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Conformational changes within the subunit b-dimer of the E. coli ATP synthase occur upon binding to the F(1) sector. ESR spectra of spin-labeled b at room temperature indicated a pivotal point in the b-structure at residue 62. Spectra of frozen b +/- F(1) and calculated interspin distances suggested that where contact between b (2) and F(1) occurs (above about residue 80), the structure of the dimer changes minimally. Between b-residues 33 and 64 inter-subunit distances in the F(1)-bound b-dimer were found to be too large to accommodate tightly coiled coil packing and therefore suggest a dissociation and disengagement of the dimer upon F(1)-binding. Mechanistic implications of this "bubble" formation in the tether domain of ATP synthase b ( 2 ) are discussed.
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PMID:Conformational changes in the Escherichia coli ATP synthase b-dimer upon binding to F(1)-ATPase. 1914 20

The structure and functional role of the dimeric external stalk of F(o)F(1)-ATP synthases have been very actively researched over the last years. To understand the function, detailed knowledge of the structure and protein packing interactions in the dimer is required. In this paper we describe the application of structural prediction and molecular modeling approaches to elucidate the structural packing interaction of the cyanobacterial ATP synthase external stalk. In addition we present biophysical evidence derived from ESR spectroscopy and site directed spin labeling of stalk proteins that supports the proposed structural model. The use of the heterodimeric bb' dimer from a cyanobacterial ATP synthase (Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803) allowed, by specific introduction of spin labels along each individual subunit, the evaluation of the overall tertiary structure of the subunits by calculating inter-spin distances. At defined positions in both b and b' subunits, reporter groups were inserted to determine and confirm inter-subunit packing. The experiments showed that an approximately 100 residue long section of the cytoplasmic part of the bb'-dimer exists mostly as an elongated alpha-helix. The distant C-terminal end of the dimer, which is thought to interact with the delta-subunit, seemed to be disordered in experiments using soluble bb' proteins. A left-handed coiled coil packing of the dimer suggested from structure prediction studies and shown to be feasible in molecular modeling experiments was used together with the measured inter-spin distances of the inserted reporter groups determined in ESR experiments to support the hypothesis that a significant portion of the bb' structure exists as a left-handed coiled coil.
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PMID:De-novo modeling and ESR validation of a cyanobacterial F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase subunit bb' left-handed coiled coil. 1915 Mar 27


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