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The amino acid sequence of all but a few N-terminal residues of the beta subunit of rat liver ATP synthase has been determined from cDNA clones. Rat liver F1-beta is shown to contain 17 amino acid differences from that reported for F1-beta of bovine heart, 2 differences of which involve differences in charge. This may account in part for the observation that bovine heart F1 binds nucleotides with much greater affinity than the rat liver enzyme. Rat liver F1-beta also contains homologous regions with another nucleotide binding protein, adenylate kinase, for which high-resolution structural studies are available. Adjacent to one of these homologous regions is an eight amino acid stretch which bears striking homology to the phosphorylation region of the (Na+,K+)-ATPase. The combination of these two homology regions may constitute at least part of a nucleotide binding domain in F1-beta. Significantly, both rat liver and bovine heart beta contain these regions of homology, whereas the 17 amino acid differences between the two enzymes lie outside this region. The possibility of a second nucleotide binding domain which differs between the two enzymes is discussed. A cDNA clone containing all the regions of homology as well as 11 of the 17 amino acid differences between the bovine heart and rat liver beta subunits has been ligated into the bacterial expression vector pKK223-3. After transformation of a protease-deficient strain of Escherichia coli, this cDNA clone is expressed as a 36-kilodalton protein.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Beta subunit of rat liver mitochondrial ATP synthase: cDNA cloning, amino acid sequence, expression in Escherichia coli, and structural relationship to adenylate kinase. 289 49

Isolation of novel membrane-associated ATPases, presumably soluble parts of the H+-ATPases, from archaebacteria has been recently reported, and their properties were found to be significantly different from the usual F1-ATPase. In order to assess the relationship of the archaebacterial ATPases to the F1-ATPases and other known ATPases, the amino acid sequence of the alpha subunit of the ATPase from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, an acidothermophilic archaebacterium, was compared with the sequences of other ATPases. The gene encoding its alpha subunit was cloned from the genomic library of S. acidocaldarius, and the nucleotide sequence was determined. The 591-amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence contains a small number of short stretches that shows sequence similarity to the alpha and beta subunits of F1-ATPase. However, the overall similarity is too weak to consider it to be a typical member of the F1-ATPase family when the highly conserved sequences of the F1-ATPase subunits among various organisms are taken into account. Moreover, most of these stretches overlap the consensus sequences that are commonly found in some nucleotide-binding proteins. There is no significant sequence similarity to the ion-translocating ATPases, which form phosphorylated intermediates, such as animal Na+,K+-ATPases. Thus, the S. acidocaldarius ATPase and probably other archaebacterial ATPases also appear to belong to a new group of ion-translocating ATPases that has only a distant relationship to F1-ATPase.
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PMID:The membrane-associated ATPase from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius is distantly related to F1-ATPase as assessed from the primary structure of its alpha-subunit. 289 91

A sequence of 10 amino acids (I-C-S-D-K-T-G-T-L-T) of ion motive ATPases such as Na+/K+-ATPase is similar to the sequence of the beta subunit of H+-ATPases, including that of Escherichia coli (I-T-S-T-K-T-G-S-I-T) (residues 282-291). The Asp (D) residue phosphorylated in ion motive ATPase corresponds to Thr (T) of the beta subunit. This substitution may be reasonable because there is no phosphoenzyme intermediate in the catalytic cycle of F1-ATPase. We replaced Thr-285 of the beta subunit by an Asp residue by in vitro mutagenesis and reconstituted the alpha beta gamma complex from the mutant (or wild-type) beta and wild-type alpha and gamma subunits. The uni- and multisite ATPase activities of the alpha beta gamma complex with mutant beta subunits were about 20 and 30% of those with the wild-type subunit. The rate of ATP binding (k1) of the mutant complex under uni-site conditions was about 10-fold less than that of the wild-type complex. These results suggest that Thr-285, or the region in its vicinity, is essential for normal catalysis of the H+-ATPase. The mutant complex could not form a phosphoenzyme under the conditions where the H+/K+-ATPase is phosphorylated, suggesting that another residue(s) may also be involved in formation of the intermediate in ion motive ATPase. The wild-type alpha beta gamma complex had slightly different kinetic properties from the wild-type F1, possibly because it did not contain the epsilon subunit.
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PMID:A homologous sequence between H+-ATPase (F0F1) and cation-transporting ATPases. Thr-285----Asp replacement in the beta subunit of Escherichia coli F1 changes its catalytic properties. 289 62

