Binding of [14C]aurovertin D to Escherichia coli F1-ATPase and the isolated .beta. subunit. Correlation with inhibition of the ATPase activity

Biochemistry ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 22 (14) ◽  
pp. 3485-3492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Paul Issartel ◽  
Gerard Klein ◽  
Michel Satre ◽  
Pierre V. Vignais
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
F1 Atpase

scholarly journals Oxidative phosphorylation in Escherichia coli. Characterization of mutant strains in which F1-ATPase contains abnormal β-subunits

1983 ◽  
Vol 210 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
A E Senior ◽  
L Langman ◽  
G B Cox ◽  
F Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Atp Synthesis ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
F1 Atpase ◽  
Dependent Atpase ◽  
Mutant Strains ◽  
Synthesis Activity ◽  
Low Ionic Strength

To facilitate study of the role of the beta-subunit in the membrane-bound proton-translocating ATPase of Escherichia coli, we identified mutant strains from which an F1-ATPase containing abnormal beta-subunits can be purified. Seventeen strains of E. coli, characterized by genetic complementation tests as carrying mutations in the uncD gene (which codes for the beta-subunit), were studied. The majority of these strains (11) were judged to be not useful, as their membranes lacked ATPase activity, and were either proton-permeable as prepared or remained proton-impermeable after washing with buffer of low ionic strength. A further two strains were of a type not hitherto reported, in that their membranes had ATPase activity, were proton-impermeable as prepared, and were not rendered proton-permeable by washing in buffer of low ionic strength. Presumably in these two strains F1-ATPase is not released in soluble form by this procedure. F1-ATPase of normal molecular size were purified from strains AN1340 (uncD478), AN937 (uncD430), AN938 (uncD431) and AN1543 (uncD484). F1-ATPase from strain AN1340 (uncD478) had 15% of normal specific Mg-dependent ATPase activity and 22% of normal ATP-synthesis activity. The F1-ATPase preparations from strains AN937, AN938 and AN1543 had respectively 1.7%, 1.8% and 0.2% of normal specific Mg-dependent ATPase activity, and each of these preparations had very low ATP-synthesis activity. The yield of F1-ATPase from the four strains described was almost twice that obtained from a normal haploid strain. The kinetics of Ca-dependent ATPase activity were unusual in each of the four F1-ATPase preparations. It is likely that these four mutant uncD F1-ATPase preparations will prove valuable for further experimental study of the F1-ATPase catalytic mechanism.

scholarly journals Properties of membranes from mutant strains of Escherichia coli in which the β-subunit of the adenosine triphosphatase is abnormal

1979 ◽  
Vol 180 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
A E Senior ◽  
D R Fayle ◽  
J A Downie ◽  
F Gibson ◽  
G B Cox
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Mutant Allele ◽  
Adenosine Triphosphatase ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Beta Subunits ◽  
F1 Atpase ◽  
Mutant Strains ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Phenotypic Variations

Five uncoupled mutant strains of Escherichia coli carrying mutations in the uncD gene have been studied. In each of these mutant strains the beta-subunit of the F1 portion of the membrane-bound adenosine triphosphatase is abnormal. In one of the mutant strains (carrying the uncD12 allele) in F1-ATPase aggregate was formed which was purified and found to have low ATPase activity. ATPase activity was absent in the other four strains and the abnormal beta-subunits were tightly bound to the membranes. However, membranes from these strains exhibited various proton permeabilities as indicated by NADH-dependent atebrin-fluorescence quenching and bound different amounts of normal F1-ATPase. The amounts of reconstitution of energy-linked reactions after the addition of normal F1-ATPase also varied depending on the mutant allele. It is apparent that considerable phenotypic variations can occur between strains carrying mutations in the same unc gene.

scholarly journals Lysine 155 in beta-subunit is a catalytic residue of Escherichia coli F1 ATPase.

1993 ◽  
Vol 268 (10) ◽  
pp. 6989-6994
Author(s):  
A.E. Senior ◽  
S. Wilke-Mounts ◽  
M.K. al-Shawi
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Catalytic Residue ◽  
F1 Atpase

scholarly journals Random mutagenesis of the gene for the β-subunit of F1-ATPase from Escherichia coli

1989 ◽  
Vol 259 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
F A Kironde ◽  
D Parsonage ◽  
A E Senior
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Double Mutant ◽  
Catalytic Mechanism ◽  
Random Mutagenesis ◽  
Proton Pumping ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Phenotypic Screening ◽  
Haploid Strain ◽  
F1 Atpase

