Kinetic studies on rat liver and beef heart mitochondrial ATPase. Evidence for nucleotide binding at separate regulatory and catalytic sites

Probes of inhibition of Escherichia coli F(1)-ATPase by 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole in the presence of MgADP and MgATP support a bi-site mechanism of ATP hydrolysis by the enzyme

Binding of MgADP and MgATP to Escherichia coli F(1)-ATPase (EcF(1)) has been assessed by their effects on extent of the enzyme inhibition by 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD-Cl). MgADP at low concentrations (K(d) 1.3 microM) promotes the inhibition, whereas at higher concentrations (K(d) 0.7 mM) EcF(1) is protected from inhibition. The mutant betaY331W-EcF(1) requires much higher MgADP, K(d) of about 10 mM, for protection. Such MgADP binding was not revealed by fluorescence quenching measurements. MgATP partially protects EcF(1) from inactivation by NBD-Cl, but the enzyme remains sensitive to NBD-Cl in the presence of MgATP at concentrations as high as 10 mM. The activating anion selenite in the absence of MgATP partially protects EcF(1) from inhibition by NBD-Cl. A complete protection of EcF(1) from inhibition by NBD-Cl has been observed in the presence of both MgATP and selenite. The results support a bi-site catalytic mechanism for MgATP hydrolysis by F(1)-ATPases and suggest that stimulation of the enzyme activity by activating anions is due to the anion binding to a catalytic site that remains unoccupied at saturating substrate concentration.

ATP synthase and the actions of inhibitors utilized to study its roles in human health, disease, and other scientific areas

ATP synthase, a double-motor enzyme, plays various roles in the cell, participating not only in ATP synthesis but in ATP hydrolysis-dependent processes and in the regulation of a proton gradient across some membrane-dependent systems. Recent studies of ATP synthase as a potential molecular target for the treatment of some human diseases have displayed promising results, and this enzyme is now emerging as an attractive molecular target for the development of new therapies for a variety of diseases. Significantly, ATP synthase, because of its complex structure, is inhibited by a number of different inhibitors and provides diverse possibilities in the development of new ATP synthase-directed agents. In this review, we classify over 250 natural and synthetic inhibitors of ATP synthase reported to date and present their inhibitory sites and their known or proposed modes of action. The rich source of ATP synthase inhibitors and their known or purported sites of action presented in this review should provide valuable insights into their applications as potential scaffolds for new therapeutics for human and animal diseases as well as for the discovery of new pesticides and herbicides to help protect the world's food supply. Finally, as ATP synthase is now known to consist of two unique nanomotors involved in making ATP from ADP and P(i), the information provided in this review may greatly assist those investigators entering the emerging field of nanotechnology.

The alpha3beta3gamma subcomplex of the F1-ATPase from the thermophilic bacillus PS3 with the betaT165S substitution does not entrap inhibitory MgADP in a catalytic site during turnover

The hydrolytic properties of the mutant alpha3(betaT165S)3gamma and wild-type alpha3beta3gamma subcomplexes of TF1 have been compared. Whereas the wild-type complex hydrolyzes 50 microM ATP in three kinetic phases, the mutant complex hydrolyzes 50 microM ATP with a linear rate. After incubation with a slight excess of ADP in the presence of Mg2+, the wild-type complex hydrolyzes 2 mM ATP with a long lag. In contrast, prior incubation of the mutant complex under these conditions does not affect the kinetics of ATP hydrolysis. The ATPase activity of the wild-type complex is stimulated 4-fold by 0. 1% lauryl dimethylamine oxide, whereas this concentration of lauryl dimethylamine oxide inhibits the mutant complex by 25%. Compared with the wild-type complex, the activity of the mutant complex is much less sensitive to turnover-dependent inhibition by azide. This comparison suggests that the mutant complex does not entrap substantial inhibitory MgADP in a catalytic site during turnover, which is supported by the following observations. ATP hydrolysis catalyzed by the wild-type complex is progressively inhibited by increasing concentrations of Mg2+ in the assay medium, whereas the mutant complex is insensitive to increasing concentrations of Mg2+. A Lineweaver-Burk plot constructed from rates of hydrolysis of 20-2000 microM ATP by the wild-type complex is biphasic, exhibiting apparent Km values of 30 microM and 470 microM with corresponding kcat values of 26 and 77 s-1. In contrast, a Lineweaver-Burk plot for the mutant complex is linear in this range of ATP concentration, displaying a Km of 133 microM and a kcat of 360 s-1.

