and therefore preserving the enzyme activity.
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PMID:P1,P3-bis(5'-adenosyl)triphosphate (Ap3A) as a substrate and a product of mammalian tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase. 807 May 80


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