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Pogoryelov D, Reichen C, Klyszejko AL, Brunisholz R, Muller DJ, Dimroth P, Meier T. The oligomeric state of c rings from cyanobacterial F-ATP synthases varies from 13 to 15. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:5895-902. [PMID: 17545285 PMCID: PMC1952053 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00581-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We isolated the c rings of F-ATP synthases from eight cyanobacterial strains belonging to four different taxonomic classes (Chroococcales, Nostocales, Oscillatoriales, and Gloeobacteria). These c rings showed different mobilities on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), probably reflecting their molecular masses. This supposition was validated with the previously characterized c(11), c(14), and c(15) rings, which migrated on SDS-PAGE in proportion to their molecular masses. Hence, the masses of the cyanobacterial c rings can conveniently be deduced from their electrophoretic mobilities and, together with the masses of the c monomers, allow the calculation of the c ring stoichiometries. The method is a simple and fast way to determine stoichiometries of SDS-stable c rings and hence a convenient means to unambiguously determine the ion-to-ATP ratio, a parameter reflecting the bioenergetic efficacy of F-ATP synthases. AFM imaging was used to prove the accuracy of the method and confirmed that the c ring of Synechococcus elongatus SAG 89.79 is a tridecameric oligomer. Despite the high conservation of the c-subunit sequences from cyanobacterial strains from various environmental groups, the stoichiometries of their c rings varied between c(13) and c(15). This systematic study of the c-ring stoichiometries suggests that variability of c-ring sizes might represent an adaptation of the individual cyanobacterial species to their particular environmental and physiological conditions. Furthermore, the two new examples of c(15) rings underline once more that an F(1)/F(o) symmetry mismatch is not an obligatory feature of all F-ATP synthases.
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- Denys Pogoryelov
- Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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McMillan DGG, Keis S, Dimroth P, Cook GM. A specific adaptation in the a subunit of thermoalkaliphilic F1FO-ATP synthase enables ATP synthesis at high pH but not at neutral pH values. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:17395-404. [PMID: 17434874 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611709200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Analysis of the atp operon from the thermoalkaliphilic Bacillus sp. TA2.A1 and comparison with other atp operons from alkaliphilic bacteria reveals the presence of a conserved lysine residue at position 180 (Bacillus sp. TA2.A1 numbering) within the a subunit of these F(1)F(o)-ATP synthases. We hypothesize that the basic nature of this residue is ideally suited to capture protons from the bulk phase at high pH. To test this hypothesis, a heterologous expression system for the ATP synthase from Bacillus sp. TA2.A1 (TA2F(1)F(o)) was developed in Escherichia coli DK8 (Deltaatp). Amino acid substitutions were made in the a subunit of TA2F(1)F(o) at position 180. Lysine (aK180) was substituted for the basic residues histidine (aK180H) or arginine (aK180R), and the uncharged residue glycine (aK180G). ATP synthesis experiments were performed in ADP plus P(i)-loaded right-side-out membrane vesicles energized by ascorbate-phenazine methosulfate. When these enzyme complexes were examined for their ability to perform ATP synthesis over the pH range from 7.0 to 10.0, TA2F(1)F(o) and aK180R showed a similar pH profile having optimum ATP synthesis rates at pH 9.0-9.5 with no measurable ATP synthesis at pH 7.5. Conversely, aK180H and aK180G showed maximal ATP synthesis at pH values 8.0 and 7.5, respectively. ATP synthesis under these conditions for all enzyme forms was sensitive to DCCD. These data strongly imply that amino acid residue Lys(180) is a specific adaptation within the a subunit of TA2F(1)F(o) to facilitate proton capture at high pH. At pH values near the pK(a) of Lys(180), the trapped protons readily dissociate to reach the subunit c binding sites, but this dissociation is impeded at neutral pH values causing either a blocking of the proposed H(+) channel and/or mechanism of proton translocation, and hence ATP synthesis is inhibited.