Lowered temperature or binding of pyrophosphate to sites for noncatalytic nucleotides modulates the ATPase activity of the beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase by decreasing the affinity of a catalytic site for inhibitory MgADP

Lineweaver-Burk plots for ATP hydrolysis catalyzed by bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase (MF1) at 30 degrees C are biphasic, whereas they are linear at 15 degrees C. The rate of inactivation of the enzyme at 23 degrees C by 5'-[(p-fluorosulfonyl)benzoyl]adenosine (FSBA), which derivatizes noncatalytic nucleotide binding sites, is about 4 times faster when loss of activity is monitored at 15 degrees C as opposed to 30 degrees C. This suggests that maximal loss of ATPase monitored at 15 degrees C is observed when a single noncatalytic site is derivatized, whereas maximal inactivation at 30 degrees C requires modification of three noncatalytic sites. Prior incubation of MF1 depleted of endogenous nucleotides (nd-MF1) with pyrophosphate (PPi) stimulates ATPase activity 2-fold when assayed at 30 degrees C and pH 8.0. This stimulation correlates with binding of [32P]PPi to the second and third binding sites for PPi to be filled. Prior binding of PPi to nd-MF1 increases the rate of inactivation of the enzyme by FSBA at 23 degrees C about 4-fold when loss of activity is monitored at 30 degrees C and pH 8.0, whereas it does not affect the rate of inactivation when loss of ATPase is monitored at 15 degrees C or loss of ITPase is monitored at 30 degrees C. This indicates that the accelerated rate of inactivation induced by PPi when assays are conducted at 30 degrees C is not due to an increased rate of derivatization of noncatalytic sites. After 85% inactivation with FSBA, nd-MF1 retains the capacity to bind 2.8 mol of [32P]PPi per mole.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase: inhibition by azidoadenyl-5'-yl imidodiphosphates and cooperative binding of substrate

Two ATP analogs, 2- and 8-azidoadenyl-5'-yl imidodiphosphate, were synthesized, purified and utilized as inhibitors of soluble beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase under non-photolytical conditions. In the range of 5 microM to 3 mM ATP, the initial rates of ATP hydrolysis in the presence and absence of the inhibiting ATP analogs can be adequately described by two pairs of Km and Vmax values (3 microM, 8.5 mumol ATP/min per mg; 255 microM, 42.0 mumol ATP/min per mg). With increasing inhibitor concentrations, the apparent Km,2 increases as in competitive inhibition, while Vmax,1 decreases as in non-competitive inhibition. The Ki values derived for both types of inhibition are similar, but strongly different for 2- and 8-azido-AMP-PNP (4 microM and 460 microM, respectively). The decrease of the high-affinity Vmax is compensated by an increase in low-affinity catalysis, resulting in a constant sum of maximal velocities. These data can be described by a model where two sites interact with negative cooperativity in binding of substrate.

Peptide analogs of the beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase inhibitor protein

Peptide analogs which correspond to the conserved region of the natural ATPase inhibitor protein from beef heart, Candida utilis, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria were synthesized by solid-phase methodologies and tested for ATPase inhibitory activity. These peptides were found to be potent inhibitors of F1-ATPase-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis in acidic reaction media, having I50 values of 1.1 +/- 0.4 microM, 10 +/- 5 microM, and 48 +/- 19 microM, respectively. These results closely match those obtained for the naturally occurring inhibitor proteins. Additional peptides that correspond to the beef heart beta-subunit near the binding site of the beef heart inhibitor protein and that possess a substantial homology with the conserved region of the inhibitor protein were synthesized. Several of these peptides were found to be inhibitors of the ATPase activity. The best inhibitor, with an I50 value of 20 +/- 3 microM, was the peptide resembling the beef heart beta-subunit comprising amino acids 394-413. This peptide most closely resembles the peptides derived from the conserved region of the inhibitor protein. The insertion of five glycine residues between the charge clusters in the beta-394-413 peptide resulted in a peptide which was able to stimulate the hydrolysis of ATP.