ATP synthesis by oxidative phosphorylation in Escherichia coli occurs in catalytic sites on the beta-subunits of F1-ATPase. Random mutagenesis of the beta-subunit combined with phenotypic screening is potentially important for studies of the catalytic mechanism. However, when applied to haploid strains, this approach is hampered by a preponderance of mutants in which assembly of F1-ATPase in vivo is defective, precluding enzyme purification. Here we mutagenized plasmids carrying the uncD (beta-subunit) gene with hydroxylamine or N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine and isolated, by phenotypic screening and complementation tests, six plasmids carrying mutant uncD alleles. When the mutant plasmids were used to transform a suitable uncD- strain, assembly of F1-ATPase in vivo occurred in each case. Moreover, in one case (beta Gly-223----Asp) F1-ATPase assembly proceeded although it had previously been reported that this mutation, when present on the chromosome of a haploid strain, prevented assembly of the enzyme in vivo. Therefore, this work demonstrates an improved approach for random mutagenesis of the F1-beta-subunit. Six new mutant uncD alleles were identified: beta Cys-137----Tyr; beta Gly-142----Asp; beta Gly-146----Ser; beta Gly-207----Asp; beta-Gly-223----Asp; and a double mutant beta Pro-403----Ser,Gly-415----Asp which we could not separate. The first five of these lie within or very close to the predicted catalytic nucleotide-binding domain of the beta-subunit. The double mutant lies outside this domain; we speculate that the region around residues beta 403-415 is part of an alpha-beta intersubunit contact surface. Membrane ATPase and ATP-driven proton pumping activities were impaired by all six mutations. Purified F1-ATPase was obtained from each mutant and shown to have impaired specific ATPase activity.

scholarly journals Oxidative phosphorylation by mutant Escherichia coli membranes with impaired proton permeability

1983 ◽  
Vol 216 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
G B Cox ◽  
D A Jans ◽  
F Gibson ◽  
L Langman ◽  
A E Senior ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Oxidative Phosphorylation ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Gene Dosage ◽  
Control Strain ◽  
Proton Permeability ◽  
F1f0 Atpase ◽  
F1 Atpase ◽  
C Subunit

The effect on the function of the Escherichia coli F1F0-ATPase of the substitution of leucine-31 by phenylalanine in the c-subunit of the enzyme was examined. The assembly of the mutant c-subunit requires an increased gene dosage [Jans, Fimmel, Langman, James, Downie, Senior, Ash, Gibson & Cox (1983) Biochem. J. 211, 717-726], and this was achieved by incorporation of the uncE408 or uncE463 alleles on to F-plasmids or multicopy plasmids. Membranes from strains carrying either the uncE463 or uncE408 alleles on F-plasmids or multicopy plasmids were capable of carrying out oxidative phosphorylation. In particular, membranes from strain AN1928 (pAN162, uncE463) gave phosphorylation rates and P/O ratios equal to or greater than those obtained for the control strain AN1460 (pAN45, unc+). However, the mutant membranes, on removal of the F1-ATPase, appeared to be proton-impermeable. The ATPase activity of the mutant membranes was also resistant to the inhibitor dicyclohexylcarbodi-imide.

Monoclonal antibody modification of the ATPase activity of Escherichia coli F1 ATPase

Biochemistry ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (45) ◽  
pp. 10387-10393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Aggeler ◽  
Janet Mendel-Hartvig ◽  
Roderick A. Capaldi
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Monoclonal Antibody ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
F1 Atpase

scholarly journals Directed mutagenesis of the beta-subunit of F1-ATPase from Escherichia coli.

1987 ◽  
Vol 262 (17) ◽  
pp. 8022-8026 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Parsonage ◽  
S Wilke-Mounts ◽  
A E Senior
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Directed Mutagenesis ◽  
F1 Atpase

scholarly journals The F1F0-ATPase of Escherichia coli. Substitution of proline by leucine at position 64 in the c-subunit causes loss of oxidative phosphorylation

1983 ◽  
Vol 213 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
A L Fimmel ◽  
D A Jans ◽  
L Langman ◽  
L B James ◽  
G R Ash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Fluorescence Quenching ◽  
Oxidative Phosphorylation ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Base Change ◽  
Helix Axis ◽  
F1f0 Atpase ◽  
F1 Atpase ◽  
C Subunit

The uncE410 allele differs from the normal uncE gene in that C leads to T base changes occur at nucleotides 190 and 191, resulting in proline at position 64 in the c-subunit of the F1F0-ATPase being replaced by leucine. Two partial-revertant strains were isolated in which alanine-20 of the c-subunit was replaced by proline, owing to a G leads to C base change at nucleotide 58. These c-subunits, coded for by the uncE501 and uncE502 alleles, therefore contained two amino acid changes, namely proline-64 leads to leucine, and alanine-20 leads to proline. Membranes prepared from the partial-revertant strains lacked ATP-dependent atebrin-fluorescence-quenching activity but were able to carry out oxidative phosphorylation. The ATPase activity of the F1-ATPase was inhibited when bound to membranes from strains carrying the uncE410, uncE501 and uncE502 alleles. It is concluded that a bend in the helix axis in one of the arms of the c-subunit hairpin structure is required for integration of the c-subunit into a functional F1F0-ATPase.

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