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- Duncan G G McMillan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Krause F. Detection and analysis of protein–protein interactions in organellar and prokaryotic proteomes by native gel electrophoresis: (Membrane) protein complexes and supercomplexes. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:2759-81. [PMID: 16817166 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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It is an essential and challenging task to unravel protein-protein interactions in their actual in vivo context. Native gel systems provide a separation platform allowing the analysis of protein complexes on a rather proteome-wide scale in a single experiment. This review focus on blue-native (BN)-PAGE as the most versatile and successful gel-based approach to separate soluble and membrane protein complexes of intricate protein mixtures derived from all biological sources. BN-PAGE is a charge-shift method with a running pH of 7.5 relying on the gentle binding of anionic CBB dye to all membrane and many soluble protein complexes, leading to separation of protein species essentially according to their size and superior resolution than other fractionation techniques can offer. The closely related colorless-native (CN)-PAGE, whose applicability is restricted to protein species with intrinsic negative net charge, proved to provide an especially mild separation capable of preserving weak protein-protein interactions better than BN-PAGE. The essential conditions determining the success of detecting protein-protein interactions are the sample preparations, e.g. the efficiency/mildness of the detergent solubilization of membrane protein complexes. A broad overview about the achievements of BN- and CN-PAGE studies to elucidate protein-protein interactions in organelles and prokaryotes is presented, e.g. the mitochondrial protein import machinery and oxidative phosphorylation supercomplexes. In many cases, solubilization with digitonin was demonstrated to facilitate an efficient and particularly gentle extraction of membrane protein complexes prone to dissociation by treatment with other detergents. In general, analyses of protein interactomes should be carried out by both BN- and CN-PAGE.
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- Frank Krause
- Department of Chemistry, Physical Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
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Lewalter K, Müller V. Bioenergetics of archaea: ancient energy conserving mechanisms developed in the early history of life. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:437-45. [PMID: 16806054 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2006] [Revised: 03/23/2006] [Accepted: 04/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A key component in cellular bioenergetics is the ATP synthase. The enzyme from archaea represents a new class of ATPases, the A1AO ATP synthases. They are composed of two domains that function as a pair of rotary motors connected by a central and peripheral stalk(s). The structure of the chemically-driven motor (A1) was solved by small angle X-ray scattering in solution, and the structure of the first A1AO ATP synthases (from methanoarchaea) was obtained recently by single particle analyses. These studies revealed novel structural features such as a second peripheral stalk and a collar-like structure. Interestingly, the membrane-embedded electrically-driven motor (AO) is very different in archaea with sometimes novel, exceptional subunit composition.
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- Kim Lewalter
- Molecular Microbiology and Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Campus Riedberg, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Dencher NA, Goto S, Reifschneider NH, Sugawa M, Krause F. Unraveling Age-Dependent Variation of the Mitochondrial Proteome. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1067:116-9. [PMID: 16803976 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1354.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Blue-native and colorless-native gel electrophoresis combined with subsequent 2D-SDS-PAGE and MALDI mass spectrometry are successfully applied for understanding the role of mitochondria in cellular dysfunction, aging, and cellular death. The partial mitochondrial proteome maps of various tissues (liver, brain, kidney, heart, and skeletal muscle) obtained from rat serve now as a database for the elucidation of age-dependent changes, including alterations in protein-protein interactions as well as in posttranslational modifications.
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- Norbert A Dencher
- Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
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Oberfeld B, Brunner J, Dimroth P. Phospholipids Occupy the Internal Lumen of the c Ring of the ATP Synthase ofEscherichia coli. Biochemistry 2006; 45:1841-51. [PMID: 16460030 DOI: 10.1021/bi052304+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The occupancy of the central cavity of the membrane-embedded c ring of the ATP synthase of Escherichia coli was investigated with a photo-cross-linking approach. Single cysteine mutants were created at c subunit positions 4, 8, and 11, which are oriented to the inside of the ring. These cysteines were alkylated with reagents carrying a photoactivatable substituent and illuminated. Subunit c and derivatives were then isolated and subjected to mass spectrometric analyses. The most noticeable product, which was found exclusively in irradiated samples, had a mass increase of 719 Da, consistent with a cross-link product between the substituted c subunit and phosphatidylethanolamine. Digestion with phospholipase C converted this product into one with a mass diminished by 126 Da, indicating that the phosphoethanolamine moiety was cleaved off. Hence, the cross-link forms to the diacylglycerol moiety of phosphatidylethanolamine. Control experiments showed that the subunit c-phospholipid adducts were formed in the ATP synthase complex in its natural membrane environment and were not artifacts arising from monomeric c subunits. We conclude therefore that the inner lumen of the c ring is occupied with phospholipids. No evidence was found for an extension of subunit a into this space.