Starved whole cells of alkalophilic Bacillus firmus OF4 that are equilibrated at either pH 10.2, 9.5, or 8.5 synthesize ATP in response to a pH gradient that is imposed by rapid dilution of the cyanide-treated cells into buffer at pH 7.5. If a valinomycin-mediated potassium diffusion potential (positive out) is generated simultaneously with the pH gradient, then the rate of ATP synthesis and the level of synthesis achieved is much higher than upon imposition of a pH gradient alone. By contrast, imposition of a large chemical gradient of Na+, either in the presence or absence of a concomitant diffusion potential, fails to result in ATP synthesis. We conclude that this organism does not possess a sodium-motive ATPase that can be made to synthesize detectable levels of ATP by imposition of a suitably large chemical or electrochemical gradient of Na+. On the other hand, a proton-translocating ATPase is in evidence when protons are provided at very high pH, corroborating our earlier work on extremely alkalophilic bacilli. Oxidative phosphorylation must, then, be catalyzed in these organisms by a proton-translocating ATPase even though the putative bulk driving forces for such a catalyst are low under optimal growth conditions. Stable, imposed pH gradients of 1 unit, comparable to the magnitude of the total electrochemical proton gradient of growing cells, result in much lower ATP concentrations than observed in such cells. We hypothesize that ATP synthesis in growing cells utilizes protons that are made available by some localized pathway between proton pumps and the ATP synthase.
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PMID:ATP synthesis is driven by an imposed delta pH or delta mu H+ but not by an imposed delta pNa+ or delta mu Na+ in alkalophilic Bacillus firmus OF4 at high pH. 290 88

The ATP synthase (F1F0) of Propionigenium modestum has been purified to a specific ATPase activity of 5.5 units/mg of protein, which is about 6 times higher than that of the bacterial membranes. Analysis by SDS gel electrophoresis indicated that in addition to the five subunits of the F1 ATPase, subunits of Mr 26,000 (a), 23,000 (b), and 7500 (c) have been purified. The ATPase activity of F1F0 was specifically activated about 10-fold by Na+ions. The enzyme was strongly inhibited by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, venturicidin, tributyltin chloride, and azide. After incubation with [14C]dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, about 3-4 mol of the inhibitor was bound per 500,000 g of the enzyme. The radioactive label was specifically bound to submit c. These subunits form stable aggregates which resist dissociation by SDS at 100 degrees C. The monomer is formed upon heating with SDS to 121 degrees C or by extraction of the membranes with chloroform/methanol. The ATP synthase was incorporated into liposomes by a freeze-thaw-sonication procedure. The reconstituted proteoliposomes catalyzed the transport of Na+ions upon ATP hydrolysis. The transport was completely abolished by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. Whereas monensin prevented the accumulation of Na+ions, the uptake rate was stimulated 4-5-fold in the presence of valinomycin or carbonyl cyanide m=chlorophenylhydrazone. These results indicate an electrogenic Na+ transport and also that it is a primary event and not accomplished by a H+-translocating ATP synthase in combination with a Na+/H+ antiporter.
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PMID:Characterization of the ATP synthase of Propionigenium modestum as a primary sodium pump. 290 67

We have measured the uptake of arginine into vacuolar membrane vesicles from Neurospora crassa. Arginine transport was found to be dependent on ATP hydrolysis, Mg2+, time, and vesicle protein with transported arginine remaining unmodified after entry into the vesicles. The Mg2+ concentration required for optimal arginine transport varied with the ATP concentration so that maximal transport occurred when the MgATP2- concentration was at a maximum and the concentrations of free ATP and Mg2+ were at a minimum. Arginine transport exhibited Michaelis-Menten kinetics when the arginine concentration was varied (Km = 0.4 mM). In contrast, arginine transport did not follow Michaelis-Menten kinetics when the MgATP2-concentration was varied (S0.5 = 0.12 mM). There was no inhibition of arginine transport when glutamine, ornithine, or lysine were included in the assay mixture. In contrast, arginine transport was inhibited 43% when D-arginine was present at a concentration 16-fold higher than that of L-arginine. Measurements of the internal vesicle volume established that arginine is concentrated 14-fold relative to the external concentration. Arginine transport was inhibited by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl-hydrazone, and potassium nitrate (an inhibitor of vacuolar ATPase activity). Inhibitors of the plasma membrane or mitochondrial ATPase such as sodium vanadate or sodium azide did not affect arginine transport activity. In addition, arginine transport had a nucleoside triphosphate specificity similar to that of the vacuolar ATPase. These results suggest that arginine transport is dependent on vacuolar ATPase activity and an intact proton channel and proton gradient.
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PMID:The properties of arginine transport in vacuolar membrane vesicles of Neurospora crassa. 294 21