Functional sites in F1-ATPases: location and interactions

This review focuses on the location and interaction of three functional sites in F1-ATPases. These are catalytic sites which are located in beta subunits, noncatalytic nucleotide-binding sites which are located at interfaces of alpha and beta subunits and modulate the hydrolytic activity of the enzyme, and a site that binds inhibitory amphipathic cations which is at an interface of alpha and beta subunits. The latter site may participate in transmission of conformational signals between catalytic sites in F1 and the proton-conducting apparatus of F0 in the intact ATP synthases.

Quaternary structure of ATP synthases: symmetry and asymmetry in the F1 moiety

It has been proposed that during ATP synthesis/hydrolysis F1 ATPases experience a complex pattern of nucleotide binding and release during the catalytic cycle (binding change mechanism). This type of mechanism has implications that can be correlated with the structure of the enzyme. F1-ATPases (stoichiometry alpha 3 beta 3 gamma delta epsilon) are essentially a symmetrical trimer of pairs of the major subunits (alpha and beta); the minor subunits (gamma, delta and epsilon) are in single copies and interact with the trimer in an asymmetrical fashion. The asymmetry introduced by the minor subunits has important structural and functional consequences: (1) it introduces differences between the potentially equivalent binding and catalytic sites in the major subunits, (2) it restricts the ways in which a binding change mechanism can occur, and (3) it governs the way in which the F1 interacts with the (asymmetrical) F0 sector.

Inhibition of mitochondrial F1-ATPase activity by binding of (2-azido-) ADP to a slowly exchangeable non-catalytic nucleotide binding site

F1-ATPase was treated so that it contained three tightly bound nucleotides per molecule. One of these was bound at a catalytic site and was rapidly exchangeable, the two remaining nucleotides were nonexchangeable. Incubation of this preparation with ADP in the presence of Mg2+ results in 40-45% inhibition of the ATPase activity. With 2-azido-ADP instead of ADP, the ligand was covalently bound to F1 by illumination, in the presence or absence of turnover of the enzyme, and the site of binding was determined. In this way, one site could be identified, which induces the inhibition. The attachment of the covalently bound 2-nitreno-ADP is at Tyr-368 of a beta-subunit, characterized in the literature as a non-catalytic site. A second, non-catalytic site also binds 2-azido-ADP, but this binding is partially reversed by the addition of ATP and does not cause further inhibition of the ATPase activity. It is concluded that the slowly exchangeable non-catalytic site is the site of inhibition by ADP.

Differential nucleotide binding to catalytic and noncatalytic sites and related conformational changes involving alpha/beta-subunit interactions as monitored by sensitive intrinsic fluorescence in Schizosaccharomyces pombe mitochondrial F1

Mitochondrial F1 from the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe exhibits an intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence sensitive to adenine nucleotides and inorganic phosphate [Divita, G., Di Pietro, A., Deléage, G., Roux, B., & Gautheron, D.C. (1991) Biochemistry 30, 3256-3262]. The present results indicate that the intrinsic fluorescence is differentially modified by nucleotide binding to either catalytic or noncatalytic sites. Guanine or hypoxanthine nucleotides, which selectively bind to the catalytic site, produce a hyperbolic saturation monitored by fluorescence quenching at 332 nm, the maximal emission wavelength. On the contrary, adenine nucleotides, which bind to both catalytic and noncatalytic sites, exhibit a biphasic saturation. High-affinity ATP binding produces a marked quenching as opposed to the lower-affinity one. In contrast, ADP exhibits a sigmoidal saturation, with high-affinity binding producing no quenching but responsible for positive cooperativity of binding to the lower-affinity site. The catalytic-site affinity for GDP is almost 20-fold higher at pH 5.0 as compared to pH 9.0, and the high sensitivity of the method allows detection of the 10-fold lower-affinity GMP binding. In contrast, high-affinity binding of ADP, or AMP, is not pH-dependent. The selective catalytic-site saturation induces a F1 conformational change decreasing the Stern-Volmer constant for acrylamide and the tryptophan fraction accessible to iodide. ATP saturation of both catalytic and noncatalytic sites produces an additional reduction of the accessible fraction to acrylamide.