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Eubel H, Braun HP, Millar AH. Blue-native PAGE in plants: a tool in analysis of protein-protein interactions. PLANT METHODS 2005; 1:11. [PMID: 16287510 PMCID: PMC1308860 DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-1-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2005] [Accepted: 11/16/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Intact protein complexes can be separated by apparent molecular mass using a standard polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis system combining mild detergents and the dye Coomassie Blue. Referring to the blue coloured gel and the gentle method of solubilization yielding native and enzymatically active protein complexes, this technique has been named Blue-Native Polyacrylamide Gel-Electrophoresis (BN-PAGE). BN-PAGE has become the method of choice for the investigation of the respiratory protein complexes of the electron transfer chains of a range of organisms, including bacteria, yeasts, animals and plants. It allows the separation in two dimensions of extremely hydrophobic protein sets for analysis and also provides information on their native interactions. In this review we discuss the capabilities of BN-PAGE in proteomics and the wider investigation of protein:protein interactions with a focus on its use and potential in plant science.
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- Holger Eubel
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia
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- Abteilung Angewandte Genetik, Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419 Hannover, Germany
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia
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Meier T, Yu J, Raschle T, Henzen F, Dimroth P, Muller DJ. Structural evidence for a constant c11 ring stoichiometry in the sodium F-ATP synthase. FEBS J 2005; 272:5474-83. [PMID: 16262688 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04940.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The Na+-dependent F-ATP synthases of Ilyobacter tartaricus and Propionigenium modestum contain membrane-embedded ring-shaped c subunit assemblies with a stoichiometry of 11. Subunit c from either organism was overexpressed in Escherichia coli using a plasmid containing the corresponding gene, extracted from the membrane using detergent and then purified. Subsequent analyses by SDS/PAGE revealed that only a minor portion of the c subunits had assembled into stable rings, while the majority migrated as monomers. The population of rings consisted mainly of c11, but more slowly migrating assemblies were also found, which might reflect other c ring stoichiometries. We show that they consisted of higher aggregates of homogeneous c11 rings and/or assemblies of c11 rings and single c monomers. Atomic force microscopy topographs of c rings reconstituted into lipid bilayers showed that the c ring assemblies had identical diameters and that stoichiometries throughout all rings resolved at high resolution. This finding did not depend on whether the rings were assembled into crystalline or densely packed assemblies. Most of these rings represented completely assembled undecameric complexes. Occasionally, rings lacking a few subunits or hosting additional subunits in their cavity were observed. The latter rings may represent the aggregates between c11 and c1, as observed by SDS/PAGE. Our results are congruent with a stable c11 ring stoichiometry that seems to not be influenced by the expression level of subunit c in the bacteria.
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- Thomas Meier
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Janovjak H, Kedrov A, Cisneros DA, Sapra KT, Struckmeier J, Muller DJ. Imaging and detecting molecular interactions of single transmembrane proteins. Neurobiol Aging 2005; 27:546-61. [PMID: 16253393 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2004] [Revised: 03/15/2005] [Accepted: 03/19/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Single-molecule atomic force microscopy (AFM) provides novel ways to characterize structure-function relationships of native membrane proteins. High-resolution AFM-topographs allow observing substructures of single membrane proteins at sub-nanometer resolution as well as their conformational changes, oligomeric state, molecular dynamics and assembly. Complementary to AFM imaging, single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments allow detecting molecular interactions established within and between membrane proteins. The sensitivity of this method makes it possible to detect the interactions that stabilize secondary structures such as transmembrane alpha-helices, polypeptide loops and segments within. Changes in temperature or protein-protein assembly do not change the position of stable structural segments, but influence their stability established by collective molecular interactions. Such changes alter the probability of proteins to choose a certain unfolding pathway. Recent examples have elucidated unfolding and refolding pathways of membrane proteins as well as their energy landscapes. We review current and future potential of these approaches to reveal insights into membrane protein structure, function, and unfolding as we recognize that they could help answering key questions in the molecular basis of certain neuro-pathological dysfunctions.
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- Harald Janovjak
- Center of Biotechnology, University of Technology and Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Tatzberg 49, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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The realization that many essential functions of living cells are performed by nanoscale motors consisting of protein complexes has given rise to an intense effort to understand their mechanisms. Considerable progress has been made in the past two years by a combination of biophysical techniques and theoretical analysis. Single-molecule studies have played a spectacular role for a variety of motors including kinesin, myosin, and polymerases. The understanding of F(1)-ATPase, the smallest biomolecular rotary motor, has made particular progress by the interplay of experimental and theoretical studies; the latter have provided information not available from experiment.
