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Kondo K, Izumi M, Inabe K, Yoshida K, Imashimizu M, Suzuki T, Hisabori T. The phototroph-specific β-hairpin structure of the γ subunit of F oF 1-ATP synthase is important for efficient ATP synthesis of cyanobacteria. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101027. [PMID: 34339736 PMCID: PMC8390522 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The FoF1 synthase produces ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. The γ subunit of FoF1 ATP synthase in photosynthetic organisms, which is the rotor subunit of this enzyme, contains a characteristic β-hairpin structure. This structure is formed from an insertion sequence that has been conserved only in phototrophs. Using recombinant subcomplexes, we previously demonstrated that this region plays an essential role in the regulation of ATP hydrolysis activity, thereby functioning in controlling intracellular ATP levels in response to changes in the light environment. However, the role of this region in ATP synthesis has long remained an open question because its analysis requires the preparation of the whole FoF1 complex and a transmembrane proton-motive force. In this study, we successfully prepared proteoliposomes containing the entire FoF1 ATP synthase from a cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, and measured ATP synthesis/hydrolysis and proton-translocating activities. The relatively simple genetic manipulation of Synechocystis enabled the biochemical investigation of the role of the β-hairpin structure of FoF1 ATP synthase and its activities. We further performed physiological analyses of Synechocystis mutant strains lacking the β-hairpin structure, which provided novel insights into the regulatory mechanisms of FoF1 ATP synthase in cyanobacteria via the phototroph-specific region of the γ subunit. Our results indicated that this structure critically contributes to ATP synthesis and suppresses ATP hydrolysis.
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- Kumiko Kondo
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
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Lee JW. Mitochondrial energetics with transmembrane electrostatically localized protons: do we have a thermotrophic feature? Sci Rep 2021; 11:14575. [PMID: 34272427 PMCID: PMC8285424 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93853-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Transmembrane electrostatically localized protons (TELP) theory has been recently recognized as an important addition over the classic Mitchell's chemiosmosis; thus, the proton motive force (pmf) is largely contributed from TELP near the membrane. As an extension to this theory, a novel phenomenon of mitochondrial thermotrophic function is now characterized by biophysical analyses of pmf in relation to the TELP concentrations at the liquid-membrane interface. This leads to the conclusion that the oxidative phosphorylation also utilizes environmental heat energy associated with the thermal kinetic energy (kBT) of TELP in mitochondria. The local pmf is now calculated to be in a range from 300 to 340 mV while the classic pmf (which underestimates the total pmf) is in a range from 60 to 210 mV in relation to a range of membrane potentials from 50 to 200 mV. Depending on TELP concentrations in mitochondria, this thermotrophic function raises pmf significantly by a factor of 2.6 to sixfold over the classic pmf. Therefore, mitochondria are capable of effectively utilizing the environmental heat energy with TELP for the synthesis of ATP, i.e., it can lock heat energy into the chemical form of energy for cellular functions.
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- James Weifu Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA.
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Lee JW. Energy Renewal: Isothermal Utilization of Environmental Heat Energy with Asymmetric Structures. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 23:665. [PMID: 34070431 PMCID: PMC8228076 DOI: 10.3390/e23060665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Through the research presented herein, it is quite clear that there are two thermodynamically distinct types (A and B) of energetic processes naturally occurring on Earth. Type A, such as glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle, apparently follows the second law well; Type B, as exemplified by the thermotrophic function with transmembrane electrostatically localized protons presented here, does not necessarily have to be constrained by the second law, owing to its special asymmetric function. This study now, for the first time, numerically shows that transmembrane electrostatic proton localization (Type-B process) represents a negative entropy event with a local protonic entropy change (ΔSL) in a range from -95 to -110 J/K∙mol. This explains the relationship between both the local protonic entropy change (ΔSL) and the mitochondrial environmental temperature (T) and the local protonic Gibbs free energy (ΔGL=TΔSL) in isothermal environmental heat utilization. The energy efficiency for the utilization of total protonic Gibbs free energy (ΔGT including ΔGL=TΔSL) in driving the synthesis of ATP is estimated to be about 60%, indicating that a significant fraction of the environmental heat energy associated with the thermal motion kinetic energy (kBT) of transmembrane electrostatically localized protons is locked into the chemical form of energy in ATP molecules. Fundamentally, it is the combination of water as a protonic conductor, and thus the formation of protonic membrane capacitor, with asymmetric structures of mitochondrial membrane and cristae that makes this amazing thermotrophic feature possible. The discovery of energy Type-B processes has inspired an invention (WO 2019/136037 A1) for energy renewal through isothermal environmental heat energy utilization with an asymmetric electron-gated function to generate electricity, which has the potential to power electronic devices forever, including mobile phones and laptops. This invention, as an innovative Type-B mimic, may have many possible industrial applications and is likely to be transformative in energy science and technologies for sustainability on Earth.
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- James Weifu Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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Rotor subunits adaptations in ATP synthases from photosynthetic organisms. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:541-550. [PMID: 33890627 PMCID: PMC8106487 DOI: 10.1042/bst20190936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Driven by transmembrane electrochemical ion gradients, F-type ATP synthases are the primary source of the universal energy currency, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), throughout all domains of life. The ATP synthase found in the thylakoid membranes of photosynthetic organisms has some unique features not present in other bacterial or mitochondrial systems. Among these is a larger-than-average transmembrane rotor ring and a redox-regulated switch capable of inhibiting ATP hydrolysis activity in the dark by uniquely adapted rotor subunit modifications. Here, we review recent insights into the structure and mechanism of ATP synthases specifically involved in photosynthesis and explore the cellular physiological consequences of these adaptations at short and long time scales.
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Davis GA, Kramer DM. Optimization of ATP Synthase c-Rings for Oxygenic Photosynthesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 10:1778. [PMID: 32082344 PMCID: PMC7003800 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The conversion of sunlight into useable cellular energy occurs via the proton-coupled electron transfer reactions of photosynthesis. Light is absorbed by photosynthetic pigments and transferred to photochemical reaction centers to initiate electron and proton transfer reactions to store energy in a redox gradient and an electrochemical proton gradient (proton motive force, pmf), composed of a concentration gradient (ΔpH) and an electric field (Δψ), which drives the synthesis of ATP through the thylakoid FoF1-ATP synthase. Although ATP synthase structure and function are conserved across biological kingdoms, the number of membrane-embedded ion-binding c subunits varies between organisms, ranging from 8 to 17, theoretically altering the H+/ATP ratio for different ATP synthase complexes, with profound implications for the bioenergetic processes of cellular metabolism. Of the known c-ring stoichiometries, photosynthetic c-rings are among the largest identified stoichiometries, and it has been proposed that decreasing the c-stoichiometry could increase the energy conversion efficiency of photosynthesis. Indeed, there is strong evidence that the high H+/ATP of the chloroplast ATP synthase results in a low ATP/nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) ratio produced by photosynthetic linear electron flow, requiring secondary processes such as cyclic electron flow to support downstream metabolism. We hypothesize that the larger c subunit stoichiometry observed in photosynthetic ATP synthases was selected for because it allows the thylakoid to maintain pmf in a range where ATP synthesis is supported, but avoids excess Δψ and ΔpH, both of which can lead to production of reactive oxygen species and subsequent photodamage. Numerical kinetic simulations of the energetics of chloroplast photosynthetic reactions with altered c-ring size predicts the energy storage of pmf and its effects on the photochemical reaction centers strongly support this hypothesis, suggesting that, despite the low efficiency and suboptimal ATP/NADPH ratio, a high H+/ATP is favored to avoid photodamage. This has important implications for the evolution and regulation of photosynthesis as well as for synthetic biology efforts to alter photosynthetic efficiency by engineering the ATP synthase.