Effect of citreoviridin and isocitreoviridin on beef heart mitochondrial ATPase

Citreoviridin is a toxic metabolite from fungus that has been shown to be an inhibitor of mitochondrial F1-ATPases. Studies of citreoviridin, however, have been compromised by the light-dependent isomerization that it undergoes. The isomerization is a potential source of extensive variability in the studies, if citreoviridin and isocitreoviridin have different kinetic effects and binding properties. Both citreoviridin and isocitreoviridin recently have been purified and have been shown to be stable in the dark. Using the purified isomers, the effects of both citreoviridin and isocitreoviridin on soluble and membrane-bound beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase activity were investigated. It was found that citreoviridin was an uncompetitive inhibitor of ATP hydrolysis, and a non-competitive inhibitor of ITP hydrolysis catalyzed by soluble F1-ATPase. Isocitreoviridin had no effect on the hydrolysis of either of the triphosphates catalyzed by soluble F1-ATPase. The inhibition constant, Ki for citreoviridin was determined as 4.5 microM for ATP hydrolysis. The inhibition constants Kii and Kis for ITP hydrolysis were determined as 4.3 and 1.03 microM, respectively. Citreoviridin was an uncompetitive inhibitor of ATP hydrolysis and a noncompetitive inhibitor of ATP synthesis catalyzed by membrane-bound F1-ATPase. The inhibition constant, Ki, for ATP hydrolysis was around 4 microM. For ATP synthesis the inhibition constants were determined as 0.12 and 0.16 microM for Kis and Kii, respectively, when ADP concentration was kept saturating. Isocitreoviridin had no effect on either activity of the membrane-bound enzyme.

Photolabeling of the phosphate binding site of mitochondrial F1-ATPase by [32P]azidonitrophenyl phosphate. Identification of the photolabeled amino acid residues

[32P]Azidonitrophenyl phosphate [( 32P]ANPP) is a photoactivatable analogue of Pi. It competes efficiently with Pi for binding to the F1 sector of beef heart mitochondrial ATPase and photolabels the Pi binding site located in the beta subunit of F1 [Lauquin, G. J. M., Pougeois, R., & Vignais, P. V. (1980) Biochemistry 19, 4620-4626]. By cleavage of the photolabeled beta subunit of F1 with cyanogen bromide, trypsin, and chymotrypsin, bound [32P]ANPP was localized in a fragment spanning Thr 299-Phe 326. By Edman degradation of the radiolabeled tryptic peptide spanning Ile 296-Arg 337, [32P]ANPP was found to be attached covalently by its photoreactive group to Ile 304, Gln 308, and Tyr 311. These results are discussed in terms of a model in which the phosphate group of [32P]ANPP interacts with a glycine-rich sequence of the beta subunit, spanning Gly 156-Lys 162, which is spatially close to the photolabeled Ile 304-Tyr 311 segment of the same subunit.

Three adenine nucleotide binding sites in F1-F0 mitochondrial ATPase as revealed by presteady-state and steady-state kinetics of ATP hydrolysis. Evidence for two inhibitory ADP-specific noncatalytic sites

Preincubation of submitochondrial particles with ADP in the presence of Mg2+ results in the complete inhibition of ATPase which is slowly reactivated in the assay mixture containing ATP and the ATP regenerating system. Significantly, the rate of activation increases as the concentration of ADP in the preincubation mixture rises from 1 microM to 20 microM and reaches a constant value at higher ADP concentrations. The first-order rate constant for the activation process in the assay mixture is ATP-dependent at any level of inhibitory ADP. The data obtained strongly suggest that two ADP-specific inhibitory sites and one ATP-specific hydrolytic site are present in F1-F0 ATPase. Taking into account the (3 alpha.3 beta).gamma.delta.epsilon structure of F1, it is concluded that the synchronous discharge of ADP from two inhibitory sites during the activation occurs after ATP binds to the ATPase catalytic site.