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- Martin Karplus
- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
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Krause F, Reifschneider NH, Goto S, Dencher NA. Active oligomeric ATP synthases in mammalian mitochondria. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 329:583-90. [PMID: 15737625 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recently, by analysis of mildly solubilized mitochondrial membranes new biochemical evidences were obtained for the occurrence of ATP synthase dimers in mitochondria of different eukaryotes from yeast to mammals. In the case of yeast even higher ATP synthase oligomers could be found. Here, we analysed by BN- and CN-PAGE mammalian (bovine and rat) mitochondria from five different tissues, which were efficiently but very mildly solubilized with digitonin. In mitochondria from all investigated tissues besides ATP synthase monomers (V(1)) not only dimeric ATP synthase (V(2)) but for the first time also higher oligomers, at least trimers (V(3)) and tetramers (V(4)), were separated. Compared with BN-PAGE, by CN-PAGE analysis the yields of preserved respiratory supercomplexes as well as of oligomeric ATP synthases (V(2-4)) were significantly increased. The latter represent the majority of total ATP synthases in all cases. Importantly, all different ATP synthase species from the five tissues displayed in-gel ATP hydrolase activity, suggesting that homooligomeric ATP synthases are the constitutive, enzymatically competent organization of mammalian ATP synthases in the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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- Frank Krause
- Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 22, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Karplus M, Gao YQ, Ma J, van der Vaart A, Yang W. Protein structural transitions and their functional role. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2005; 363:331-356. [PMID: 15664887 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Living cells are a collection of molecular machines which carry out many of the functions essential for the cell's existence, differentiation and reproduction. Most, though not all, of these machines are made up of proteins. Because of their complexity, an understanding of how they work requires a synergistic combination of experimental and theoretical studies. In this paper we outline our studies of two such protein machines. One is GroEL, the chaperone from Escherichia coli, which aids in protein folding; the other is F(1)-ATPase, a motor protein which synthesizes and hydrolyses ATP.
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- Martin Karplus
- Laboratoire de Chimie Biophysique, ISIS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
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Ackerman SH, Tzagoloff A. Function, structure, and biogenesis of mitochondrial ATP synthase. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 80:95-133. [PMID: 16164973 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(05)80003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Sharon H Ackerman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Golding AJ, Finazzi G, Johnson GN. Reduction of the thylakoid electron transport chain by stromal reductants--evidence for activation of cyclic electron transport upon dark adaptation or under drought. PLANTA 2004; 220:356-63. [PMID: 15316779 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1345-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2004] [Accepted: 06/12/2004] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The reduction of P700(+), the primary electron donor of photosystem I (PSI), following a saturating flash of white light in the presence of the photosystem II (PSII) inhibitor 3-(3.4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU), was examined in barley plants exposed to a variety of conditions. The decay kinetic fitted to a double exponential decay curve, implying the presence of two distinct pools of PSI. A fast component, with a rate constant for decay of around 0.03-0.04 ms(-1) was observed to be sensitive to the duration of illumination. This rate constant was slower than, but comparable to, that observed in non-inhibited samples (i.e. where linear flow was active). It was substantially faster than values typically reported for experiments where PSII activity is inhibited. The magnitude of this component rose in leaves that were dark-adapted or exposed to drought. This component was assigned to PSI centres involved in cyclic electron transport. The remaining slowly decaying P700(+) population (rate constant of around 0.001-0.002 ms(-1)) was assigned to centres normally involved in linear electron transport (but inhibited here because of the presence of DCMU), or inactivated centres involved in the cyclic pathway. Processes that might regulate the relative flux through cyclic electron transport are discussed.
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- Alison J Golding
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, 3.614 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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Rexroth S, Meyer Zu Tittingdorf JMW, Schwassmann HJ, Krause F, Seelert H, Dencher NA. Dimeric H+-ATP synthase in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2004; 1658:202-11. [PMID: 15450958 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2004] [Revised: 05/28/2004] [Accepted: 05/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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H+-ATP synthase is the dominant ATP production site in mitochondria and chloroplasts. So far, dimerization of ATP synthase has been observed only in mitochondria by biochemical and electron microscopic investigations. Although the physiological relevance remains still enigmatic, dimerization was proposed to be a unique feature of the mitochondrion [Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1555 (2002) 154]. It is hard to imagine, however, that closely related protein complexes of mitochondria and chloroplast should show such severe differences in structural organization. We present the first evidences for dimerization of chloroplast ATP synthases within the thylakoid membrane. By investigation of the thylakoid membrane of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, dimerization of the chloroplast ATP synthase was detected. Chloroplast ATP synthase dimer dissociates into monomers upon incubation with vanadate or phosphate but not by incubation with molybdate, while the mitochondrial dimer is not affected by the incubation. This suggests a distinct dimerization mechanism for mitochondrial and chloroplast ATP synthase. Since vanadate and phosphate bind to the active sites, contact sites located on the hydrophilic CF1 part are suggested for the chloroplast ATP synthase dimer. As the degree of dimerization varies with phosphate concentration, dimerization might be a response to low phosphate concentrations.