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- Geoffry A. Davis
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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Novitskaia O, Buslaev P, Gushchin I. Assembly of Spinach Chloroplast ATP Synthase Rotor Ring Protein-Lipid Complex. Front Mol Biosci 2019; 6:135. [PMID: 31850368 PMCID: PMC6896225 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Rotor ATPases are large multisubunit membrane protein complexes found in all kingdoms of life. The membrane parts of these ATPases include a ring-like assembly, so-called c-ring, consisting of several subunits c, plugged by a patch of phospholipids. In this report, we use a nature-inspired approach to model the assembly of the spinach (Spinacia oleracea) c14 ring protein-lipid complex, where partially assembled oligomers are pulled toward each other using a biasing potential. The resulting assemblies contain 23 to 26 encapsulated plug lipids, general position of which corresponds well to experimental maps. However, best fit to experimental data is achieved with 15 to 17 lipids inside the c-ring. In all of the simulations, the lipids from one leaflet (loop side of the c subunit) are ordered and static, whereas the lipids from the other leaflet are disordered and dynamic. Spontaneous permeation of water molecules toward Glu61 at the active site is also observed. The presented assembly approach is expected to be generalizable to other protein complexes with encapsulated lipid patches.
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- Olga Novitskaia
- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.,Nanoscience Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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Cossio P, Allegretti M, Mayer F, Müller V, Vonck J, Hummer G. Bayesian inference of rotor ring stoichiometry from electron microscopy images of archaeal ATP synthase. Microscopy (Oxf) 2018; 67:266-273. [PMID: 30032235 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfy033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The 'Bayesian inference of electron microscopy' (BioEM) framework makes it possible to determine the stoichiometry of protein complexes using 3D coarse-grained models and a relatively small number of cryo-electron microscopy images as input. We applied the method to determine the most probable rotor ring stoichiometry of the archaeal Na+ ATP synthase from Pyrococcus furiosus, a multisubunit complex able to produce ATP under extreme conditions. Archaeal ATP synthases consist of a catalytic A1 part and a membrane-embedded AO portion. The AO portion is composed of a rotor ring and the a-subunit. The rotor ring of P. furiosus ATP synthase is composed of 16-kDa c-subunits, each consisting of four helices forming a bundle, with only one Na+-binding site per bundle. This ring was proposed to be decameric from LILBID-MS analysis of the entire ATP synthase. By contrast, the BioEM posterior favors a c9 ring stoichiometry. With BioEM, we ranked coarse-grained models of the whole complex with different ring geometry, using 6400 unprocessed particle images of the A1AO complex collected in vitreous ice. BioEM makes it possible to probabilistically establish the domain stoichiometry using low-resolution information and comparably few particle images.
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- Pilar Cossio
- Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Biophysics of Tropical Diseases, Max Planck Tandem Group, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Bioenergetics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Bioenergetics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Department of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Structure of the γ-ε complex of cyanobacterial F 1-ATPase reveals a suppression mechanism of the γ subunit on ATP hydrolysis in phototrophs. Biochem J 2018; 475:2925-2939. [PMID: 30054433 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20180481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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F1-ATPase forms the membrane-associated segment of F0F1-ATP synthase - the fundamental enzyme complex in cellular bioenergetics for ATP hydrolysis and synthesis. Here, we report a crystal structure of the central F1 subcomplex, consisting of the rotary shaft γ subunit and the inhibitory ε subunit, from the photosynthetic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1, at 1.98 Å resolution. In contrast with their homologous bacterial and mitochondrial counterparts, the γ subunits of photosynthetic organisms harbour a unique insertion of 35-40 amino acids. Our structural data reveal that this region forms a β-hairpin structure along the central stalk. We identified numerous critical hydrogen bonds and electrostatic interactions between residues in the hairpin and the rest of the γ subunit. To elaborate the critical function of this β-hairpin in inhibiting ATP hydrolysis, the corresponding domain was deleted in the cyanobacterial F1 subcomplex. Biochemical analyses of the corresponding α3β3γ complex confirm that the clinch of the hairpin structure plays a critical role and accounts for a significant interaction in the α3β3 complex to induce ADP inhibition during ATP hydrolysis. In addition, we found that truncating the β-hairpin insertion structure resulted in a marked impairment of the interaction with the ε subunit, which binds to the opposite side of the γ subunit from the β-hairpin structure. Combined with structural analyses, our work provides experimental evidence supporting the molecular principle of how the insertion region of the γ subunit suppresses F1 rotation during ATP hydrolysis.
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Schulz S, Wilkes M, Mills DJ, Kühlbrandt W, Meier T. Molecular architecture of the N-type ATPase rotor ring from Burkholderia pseudomallei. EMBO Rep 2017; 18:526-535. [PMID: 28283532 PMCID: PMC5376962 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201643374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Revised: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The genome of the highly infectious bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei harbors an atp operon that encodes an N‐type rotary ATPase, in addition to an operon for a regular F‐type rotary ATPase. The molecular architecture of N‐type ATPases is unknown and their biochemical properties and cellular functions are largely unexplored. We studied the B. pseudomallei N1No‐type ATPase and investigated the structure and ion specificity of its membrane‐embedded c‐ring rotor by single‐particle electron cryo‐microscopy. Of several amphiphilic compounds tested for solubilizing the complex, the choice of the low‐density, low‐CMC detergent LDAO was optimal in terms of map quality and resolution. The cryoEM map of the c‐ring at 6.1 Å resolution reveals a heptadecameric oligomer with a molecular mass of ~141 kDa. Biochemical measurements indicate that the c17 ring is H+ specific, demonstrating that the ATPase is proton‐coupled. The c17 ring stoichiometry results in a very high ion‐to‐ATP ratio of 5.7. We propose that this N‐ATPase is a highly efficient proton pump that helps these melioidosis‐causing bacteria to survive in the hostile, acidic environment of phagosomes.
