Classification of nucleotide binding sites on mitochondrial F1-ATPase from yeast

Significant quantities of endogenous GDP and ADP are present on catalytic sites of the F1-ATPase isolated from M. lysodeikticus in the absence of added nucleotides

The F1-ATPase from Micrococcus lysodeikticus is isolated in the absence of exogenous nucleotides. After removing loosely bound nucleotides from the isolated enzyme by gel permeation chromatography, analysis for tightly bound nucleotides revealed in 14 experiments 0.4 +/- 0.1 mol ADP, 0.5 +/- 0.2 mol GDP, and 0.8 +/- 0.2 mol ATP per mol of F1. Incubation of the isolated enzyme with Mg2+ or Ca2+ did not alter the endogenous nucleotide composition of the enzyme, indicating that endogenous ATP is not bound to a catalytic site. Incubation of the enzyme with P(i) decreased the amount of tightly bound ADP and GDP but did not effect the ATP content. Hydrolysis of MgATP in the presence of sulfite raised the tightly bound ADP and lowered tightly bound GDP on the enzyme. In the reciprocal experiment, hydrolysis of MgGTP in the presence of sulfite raised tightly bound GDP and lowered tightly bound ADP. Turnover did not affect the content of tightly bound ATP on the enzyme. These results suggest that endogenous ADP and GDP are bound to exchangeable catalytic sites, whereas endogenous ATP is bound to noncatalytic sites which do not exchange. The presence of endogenous GDP on catalytic sites of isolated F1 suggests that the F0F1-ATP synthase of M. lysodeikticus might synthesize both GTP and ATP under physiological conditions. In support of this hypothesis, we have found that plasma membrane vesicles derived from M. lysodeikticus synthesize [32P]GTP from [32P]P(i) using malate as electron donor for oxidative phosphorylation.

Steady-state kinetics of F1-ATPase. Mechanism of anion activation

The kinetic behaviour of the ATPase activity of beef heart F1 depends largely on the exposure of the enzyme to some anionic ligands such as sulphate and/or EDTA. F1 prepared in the presence of such anions exhibited a triphasic kinetic pattern whereas F1 from which those anions were removed by dialysis exhibited only two Km values for ATP. Conversely to what has been previously reported, bicarbonate did not linearize F1-ATPase kinetics. Moreover, anion activation cannot be simply explained by promotion of ADP release but mainly by an increase in affinity of the third catalytic site for ATP.

alpha, beta-Bidentate CrADP abolishes the negative cooperativity of yeast mitochondrial F1-ATPase

The hydrolysis of MgATP and MgITP by mitochondrial F1-ATPase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is competitively inhibited by alpha, beta-CrADP, alpha, beta, gamma-CrATP and beta, gamma-CrATP. The apparent K1 values of the three complexes are in the range of the half-saturating MgATP concentration. The negative cooperativity (nH = 0.7) of MgATP hydrolysis is totally abolished by alpha, beta-CrADP (nH = 1.0), while it is not affected by the CrATP. It is concluded that alpha, beta-CrADP binds exclusively at the regulatory site and that CrATP binds exclusively to the catalytic site.

Changes in chemical properties of mitochondrial adenosinetriphosphatase upon removal of tightly bound nucleotides

The removal of tightly bound nucleotides from mitochondrial F1-ATPase was found to affect the inhibition by ADP and chemical reactivity toward 7-chloro-4-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (NBD-C1) and sulfhydryl reagents. Preincubation of nucleotide-depleted F1 with 40 microM ADP in the presence of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) resulted in a 51% inhibition of the steady-state level of ATPase activity whereas only a 25% inhibition was observed for native F1. Both partially inhibited states of the enzyme could be reversed by the subsequent addition of ATP. Measurement of [14C]ADP binding to nucleotide-depleted F1 in the presence of EDTA reveals three equivalent ADP binding sites with a Kd of 0.45 microM, and a fourth site of lower affinity. The sulfhydryl reagents 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) and N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) were found to inhibit the ATPase activity of nucleotide-depleted F1 but not native F1 or nucleotide-depleted F1 in the presence of ADP or ATP. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of nucleotide-depleted F1 labeled with [14C]NEM gave a 2-fold increase in incorporation into the (alpha + beta) subunits and a 7-fold increase in label in the gamma subunit after 90 min compared to when ADP was present during the reaction. ADP binding to the noncatalytic sites enhanced the rate of inhibition of nucleotide-depleted F1 by NBD-C1 about 2-fold while retarding the subsequent intramolecular transfer from an essential phenol group to an amino group about 2.8-fold. The results suggest a conformational change in F1 caused by changes in nucleotide--protein interaction at the noncatalytic sites.

The interaction of nucleotides with F1-ATPase inactivated with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan

In common with the F1-ATPase from other sources, yeast mitochondrial F1-ATPase was inhibited by 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan. Total inhibition of the F1-ATPase activity was compatible with the modification of a single tyrosine residue per F1-ATPase molecule. Radioactive labelling experiments localized this modification on a beta-subunit. The inactive modified enzyme retained the capacity to bind the photoaffinity label 8-azido-1,N6-etheno-ATP, which has previously been shown to bind nucleotide sites of low affinity. As well, the inactive modified enzyme bound MgATP with high affinity, yielding a Kd of 14 microM. The results are consistent with the hypothesis of alternating, or cooperative, site catalysis by F1-ATPase.