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- Sascha Rexroth
- Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 22, Darmstadt D-64287, Germany.
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Meyer Zu Tittingdorf JMW, Rexroth S, Schäfer E, Schlichting R, Giersch C, Dencher NA, Seelert H. The stoichiometry of the chloroplast ATP synthase oligomer III in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is not affected by the metabolic state. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2004; 1659:92-9. [PMID: 15511531 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2004] [Revised: 08/13/2004] [Accepted: 08/18/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The chloroplast H(+)-ATP synthase is a key component for the energy supply of higher plants and green algae. An oligomer of identical protein subunits III is responsible for the conversion of an electrochemical proton gradient into rotational motion. It is highly controversial if the oligomer III stoichiometry is affected by the metabolic state of any organism. Here, the intact oligomer III of the ATP synthase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been isolated for the first time. Due to the importance of the subunit III stoichiometry for energy conversion, a gradient gel system was established to distinguish oligomers with different stoichiometries. With this methodology, a possible alterability of the stoichiometry in respect to the metabolic state of the cells was examined. Several growth parameters, i.e., light intensity, pH value, carbon source, and CO(2) concentration, were varied to determine their effects on the stoichiometry. Contrary to previous suggestions for E. coli, the oligomer III of the chloroplast H(+)-ATP synthase always consists of a constant number of monomers over a wide range of metabolic states. Furthermore, mass spectrometry indicates that subunit III from C. reinhardtii is not modified posttranslationally. Data suggest a subunit III stoichiometry of the algae ATP synthase divergent from higher plants.
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- Jürgen M W Meyer Zu Tittingdorf
- Department of Chemistry, Physical Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 22, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Mitome N, Suzuki T, Hayashi S, Yoshida M. Thermophilic ATP synthase has a decamer c-ring: indication of noninteger 10:3 H+/ATP ratio and permissive elastic coupling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:12159-64. [PMID: 15302927 PMCID: PMC514450 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0403545101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In a rotary motor F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase that couples H(+) transport with ATP synthesis/hydrolysis, it is thought that an F(o)c subunit oligomer ring (c-ring) in the membrane rotates as protons pass through F(o) and a 120 degrees rotation produces one ATP at F(1). Despite several structural studies, the copy number of F(o)c subunits in the c-ring has not been determined for any functional F(o)F(1). Here, we have generated and isolated thermophilic Bacillus F(o)F(1), each containing genetically fused 2-mer-14-mer c (c(2)-c(14)). Among them, F(o)F(1) containing c(2), c(5), or c(10) showed ATP-synthesis and other activities. When F(1) was removed, F(o) containing c(10) worked as an H(+) channel but F(o)s containing c(9), c(11) or c(12) did not. Thus, the c-ring of functional F(o)F(1) of this organism is a decamer. The inevitable consequence of this finding is noninteger ratios of rotation step sizes of F(1)/F(o) (120 degrees /36 degrees ) and of H(+)/ATP (10:3). This step-mismatch necessitates elastic twisting of the rotor shaft (and/or the side stalk) during rotation and permissive coupling between unit rotations by H(+) transport at F(o) and elementary events in catalysis at F(1).
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- Noriyo Mitome
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Poetsch A, Rexroth S, Heberle J, Link TA, Dencher NA, Seelert H. Characterisation of subunit III and its oligomer from spinach chloroplast ATP synthase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1618:59-66. [PMID: 14643934 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Proton ATP synthases carry out energy conversion in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and bacteria. A key element of the membrane integral motor CFO in chloroplasts is the oligomer of subunit III: it converts the energy of a transmembrane electrochemical proton gradient into rotational movement. To enlighten prominent features of the structure-function relationship of subunit III from spinach chloroplasts, new isolation methods were established to obtain highly pure monomeric and oligomeric subunit III in milligram quantities. By Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) and CD spectroscopy, the predominantly alpha-helical secondary structure of subunit III was demonstrated. For monomeric subunit III, a conformational change was observed when diluting the SDS-solubilized protein. Under the same conditions the conformation of the oligomer III did not change. A mass of 8003 Da for the monomeric subunit III was determined by MALDI mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS), showing that no posttranslational modifications occurred. By ionisation during MALDI-MS, the noncovalent homooligomer III14 disaggregated into its III monomers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ansgar Poetsch
- Department of Chemistry, Physical Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 22, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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