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- Sarah Schulz
- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Zhou W, Marinelli F, Nief C, Faraldo-Gómez JD. Atomistic simulations indicate the c-subunit ring of the F 1F o ATP synthase is not the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28186490 PMCID: PMC5323039 DOI: 10.7554/elife.23781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Pathological metabolic conditions such as ischemia induce the rupture of the mitochondrial envelope and the release of pro-apoptotic proteins, leading to cell death. At the onset of this process, the inner mitochondrial membrane becomes depolarized and permeable to osmolytes, proposedly due to the opening of a non-selective protein channel of unknown molecular identity. A recent study purports that this channel, referred to as Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore (MPTP), is formed within the c-subunit ring of the ATP synthase, upon its dissociation from the catalytic domain of the enzyme. Here, we examine this claim for two c-rings of different lumen width, through calculations of their ion conductance and selectivity based on all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. We also quantify the likelihood that the lumen of these c-rings is in a hydrated, potentially conducting state rather than empty or blocked by lipid molecules. These calculations demonstrate that the structure and biophysical properties of a correctly assembled c-ring are inconsistent with those attributed to the MPTP. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.23781.001
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- Wenchang Zhou
- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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Modeling the light-induced electric potential difference (ΔΨ), the pH difference (ΔpH) and the proton motive force across the thylakoid membrane in C3 leaves. J Theor Biol 2017; 413:11-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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McMillan DGG, Watanabe R, Ueno H, Cook GM, Noji H. Biophysical Characterization of a Thermoalkaliphilic Molecular Motor with a High Stepping Torque Gives Insight into Evolutionary ATP Synthase Adaptation. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:23965-23977. [PMID: 27624936 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.743633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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F1F0 ATP synthases are bidirectional molecular motors that translocate protons across the cell membrane by either synthesizing or hydrolyzing ATP. Alkaliphile ATP synthases are highly adapted, performing oxidative phosphorylation at high pH against an inverted pH gradient (acidin/alkalineout). Unlike mesophilic ATP synthases, alkaliphilic enzymes have tightly regulated ATP hydrolysis activity, which can be relieved in the presence of lauryldimethylamine oxide. Here, we characterized the rotary dynamics of the Caldalkalibacillus thermarum TA2.A1 F1 ATPase (TA2F1) with two forms of single molecule analysis, a magnetic bead duplex and a gold nanoparticle. TA2F1 rotated in a counterclockwise direction in both systems, adhering to Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a maximum rotation rate (Vmax) of 112.4 revolutions/s. TA2F1 displayed 120° unitary steps coupled with ATP hydrolysis. Torque measurements revealed the highest torque (52.4 piconewtons) derived from an F1 molecule using fluctuation theorem. The implications of high torque in terms of extreme environment adaptation are discussed.
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- Duncan G G McMillan
- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan and
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- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan and
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- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan and
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, P. O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan and
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Pfreundschuh M, Martinez-Martin D, Mulvihill E, Wegmann S, Muller DJ. Multiparametric high-resolution imaging of native proteins by force-distance curve–based AFM. Nat Protoc 2014; 9:1113-30. [DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Silverstein TP. An exploration of how the thermodynamic efficiency of bioenergetic membrane systems varies with c-subunit stoichiometry of F₁F₀ ATP synthases. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2014; 46:229-41. [PMID: 24706236 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-014-9547-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Recently the F0 portion of the bovine mitochondrial F1F0-ATP synthase was shown to contain eight 'c' subunits (n = 8). This surprised many in the field, as previously, the only other mitochondrial F0 (for yeast) was shown to have ten 'c' subunits. The metabolic implications of 'c' subunit copy number explored in this paper lead to several surprising conclusions: (1) Aerobically respiring E. coli (n = 10) and animal mitochondria (n = 8) both have very high F1F0 thermodynamic efficiencies of ≈90% under typical conditions, whereas efficiency is only ≈65% for chloroplasts (n = 14). Reasons for this difference, including the importance of transmembrane potential (∆Ψ) as a rotational catalyst, as opposed to an energy source, are discussed. (2) Maximum theoretical P/O ratios in animal mitochondria (n = 8) are calculated to be 2.73 ATP/NADH and 1.64 ATP/FADH2, yielding 34.5 ATP/glucose (assuming NADH import via the malate/aspartate shuttle). The experimentally measured values of 2.44 (±0.15), 1.47 (±0.13), and 31.3 (±1.5), respectively, are only about 10% lower, suggesting very little energy depletion via transmembrane proton leakage. (3) Finally, the thermodynamic efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation is not lower than that of substrate level phosphorylation, as previously believed. The overall thermodynamic efficiencies of oxidative phosphorylation, glycolysis, and the citric acid cycle are ≈80% in all three processes.
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Akopyan K, Trchounian A. Proton cycles through membranes in bacteria: Relationship between proton passive and active fluxes and their dependence on some external physico-chemical factors under fermentation. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350913050023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Surface Characterization Using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in Liquid Environments. SURFACE SCIENCE TECHNIQUES 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34243-1_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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ATP synthase membrane rotors consist of a ring of c-subunits whose stoichiometry is constant for a given species but variable across different ones. We investigated the importance of c/c-subunit contacts by site-directed mutagenesis of a conserved stretch of glycines (GxGxGxGxG) in a bacterial c(11) ring. Structural and biochemical studies show a direct, specific influence on the c-subunit stoichiometry, revealing c(<11), c(12), c(13), c(14), and c(>14) rings. Molecular dynamics simulations rationalize this effect in terms of the energetics and geometry of the c-subunit interfaces. Quantitative data from a spectroscopic interaction study demonstrate that the complex assembly is independent of the c-ring size. Real-time ATP synthesis experiments in proteoliposomes show the mutant enzyme, harboring the larger c(12) instead of c(11), is functional at lower ion motive force. The high degree of compliance in the architecture of the ATP synthase rotor offers a rationale for the natural diversity of c-ring stoichiometries, which likely reflect adaptations to specific bioenergetic demands. These results provide the basis for bioengineering ATP synthases with customized ion-to-ATP ratios, by sequence modifications.
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Foyer CH, Neukermans J, Queval G, Noctor G, Harbinson J. Photosynthetic control of electron transport and the regulation of gene expression. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:1637-61. [PMID: 22371324 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The term 'photosynthetic control' describes the short- and long-term mechanisms that regulate reactions in the photosynthetic electron transport (PET) chain so that the rate of production of ATP and NADPH is coordinated with the rate of their utilization in metabolism. At low irradiances these mechanisms serve to optimize light use efficiency, while at high irradiances they operate to dissipate excess excitation energy as heat. Similarly, the production of ATP and NADPH in ratios tailored to meet demand is finely tuned by a sophisticated series of controls that prevents the accumulation of high NAD(P)H/NAD(P) ratios and ATP/ADP ratios that would lead to potentially harmful over-reduction and inactivation of PET chain components. In recent years, photosynthetic control has also been extrapolated to the regulation of gene expression because mechanisms that are identical or similar to those that serve to regulate electron flow through the PET chain also coordinate the regulated expression of genes encoding photosynthetic proteins. This requires coordinated gene expression in the chloroplasts, mitochondria, and nuclei, involving complex networks of forward and retrograde signalling pathways. Photosynthetic control operates to control photosynthetic gene expression in response to environmental and metabolic changes. Mining literature data on transcriptome profiles of C(3) and C(4) leaves from plants grown under high atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO(2)) levels compared with those grown with ambient CO(2) reveals that the transition to higher photorespiratory conditions in C(3) plants enhances the expression of genes associated with cyclic electron flow pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana, consistent with the higher ATP requirement (relative to NADPH) of photorespiration.