Chemical modification of active sites in relation to the catalytic mechanism of F1

Recent studies of chemically modified F1-ATPases have provided new information that requires a revision of our thinking on their catalytic mechanism. One of the beta subunits in F1-ATPase is distinguishable from the other two both structurally and functionally. The catalytic site and regulatory site of the same beta subunit are probably sufficiently close to each other, and the interaction between the various catalytic and regulatory sites are probably sufficiently strong to raise the uni-site rate of ATP hydrolysis by several orders of magnitude to that of promoted (multi-site) ATP hydrolysis. Although all three beta subunits in F1 possess weak uni-site ATPase activity, only one of them (beta') catalyzes promoted ATP hydrolysis. But all three beta subunits catalyze ATP synthesis driven by the proton flux. Internal rotation of the alpha 3beta 3 or beta 3 moiety relative to the remainder of the F0F1 complex did not occur during oxidative phosphorylation by reconstituted submitochondrial particles.

Human myocardial adenosine triphosphatase activities in health and heart failure

This study was designed to determine: (1) the myocardial adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activities of normal humans and patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and (2) whether ATPase activity is related to age, cause and severity of heart failure, and digitalis therapy. Endomyocardial biopsies were performed in 32 subjects. Results from six were normal. Ventricular failure in the other 26 was idiopathic (n = 15), familial (n = 3), alcohol induced (n = 5), or related to doxorubicin therapy (n = 3). The biopsies were analyzed for total, mitochondrial, Na+-K+, Ca++, and Mg++ ATPase activities. Total and mitochondrial ATPase activities correlated with left ventricular ejection fraction (r = 0.65 and 0.67, respectively; both p = 0.0001). Residual Mg++ ATPase activity correlated weakly with ventricular function as measured by echocardiography (p = 0.05). Na+-K+ ATPase activity was depressed in patients receiving digitalis (p = 0.01). These results suggest that progressive ventricular dysfunction may be associated with a progressive loss of total ATPase, mitochondrial ATPase and, to a lesser extent, Mg++ ATPase activity. Although depressed mitochondrial ATPase activity is not likely to be the primary cause of ventricular dysfunction, it could perpetuate failure by leading to inadequate production of adenosine triphosphate. Further study of ATPase activities may provide additional insight into the pathogenesis of cardiac failure.

Stimulatory effect of ADP, ATP, NAD(P) on pyruvate production from malate by uncoupled human placental mitochondria

It has been shown that ADP, ATP, NAD(P), and NAD(P)H significantly stimulate pyruvate production from malate by intact uncoupled human term placental mitochondria. No stimulation by ADP was observed when mitochondria were incubated in the presence of NAD(P) or NAD(P)H or when mitochondrial membrane had been disrupted. Atractyloside and oligomycin were without effect on ADP- and ATP-stimulated pyruvate production. Other dinucleotides tested such as GDP, UDP, and CDP, stimulated pyruvate production only slightly when mitochondria were incubated in the absence of phosphate. The rate of pyruvate production by intact mitochondria is commensurate with partly purified NAD(P)-linked malic enzyme activity as measured by NAD(P) reduction as far as the effects of pH of hydroxymalonate on these both processes is concerned. It is concluded that pyruvate production by intact human placental mitochondria is catalyzed by NAD(P)-linked malic enzyme and that this process is stimulated by ADP and ATP.

Exchange and hydrolysis of tightly bound nucleotides in normal and photolabelled bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase

Treatment of F1 by threefold fast-column centrifugation or by single ammonium sulphate precipitation followed by fast-column centrifugation resulted in enzyme preparations containing 2.5-2.8 mol of bound nucleotides per mol of F1. Short incubations of such F1 preparations in the presence of relatively low concentrations of [14C]ATP and 2-azido[alpha-32P]ATP (100-250 microM), followed by ammonium sulphate precipitation and fast-column centrifugation, resulted in exchange of about 1 mol of the bound nucleotide per mol of F1 not affecting the total amount of bound nucleotides. Exchange of bound nucleotides with 2-azidoATP, followed by ultraviolet irradiation, results in inhibition of the enzyme activity, full inhibition being obtained (via extrapolation) when 1 mol of 2-nitreno-adenosine 5'-tri- or diphosphate (2-N-AT(D)P) is covalently bound to the presumably catalytic site on the enzyme (Van Dongen, M.B.M., De Geus, J.P., Korver, T., Harton, A.F. and Berden, J.A. (1986) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 850, 359-368). In agreement with this, it was found that incorporated [gamma-32P]ATP was hydrolysed by more than 80%. Newly incorporated, not covalently bound radioactive nucleotides could be rapidly exchanged again by the addition of non-radioactive nucleotides, but a higher concentration of nucleotides was needed to fully exchange the incorporated nucleotide. Also, when F1 was depleted of most of its bound nucleotides by repeated ammonium sulphate precipitation, part of the residual nucleotides was still rapidly exchangeable. The ability of F1 to exchange (and hydrolyse) one of the bound nucleotides was not lost when one catalytic and one non-catalytic binding site were occupied by covalently bound 8-N-ATP. Similar results were obtained with F1 containing 2-nitrenoATP covalently bound to one of the catalytic sites. Also, after photolabelling of up to four binding sites with 8-N[( 2-3H]AT(D)P, part of the two remaining non-covalently bound nucleotides could still be rapidly exchanged. In this case the exchanged nucleotide was also hydrolysed. It is concluded that one of the two bound nucleotides became exchangeable when all four other sites (i.e., two catalytic and two non-catalytic) were occupied with covalently bound nucleotides. The site involved showed catalytic properties suggestive of localisation on a beta-subunit.