Thermoacidophilic archaebacteria have gained much interest because of their phylogenetic distance to eubacteria and eukaryotes and also because of their unique living conditions. Investigation of the energy-converting system therefore offers a key for understanding the evolutionary position and environmental adaptation of these unusual bacteria. A plasma-membrane-associated adenosine triphosphatase with specific activities of 0.3-0.6 mumol min-1 (mg protein)-1 has been detected in the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius (DSM 639). The enzyme exhibits two optima at pH 5.5 and 8.0, sulfite activation leads to only one optimum at pH 6.25. In the presence of the divalent cations Mg2+ or Mn2+ it hydrolyzes ATP with highest reactivity and also other purine and pyrimidine nucleotides, but not ADP and pyrophosphate. A specific stimulation by monovalent cations is not observed. The ATPase activity is not inhibited by N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, azide or vanadate, but it is by the vascular ATPase inhibitor nitrate with an [I]50 of 8 mM. Linear Arrhenius plots up to 75 degrees C reflect pronounced adaptation to the hot environment of the archaebacterium. The solubilized ATPase as localized by activity staining in non-denaturating gels and further analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate electrophoresis is composed of two major polypeptides of 65 and 51 kDa reminiscent of the alpha and beta subunits of eubacterial and eukaryotic F0F1-ATPases. The ATPase is suggested as a probable candidate for a reversibly acting ATP synthase responsible for oxidative phosphorylation found in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.
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PMID:A plasma-membrane associated ATPase from the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. 295 1

We have transcribed mRNA from a cDNA clone coding for pea ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase, translated the mRNA in a wheat germ cell-free system, and studied the energy requirement for posttranslational import of the [35S]methionine-labeled protein into the stroma of pea chloroplasts. We found that import depends on ATP hydrolysis within the stroma. Import is not inhibited when H+, K+, Na+, or divalent cation gradients across the chloroplast membranes are dissipated by ionophores, as long as exogenously added ATP is also present during the import reaction. Our data suggest that protein import into the chloroplast stroma requires a chloroplast ATPase that does not function to generate a membrane potential for driving the import reaction but that exerts its effect in another, yet-to-be-determined, mode. We have carried out a preliminary characterization of this ATPase regarding its nucleotide specificity and the effects of various ATPase inhibitors.
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PMID:Protein import into chloroplasts requires a chloroplast ATPase. 295 27

Inhibition of ATPase activities by triethyltin (TET), diethyltin (DET), monoethyltin (MET), and trimethyltin (TMT) was studied in homogenates of brain and liver from adult and neonatal rats. In the adult, sensitivities were as follows: mitochondrial ATPase of liver much greater than Na+, K+-ATPase of brain approximately equal to mitochondrial ATPase of brain greater than nonspecific ATPase of brain and liver. MET did not produce significant inhibition. ATPase activities in brain and liver homogenates from TET-treated adult rats did not differ from controls. Mitochondrial ATPase in brain homogenates from 5-day-old rats was two orders of magnitude more sensitive to TET than brain homogenates from adult rats (IC50 of 2.5 microM in the 5-day-old neonate vs 260 microM in the adult). By contrast, isolated mitochondria and synaptosomal fractions from adult and neonatal brains were equally sensitive to TET (IC50 = 1-3 microM). At 10 days of age, following the onset of myelination, the IC50 for TET inhibition of brain mitochondrial ATPase increased to 71 microM. Myelin added directly to isolated mitochondria also reduced TET-induced inhibition. It is concluded that in vivo brain tin concentrations in 5-day-old rats following a neurotoxic dose of TET are sufficient to inhibit brain mitochondrial ATPase, whereas in adults, tin concentrations are insufficient for inhibition. In the adult rat, TET binding to myelin appears to prevent inhibition of brain mitochondrial ATPase, and the target of toxic action may be myelin. In the neonateal rat, TET may inhibit oxidative phosphorylation in unmyelinated brain tissue, leading to neuronal cell death.
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PMID:Alkyltin inhibition of ATPase activities in tissue homogenates and subcellular fractions from adult and neonatal rats. 296 35

Using an antiserum generated against a synthetic peptide predicted from the DNA sequence of the ATPase 6 gene of the mitochondrial DNA, we demonstrate that mitochondria from two oligomycin-resistant Chinese hamster ovary cell lines with a defined mutation in the ATPase 6 gene synthesize an altered ATPase 6 gene product. This altered gene product migrates in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels as if it has a molecular mass that is larger by 1000 daltons than the wild-type ATPase 6 gene product. We also demonstrate that mitochondria from four other independently isolated oligomycin-resistant Chinese hamster ovary mutant cell lines contain a similar altered ATPase 6 gene product. These results suggest that all six oligomycin-resistant cell lines have a similar mutation in the ATPase 6 gene of the mitochondrial DNA that encodes subunit 6 of the ATP synthase complex.
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PMID:Altered form of subunit 6 of mitochondrial ATP synthase complex in oligomycin-resistant mutants of Chinese hamster ovary cells. 297 Jun 80


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