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- Christine H Foyer
- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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ATP synthase superassemblies in animals and plants: Two or more are better. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1807:1185-97. [PMID: 21679683 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Revised: 05/30/2011] [Accepted: 05/31/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Recombinant production and purification of the subunit c of chloroplast ATP synthase. Protein Expr Purif 2010; 76:15-24. [PMID: 21040791 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2010.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2010] [Revised: 10/16/2010] [Accepted: 10/25/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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In chloroplasts, the multimeric ATP synthase produces the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) that is required for photosynthetic metabolism. The synthesis of ATP is mechanically coupled to the rotation of a ring of c-subunits, which is imbedded in the thylakoid membrane. The rotation of this c-subunit ring is driven by the translocation of protons across this membrane, along an electrochemical gradient. The ratio of protons translocated to ATP synthesized varies according to the number of c-subunits (n) per oligomeric ring (c(n)) in the enzyme, which is organism dependent. Although this ratio is inherently related to the metabolism of the organism, the exact cause of the c(n) variability is not well understood. In order to investigate the factors that may contribute to this stoichiometric variation, we have developed a recombinant bacterial expression and column purification system for the c₁ monomeric subunit. Using a plasmid with a codon optimized gene insert, the hydrophobic c₁ subunit is first expressed as a soluble MBP-c₁ fusion protein, then cleaved from the maltose binding protein (MBP) and purified on a reversed phase column. This novel approach enables the soluble expression of an eukaryotic membrane protein in BL21 derivative Escherichia coli cells. We have obtained significant quantities of highly purified c₁ subunit using these methods, and we have confirmed that the purified c₁ has the correct alpha-helical secondary structure. This work will enable further investigation into the undefined factors that affect the c-ring stoichiometry and structure. The c-subunit chosen for this work is that of spinach (Spinacia oleracea) chloroplast ATP synthase.
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El Kirat K, Morandat S, Dufrêne YF. Nanoscale analysis of supported lipid bilayers using atomic force microscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1798:750-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Revised: 07/17/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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F1F0-ATP synthases of alkaliphilic bacteria: lessons from their adaptations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:1362-77. [PMID: 20193659 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2010] [Revised: 02/22/2010] [Accepted: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This review focuses on the ATP synthases of alkaliphilic bacteria and, in particular, those that successfully overcome the bioenergetic challenges of achieving robust H+-coupled ATP synthesis at external pH values>10. At such pH values the protonmotive force, which is posited to provide the energetic driving force for ATP synthesis, is too low to account for the ATP synthesis observed. The protonmotive force is lowered at a very high pH by the need to maintain a cytoplasmic pH well below the pH outside, which results in an energetically adverse pH gradient. Several anticipated solutions to this bioenergetic conundrum have been ruled out. Although the transmembrane sodium motive force is high under alkaline conditions, respiratory alkaliphilic bacteria do not use Na+- instead of H+-coupled ATP synthases. Nor do they offset the adverse pH gradient with a compensatory increase in the transmembrane electrical potential component of the protonmotive force. Moreover, studies of ATP synthase rotors indicate that alkaliphiles cannot fully resolve the energetic problem by using an ATP synthase with a large number of c-subunits in the synthase rotor ring. Increased attention now focuses on delocalized gradients near the membrane surface and H+ transfers to ATP synthases via membrane-associated microcircuits between the H+ pumping complexes and synthases. Microcircuits likely depend upon proximity of pumps and synthases, specific membrane properties and specific adaptations of the participating enzyme complexes. ATP synthesis in alkaliphiles depends upon alkaliphile-specific adaptations of the ATP synthase and there is also evidence for alkaliphile-specific adaptations of respiratory chain components.
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Sengupta D, Rampioni A, Marrink SJ. Simulations of thec-subunit of ATP-synthase reveal helix rearrangements. Mol Membr Biol 2009; 26:422-34. [DOI: 10.3109/09687680903321073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Matthies D, Preiss L, Klyszejko AL, Muller DJ, Cook GM, Vonck J, Meier T. The c13 ring from a thermoalkaliphilic ATP synthase reveals an extended diameter due to a special structural region. J Mol Biol 2009; 388:611-8. [PMID: 19327366 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.03.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2009] [Revised: 03/18/2009] [Accepted: 03/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We have structurally characterized the c-ring from the thermoalkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain TA2.A1 F(1)F(o)-ATP synthase. Atomic force microscopy imaging and cryo-electron microscopy analyses confirm previous mass spectrometric data indicating that this c-ring contains 13 c-subunits. The cryo-electron microscopy map obtained from two-dimensional crystals shows less closely packed helices in the inner ring compared to those of Na(+)-binding c(11) rings. The inner ring of alpha-helices in c(11) rings harbors a conserved GxGxGxGxG motif, with glycines located at the interface between c-subunits, which is responsible for the close packing of these helices. This glycine motif is altered in the c(13) ring of Bacillus sp. strain TA2.A1 to AxGxSxGxS, leading to a change in c-c subunit contacts and thereby enlarging the c-ring diameter to host a greater number of c-subunits. An altered glycine motif is a typical feature of c-subunit sequences in alkaliphilic Bacillus species. We propose that enlarged c-rings in proton-dependent F-ATP synthases may represent an adaptation to facilitate ATP synthesis at low overall proton-motive force, as occurs in bacteria that grow at alkaline pH.
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- Doreen Matthies
- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 3, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Seelert H, Dani DN, Dante S, Hauss T, Krause F, Schäfer E, Frenzel M, Poetsch A, Rexroth S, Schwassmann HJ, Suhai T, Vonck J, Dencher NA. From protons to OXPHOS supercomplexes and Alzheimer's disease: structure-dynamics-function relationships of energy-transducing membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:657-71. [PMID: 19281792 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2008] [Revised: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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By the elucidation of high-resolution structures the view of the bioenergetic processes has become more precise. But in the face of these fundamental advances, many problems are still unresolved. We have examined a variety of aspects of energy-transducing membranes from large protein complexes down to the level of protons and functional relevant picosecond protein dynamics. Based on the central role of the ATP synthase for supplying the biological fuel ATP, one main emphasis was put on this protein complex from both chloroplast and mitochondria. In particular the stoichiometry of protons required for the synthesis of one ATP molecule and the supramolecular organisation of ATP synthases were examined. Since formation of supercomplexes also concerns other complexes of the respiratory chain, our work was directed to unravel this kind of organisation, e.g. of the OXPHOS supercomplex I(1)III(2)IV(1), in terms of structure and function. Not only the large protein complexes or supercomplexes work as key players for biological energy conversion, but also small components as quinones which facilitate the transfer of electrons and protons. Therefore, their location in the membrane profile was determined by neutron diffraction. Physico-chemical features of the path of protons from the generators of the electrochemical gradient to the ATP synthase, as well as of their interaction with the membrane surface, could be elucidated by time-resolved absorption spectroscopy in combination with optical pH indicators. Diseases such as Alzheimer's dementia (AD) are triggered by perturbation of membranes and bioenergetics as demonstrated by our neutron scattering studies.
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- H Seelert
- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstrasse 22, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Constant c10 ring stoichiometry in the Escherichia coli ATP synthase analyzed by cross-linking. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:2400-4. [PMID: 19181809 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01390-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The subunit c stoichiometry of Escherichia coli ATP synthase was studied by intermolecular cross-linking via oxidation of bi-cysteine-substituted subunit c (cA21C/cM65C). Independent of the carbon source used for growth and independent of the presence of other FoF1 subunits, an equal pattern of cross-link formation stopping at the formation of decamers was obtained.
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Krebstakies T, Aldag I, Altendorf K, Greie JC, Deckers-Hebestreit G. The Stoichiometry of Subunit c of Escherichia coli ATP Synthase Is Independent of Its Rate of Synthesis. Biochemistry 2008; 47:6907-16. [DOI: 10.1021/bi800173a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Thomas Krebstakies
- Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Fritz M, Klyszejko AL, Morgner N, Vonck J, Brutschy B, Muller DJ, Meier T, Müller V. An intermediate step in the evolution of ATPases - a hybrid F0-V0 rotor in a bacterial Na+ F1F0 ATP synthase. FEBS J 2008; 275:1999-2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06354.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Meier T, Morgner N, Matthies D, Pogoryelov D, Keis S, Cook GM, Dimroth P, Brutschy B. A tridecameric c ring of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase from the thermoalkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain TA2.A1 facilitates ATP synthesis at low electrochemical proton potential. Mol Microbiol 2007; 65:1181-92. [PMID: 17645441 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05857.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Despite the thermodynamic problem imposed on alkaliphilic bacteria of synthesizing adenosine triphosphate (ATP) against a large inverted pH gradient and consequently a low electrochemical proton potential, these bacteria still utilize a proton-coupled F(1)F(o)-ATP synthase to synthesize ATP. One potential solution to this apparent thermodynamic problem would be the operation of a larger oligomeric c ring, which would raise the ion to ATP ratio, thus facilitating the conversion of a low electrochemical potential into a significant phosphorylation potential. To address this hypothesis, we have purified the oligomeric c ring from the thermoalkaliphilic bacterium Bacillus sp. strain TA2.A1 and determined the number of c-subunits using a novel mass spectrometry method, termed 'laser-induced liquid bead ion desorption' (LILBID). This technique allows the mass determination of non-covalently assembled, detergent-solubilized membrane protein complexes, and hence enables an accurate determination of c ring stoichiometries. We show that the Bacillus sp. strain TA2.A1 ATP synthase harbours a tridecameric c ring. The operation of a c ring with 13 subunits renders the thermodynamic problem of ATP synthesis at alkaline pH less severe and may represent a strategy for ATP synthesis at low electrochemical potential.
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- Thomas Meier
- Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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de Jonge MR, Koymans LHM, Guillemont JEG, Koul A, Andries K. A computational model of the inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ATPase by a new drug candidate R207910. Proteins 2007; 67:971-80. [PMID: 17387738 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Diarylquinolines (DARQs) are a new class of potent inhibitors of the ATPase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We have created a homology model of a binding site for this class of compounds located on the contact area of the a-subunit (gene atpB) and c-subunits (gene atpE) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ATPase. The binding pocket that was identified from the analysis of the homology model is formed by 4 helices of three c-subunits and 2 helices of the a-subunit. The lead compound of the DARQ series, R207910, was docked into the pocket using a simulated annealing, multiple conformer, docking algorithm. Different stereoisomers were treated separately. The best docking pose for each stereoisomer was optimized by molecular dynamics simulation on the 5300 atoms of the binding region and ligand. The interaction energies in the computed complexes enable us to rank the different stereoisomers in order of interaction strength with the ATPase binding pockets. We propose that the activity of R207910 against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is based on interference of the compound with the escapement geometry of the proton transfer chain. Upon binding the compound mimics the conserved Arg-186 residue of the a-subunit and interacts in its place with the conserved acidic residue Glu-61 of the c-subunit. This mode of action is corroborated by the good agreement between the computed interaction energies and the observed pattern of stereo-specificity in the model of the binding region.
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- Marc R de Jonge
- MolMo Services BVBA, Campus Blairon 424, B2300 Turnhout, Belgium.
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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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Richter ML, Samra HS, He F, Giessel AJ, Kuczera KK. Coupling proton movement to ATP synthesis in the chloroplast ATP synthase. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2006; 37:467-73. [PMID: 16691485 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-005-9493-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The chloroplast F(0)F(1)-ATP synthase-ATPase is a tiny rotary motor responsible for coupling ATP synthesis and hydrolysis to the light-driven electrochemical proton gradient. Reversible oxidation/reduction of a dithiol, located within a special regulatory domain of the gamma subunit of the chloroplast F(1) enzyme, switches the enzyme between an inactive and an active state. This regulatory mechanism is unique to the ATP synthases of higher plants and its physiological significance lies in preventing nonproductive depletion of essential ATP pools in the dark. The three-dimensional structure of the chloroplast F(1) gamma subunit has not yet been solved. To examine the mechanism of dithiol regulation, a model of the chloroplast gamma subunit was obtained through segmental homology modeling based on the known structures of the mitochondrial and bacterial gamma subunits, together with de novo construction of the unknown regulatory domain. The model has provided considerable insight into how the dithiol might modulate catalytic function. This has, in turn, suggested a mechanism by which rotation of subunits in F(0), the transmembrane proton channel portion of the enzyme, can be coupled, via the epsilon subunit, to rotation of the gamma subunit of F(1) to achieve the 120 degrees (or 90 degrees +30 degrees) stepping action that is characteristic of F(1) gamma subunit rotation.
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- Mark L Richter
- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA.
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Quigg A, Kevekordes K, Raven JA, Beardall J. Limitations on microalgal growth at very low photon fluence rates: the role of energy slippage. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2006; 88:299-310. [PMID: 16691367 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-006-9052-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2005] [Accepted: 03/02/2006] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The lower limits of photosynthetically useable radiation at which growth and photosynthesis can occur establish the lower boundaries for the extent of photolithotrophy in the biosphere. Photolithotrophic growth denotes the capacity to grow with photons as the sole energy input. Slippage in terms of photosynthetic energy conversion implies a less than theoretical stoichiometry of energy-transduction process(es) such as the dissipation of intermediates of O(2) evolution and of ATP synthesis (H(+)/e(-) and H(+)/ATP ratios). Slippage is particularly important in limiting the growth of photolithotrophic organisms at very low photon fluence rates. We found that Dunaliella tertiolecta and Phaeodactylum tricornutum avoid such reductions in photon use efficiency by increasing the size and number of their photosynthetic units, respectively, and by altering Q(A) reduction kinetics on the reducing side of PS II. P. tricornutum is also less susceptible to slippage in terms of the breakdown of intermediates in its O(2) evolution pathway than D. tertiolecta. Minimizing H(+) leakage through the CF(0)-CF(1) ATP synthetase (and other H(+ )porters) is also discussed briefly. In combination, strategies employed by P. tricornutum effectively allow it to grow and photosynthesize at lower rates of energy input than D. tertiolecta, consistent with our observations. Differences in the responses of the photosynthetic apparatus of these two marine microalgae are mechanistic and probably representative of evolutionary divergences associated with strategies for dealing with environmental perturbations.
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- Antonietta Quigg
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, 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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Pogoryelov D, Yu J, Meier T, Vonck J, Dimroth P, Muller DJ. The c15 ring of the Spirulina platensis F-ATP synthase: F1/F0 symmetry mismatch is not obligatory. EMBO Rep 2005; 6:1040-4. [PMID: 16170308 PMCID: PMC1371026 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2005] [Revised: 05/31/2005] [Accepted: 08/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The oligomeric c ring of the F-ATP synthase from the alkaliphilic cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis was isolated and characterized. Mass spectroscopy analysis indicated a mass of 8,210 Da, reflecting that of a c monomer. The mass increased by 206 Da after treatment with the c-subunit-specific inhibitor dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD), which indicated modification of the ion-binding carboxylate by DCCD. Atomic force microscopy topographs of c rings from S. platensis showed 15 symmetrically assembled subunits. The c15-mer reported here is the largest c ring that is isolated and does not show the classical c-ring mismatch to the three-fold symmetry of the F1 domain.
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- Denys Pogoryelov
- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Wolfgang-Pauli Strasse 10, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Cellular Machines, Centre for Biotechnology, University of Technology, Tatzberg 47, Dresden 01307, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Wolfgang-Pauli Strasse 10, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Strasse 3, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Wolfgang-Pauli Strasse 10, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Cellular Machines, Centre for Biotechnology, University of Technology, Tatzberg 47, Dresden 01307, Germany
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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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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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Cross RL, Müller V. The evolution of A-, F-, and V-type ATP synthases and ATPases: reversals in function and changes in the H+/ATP coupling ratio. FEBS Lett 2004; 576:1-4. [PMID: 15473999 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.08.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2004] [Revised: 08/18/2004] [Accepted: 08/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Members of the FoF1, AoA1 and VoV1 family of ATP synthases and ATPases have undergone at least two reversals in primary function. The first was from a progenitor proton-pumping ATPase to a proton-driven ATP synthase. The second involved transforming the synthase back into a proton-pumping ATPase. As proposed earlier [FEBS Lett. 259 (1990) 227], these reversals required changes in the H+/ATP coupling ratio from an optimal value of about 2 for an ATPase function to about 4 for an ATP synthase function. The doubling of the ratio that occurred at the ATPase-to-Synthase transition was accomplished by duplicating the gene that encodes the nucleotide-binding catalytic subunits followed by loss of function in one of the genes. The halving of the ratio that occurred at the Synthase-to-ATPase transition was achieved by a duplication/fusion of the gene that encodes the proton-binding transporter subunits, followed by a loss of function in one half of the double-sized protein. These events allowed conservation of quaternary structure, while maintaining a sufficient driving force to sustain an adequate phosphorylation potential or electrochemical gradient. Here, we describe intermediate evolutionary steps and a fine-tuning of the H+/ATP coupling ratio to optimize synthase function in response to different environments. In addition, we propose a third reversal of function, from an ATPase back to an ATP synthase. In contrast to the first two reversals which required a partial loss in function, the change in coupling ratio required for the third reversal is explained by a gain in function.
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- Richard L Cross
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
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Feniouk BA, Kozlova MA, Knorre DA, Cherepanov DA, Mulkidjanian AY, Junge W. The proton-driven rotor of ATP synthase: ohmic conductance (10 fS), and absence of voltage gating. Biophys J 2004; 86:4094-109. [PMID: 15189903 PMCID: PMC1304308 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.036962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2003] [Accepted: 02/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The membrane portion of F(0)F(1)-ATP synthase, F(0), translocates protons by a rotary mechanism. Proton conduction by F(0) was studied in chromatophores of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus. The discharge of a light-induced voltage jump was monitored by electrochromic absorption transients to yield the unitary conductance of F(0). The current-voltage relationship of F(0) was linear from 7 to 70 mV. The current was extremely proton-specific (>10(7)) and varied only slightly ( approximately threefold) from pH 6 to 10. The maximum conductance was approximately 10 fS at pH 8, equivalent to 6240 H(+) s(-1) at 100-mV driving force, which is an order-of-magnitude greater than of coupled F(0)F(1). There was no voltage-gating of F(0) even at low voltage, and proton translocation could be driven by deltapH alone, without voltage. The reported voltage gating in F(0)F(1) is thus attributable to the interaction of F(0) with F(1) but not to F(0) proper. We simulated proton conduction by a minimal rotary model including the rotating c-ring and two relay groups mediating proton exchange between the ring and the respective membrane surface. The data fit attributed pK values of approximately 6 and approximately 10 to these relays, and placed them close to the membrane/electrolyte interface.
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- Boris A Feniouk
- Division of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabruck, Osnabruck, Germany
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Wang Z, Hicks DB, Guffanti AA, Baldwin K, Krulwich TA. Replacement of amino acid sequence features of a- and c-subunits of ATP synthases of Alkaliphilic Bacillus with the Bacillus consensus sequence results in defective oxidative phosphorylation and non-fermentative growth at pH 10.5. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:26546-54. [PMID: 15024007 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401206200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mitchell's (Mitchell, P. (1961) Nature 191, 144-148) chemiosmotic model of energy coupling posits a bulk electrochemical proton gradient (Deltap) as the sole driving force for proton-coupled ATP synthesis via oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and for other bioenergetic work. Two properties of proton-coupled OXPHOS by alkaliphilic Bacillus species pose a challenge to this tenet: robust ATP synthesis at pH 10.5 that does not correlate with the magnitude of the Deltap and the failure of artificially imposed potentials to substitute for respiration-generated potentials in energizing ATP synthesis at high pH (Krulwich, T. (1995) Mol. Microbiol. 15, 403-410). Here we show that these properties, in alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4, depend upon alkaliphile-specific features in the proton pathway through the a- and c-subunits of ATP synthase. Site-directed changes were made in six such features to the corresponding sequence in Bacillus megaterium, which reflects the consensus sequence for non-alkaliphilic Bacillus. Five of the six single mutants assembled an active ATPase/ATP synthase, and four of these mutants exhibited a specific defect in non-fermentative growth at high pH. Most of these mutants lost the ability to generate the high phosphorylation potentials at low bulk Deltap that are characteristic of alkaliphiles. The aLys(180) and aGly(212) residues that are predicted to be in the proton uptake pathway of the a-subunit were specifically implicated in pH-dependent restriction of proton flux through the ATP synthase to and from the bulk phase. The evidence included greatly enhanced ATP synthesis in response to an artificially imposed potential at high pH. The findings demonstrate that the ATP synthase of extreme alkaliphiles has special features that are required for non-fermentative growth and OXPHOS at high pH.
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- ZhenXiong Wang
- Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Dimroth P, Cook GM. Bacterial Na+- or H+-coupled ATP Synthases Operating at Low Electrochemical Potential. Adv Microb Physiol 2004; 49:175-218. [PMID: 15518831 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2911(04)49004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In certain strictly anaerobic bacteria, the energy for growth is derived entirely from a decarboxylation reaction. A prominent example is Propionigenium modestum, which converts the free energy of the decarboxylation of (S)-methylmalonyl-CoA to propionyl-CoA (DeltaG degrees =-20.6 kJ/mol) into an electrochemical Na(+) ion gradient across the membrane. This energy source is used as a driving force for ATP synthesis by a Na(+)-translocating F(1)F(0) ATP synthase. According to bioenergetic considerations, approximately four decarboxylation events are necessary to support the synthesis of one ATP. This unique feature of using Na(+) instead of H(+) as the coupling ion has made this ATP synthase the paradigm to study the ion pathway across the membrane and its relationship to rotational catalysis. The membrane potential (Deltapsi) is the key driving force to convert ion translocation through the F(0) motor components into torque. The resulting rotation elicits conformational changes at the catalytic sites of the peripheral F(1) domain which are instrumental for ATP synthesis. Alkaliphilic bacteria also face the challenge of synthesizing ATP at a low electrochemical potential, but for entirely different reasons. Here, the low potential is not the result of insufficient energy input from substrate degradation, but of an inverse pH gradient. This is a consequence of the high environmental pH where these bacteria grow and the necessity to keep the intracellular pH in the neutral range. In spite of this unfavorable bioenergetic condition, ATP synthesis in alkaliphilic bacteria is coupled to the proton motive force (DeltamuH(+)) and not to the much higher sodium motive force (DeltamuNa(+)). A peculiar feature of the ATP synthases of alkaliphiles is the specific inhibition of their ATP hydrolysis activity. This inhibition appears to be an essential strategy for survival at high external pH: if the enzyme were to operate as an ATPase, protons would be pumped outwards to counteract the low DeltamuH(+), thus wasting valuable ATP and compromising acidification of the cytoplasm at alkaline pH.
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- Peter Dimroth
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ETH-Zentrum, Schmelzbergstrasse 7, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Seelert H, Dencher NA, Müller DJ. Fourteen protomers compose the oligomer III of the proton-rotor in spinach chloroplast ATP synthase. J Mol Biol 2003; 333:337-44. [PMID: 14529620 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.08.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Three fundamentally different chloroplast ATP synthase samples of increasing complexity were visualized by atomic force microscopy. The samples are distinguishable in respect to the isolation technique, the detergent employed, and the final subunit composition. The homo-oligomer III was isolated following SDS treatment of ATP synthase, the proton-turbine III+IV was obtained by blue-native electrophoresis, and complete CFO was isolated by anion exchange chromatography of NaSCN splitted ATP synthase. In all three ATP synthase subcomplexes 14 and only 14 circularly arranged subunits III composed the intact transmembrane rotor. Therefore, 14 protomers built the membrane-resident proton turbine. The observed stoichiometry of 14 is not a biochemical artifact or affected by natural growth variations of the spinach, as previously suggested. A correlation between the presence of subunit IV in the imaged sample and the appearance of a central protrusion in the narrower orifice of the oligomeric cylinder III14 has been observed. In contrast to current predictions, in chloroplast FO the subunit IV can be found inside the cylinder III14 and not at its periphery, at least in the reconstituted 2D arrays imaged.
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- Holger Seelert
- Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 22, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Murata T, Arechaga I, Fearnley IM, Kakinuma Y, Yamato I, Walker JE. The membrane domain of the Na+-motive V-ATPase from Enterococcus hirae contains a heptameric rotor. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:21162-7. [PMID: 12651848 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301620200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In F-ATPases, ATP hydrolysis is coupled to translocation of ions through membranes by rotation of a ring of c subunits in the membrane. The ring is attached to a central shaft that penetrates the catalytic domain, which has pseudo-3-fold symmetry. The ion translocation pathway lies between the external circumference of the ring and another hydrophobic protein. The H+ or Na+:ATP ratio depends upon the number of ring protomers, each of which has an essential carboxylate involved directly in ion translocation. This number and the ratio differ according to the source, and 10, 11, and 14 protomers have been found in various enzymes, with corresponding calculated H+ or Na+:ATP ratios of 3.3, 3.7, and 4.7. V-ATPases are related in structure and function to F-ATPases. Oligomers of subunit K from the Na+-motive V-ATPase of Enterococcus hirae also form membrane rings but, as reported here, with 7-fold symmetry. Each protomer has one essential carboxylate. Thus, hydrolysis of one ATP provides energy to extrude 2.3 sodium ions. Symmetry mismatch between the catalytic and membrane domains appears to be an intrinsic feature of both V- and F-ATPases.
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- Takeshi Murata
- Medical Research Council Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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Lolkema JS, Boekema EJ. The A-type ATP synthase subunit K of Methanopyrus kandleri is deduced from its sequence to form a monomeric rotor comprising 13 hairpin domains. FEBS Lett 2003; 543:47-50. [PMID: 12753903 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00398-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ntpK gene of the archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri encodes the equivalent of the c subunit of ATP synthase. The gene product contains 1021 residues and consists of 13 homologous domains, each one corresponding to a single helical hairpin. The amino acid sequence of the domains is highly conserved, ranging between 50 and 80% sequence identity. Each of the 13 domains contains a conserved Gln and Glu residue in the N- and C-terminal helix, respectively, both of which are believed to be involved in cation binding. The protein is likely to form the monomeric rotor of the ATP synthase that consists of 13 hairpin domains.
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- Juke S Lolkema
- Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands.
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Stahlberg H, Engel A, Philippsen A. Assessing the structure of membrane proteins: combining different methods gives the full picture. Biochem Cell Biol 2003; 80:563-8. [PMID: 12440697 DOI: 10.1139/o02-160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The rotor stoichiometry of F-ATPases has been revealed by the combined approaches of X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron crystallography, and atomic force microscopy (AFM). XRD showed the rotor from the yeast mitochondrial F-ATPase to contain 10 subunits. AFM was used to visualize the tetradecameric chloroplast rotors, and electron crystallography and AFM together revealed the rotors from Ilyobacter tartaricus to be composed of 11 subunits. While biochemical methods had determined an approximate stoichiometric value, precise measurements and new insights into a species-dependent rotor stoichiometry became available by applying the three structural tools together. The structures of AQP1, a water channel, and G1pF, a glycerol channel, were determined by electron crystallography and XRD. The combination of both of these structural tools with molecular dynamics simulations gave a differentiated description of the mechanisms determining the selectivity of water and glycerol channels. This illustrates that the combination of different methods in structural biology reveals more than each method alone.
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Turina P, Samoray D, Gräber P. H+/ATP ratio of proton transport-coupled ATP synthesis and hydrolysis catalysed by CF0F1-liposomes. EMBO J 2003; 22:418-26. [PMID: 12554643 PMCID: PMC140756 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The H(+)/ATP ratio and the standard Gibbs free energy of ATP synthesis were determined with a new method using a chemiosmotic model system. The purified H(+)-translocating ATP synthase from chloroplasts was reconstituted into phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidic acid liposomes. During reconstitution, the internal phase was equilibrated with the reconstitution medium, and thereby the pH of the internal liposomal phase, pH(in), could be measured with a conventional glass electrode. The rates of ATP synthesis and hydrolysis were measured with the luciferin/luciferase assay after an acid-base transition at different [ATP]/([ADP][P(i)]) ratios as a function of deltapH, analysing the range from the ATP synthesis to the ATP hydrolysis direction and the deltapH at equilibrium, deltapH (eq) (zero net rate), was determined. The analysis of the [ATP]/([ADP][P(i)]) ratio as a function of deltapH (eq) and of the transmembrane electrochemical potential difference, delta micro approximately (H)(+) (eq), resulted in H(+)/ATP ratios of 3.9 +/- 0.2 at pH 8.45 and 4.0 +/- 0.3 at pH 8.05. The standard Gibbs free energies of ATP synthesis were determined to be 37 +/- 2 kJ/mol at pH 8.45 and 36 +/- 3 kJ/mol at pH 8.05.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, I-40126 Bologna, Italy and
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 23a, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, I-40126 Bologna, Italy and
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 23a, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany Corresponding author e-mail:
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Nishio K, Iwamoto-Kihara A, Yamamoto A, Wada Y, Futai M. Subunit rotation of ATP synthase embedded in membranes: a or beta subunit rotation relative to the c subunit ring. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:13448-52. [PMID: 12357031 PMCID: PMC129693 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.202149599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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ATP synthase F(o)F(1) (alpha(3)beta(3)gammadelta epsilon ab(2)c(10-14)) couples an electrochemical proton gradient and a chemical reaction through the rotation of its subunit assembly. In this study, we engineered F(o)F(1) to examine the rotation of the catalytic F(1) beta or membrane sector F(o) a subunit when the F(o) c subunit ring was immobilized; a biotin-tag was introduced onto the beta or a subunit, and a His-tag onto the c subunit ring. Membrane fragments were obtained from Escherichia coli cells carrying the recombinant plasmid for the engineered F(o)F(1) and were immobilized on a glass surface. An actin filament connected to the beta or a subunit rotated counterclockwise on the addition of ATP, and generated essentially the same torque as one connected to the c ring of F(o)F(1) immobilized through a His-tag linked to the alpha or beta subunit. These results established that the gamma epsilon c(10-14) and alpha(3)beta(3)deltaab(2) complexes are mechanical units of the membrane-embedded enzyme involved in rotational catalysis.
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- Kazuaki Nishio
- Division of Biological Sciences, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of the Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Kanazawa A, Kramer DM. In vivo modulation of nonphotochemical exciton quenching (NPQ) by regulation of the chloroplast ATP synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:12789-94. [PMID: 12192092 PMCID: PMC130538 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.182427499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2002] [Accepted: 07/19/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) of excitation energy, which protects higher plant photosynthetic machinery from photodamage, is triggered by acidification of the thylakoid lumen as a result of light-induced proton pumping, which also drives the synthesis of ATP. It is clear that the sensitivity of NPQ is modulated in response to changing physiological conditions, but the mechanism for this modulation has remained unclear. Evidence is presented that, in intact tobacco or Arabidopsis leaves, NPQ modulation in response to changing CO(2) levels occurs predominantly by alterations in the conductivity of the CF(O)-CF(1) ATP synthase to protons (g(H)(+)). At a given proton flux, decreasing g(H)(+) will increase transthylakoid proton motive force (pmf), thus lowering lumen pH and contributing to the activation of NPQ. It was found that an approximately 5-fold decrease in g(H)(+) could account for the majority of NPQ modulation as atmospheric CO(2) was decreased from 2,000 ppm to 0 ppm. Data are presented that g(H)(+) is kinetically controlled, rather than imposed thermodynamically by buildup of DeltaG(ATP). Further results suggest that the redox state of the ATP synthase gamma-subunit thiols is not responsible for altering g(H)(+). A working model is proposed wherein g(H)(+) is modulated by stromal metabolite levels, possibly by inorganic phosphate.
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- Atsuko Kanazawa
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Müller DJ, Janovjak H, Lehto T, Kuerschner L, Anderson K. Observing structure, function and assembly of single proteins by AFM. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 79:1-43. [PMID: 12225775 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(02)00009-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Single molecule experiments provide insight into the individuality of biological macromolecules, their unique function, reaction pathways, trajectories and molecular interactions. The exceptional signal-to-noise ratio of the atomic force microscope allows individual proteins to be imaged under physiologically relevant conditions at a lateral resolution of 0.5-1nm and a vertical resolution of 0.1-0.2nm. Recently, it has become possible to observe single molecule events using this technique. This capability is reviewed on various water-soluble and membrane proteins. Examples of the observation of function, variability, and assembly of single proteins are discussed. Statistical analysis is important to extend conclusions derived from single molecule experiments to protein species. Such approaches allow the classification of protein conformations and movements. Recent developments of probe microscopy techniques allow simultaneous measurement of multiple signals on individual macromolecules, and greatly extend the range of experiments possible for probing biological systems at the molecular level. Biologists exploring molecular mechanisms will benefit from a burgeoning of scanning probe microscopes and of their future combination with molecular biological experiments.
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- Daniel J Müller
- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauer Str. 108, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
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