Role of phosphate on the ADP-induced hysteretic inhibition of mitochondrial adenosine 5'-triphosphatase. Effects of the natural protein inhibitor

Preincubation of F1-ATPase with ADP and Mg2+ leads to ADP binding at regulatory site inducing a hysteretic inhibition of ATP hydrolysis, i.e., an inhibition that slowly develops after Mg-ATP addition (Di Pietro, A., Penin, F., Godinot, C. and Gautheron, D.C. (1980) Biochemistry 19, 5671-5678). It is shown here that inorganic phosphate (Pi) together with ADP during preincubation abolishes the time-dependence of the inhibition after the addition of the substrate Mg-ATP. This preincubation in the presence of both Pi and ADP slowly leads to a conformation of the enzyme immediately inhibited after the addition of the substrate Mg-ATP. The Pi effect is half-maximal at 35 microM and pH 6.6, whereas a limited effect is induced at pH 8.0. The preincubation of F1-ATPase with Pi and ADP must last long enough (t1/2 = 5 min). The effects can be correlated to the amount of Pi bound to the enzyme, 1 mol Pi per mol (apparent KD of 33 microM) at saturation. Pi neither modifies the ADP binding nor the final level of the concomitant inhibition. When Pi is not present in the preincubation, the final stable rate of ADP-induced hysteretic inhibition is always reached when a near-constant amount of Pi has been generated during Mg-ATP hydrolysis. Kinetic experiments indicate that preincubation with ADP and Pi decreases both Vmax and Km which would favor a conformational change of the enzyme. Taking into account the Pi effects, a more precise model of hysteretic inhibition is proposed. The natural protein inhibitor IF1 efficiently prevents the binding of Pi produced by ATP hydrolysis indicating that the hysteretic inhibition and the IF1-dependent inhibition obey different mechanisms.

Demonstration of two exchangeable non-catalytic and two cooperative catalytic sites in isolated bovine heart mitochondrial F1, using the photoaffinity labels [2-3H]8-azido-ATP and [2-3H]8-azido-ADP

The photoreactive nucleotides [2-3H]8-azido-ATP and [2-3H]8-azido-ADP could be used to label the nucleotide binding sites on isolated mitochondrial F1-ATPase to a maximum of 4 mol of nucleotide per mol F1, also when the F1 was depleted of tightly bound nucleotides. At a photolabel concentration of 300-1000 microM, label was found on both alpha and beta subunits in a typically 1:3 ratio, independent of the total amount bound. Under these conditions the covalent binding of two nucleotides is needed for full inactivation (Wagenvoord, R.J., Van der Kraan, I. and Kemp, A. (1977) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 460, 17-24). At lower concentrations of [2-3H]8-azido-ATP (20 microM), it was found that covalent binding of only 1 mol of nucleotide per mole F1 was required for complete inactivation to take place indicating catalytic site cooperativity in the mechanism of ATP hydrolysis. Under those conditions, radioactivity was only found on the beta subunits, which would indicate that the catalytic site is located on a beta subunit and that a second site is located on the alpha/beta interface. It is found that four out of the six nucleotide binding sites are exchangeable and can be labelled with 8-azido-AT(D)P, i.e., two catalytic sites and two non-catalytic sites.

Structure and function of the ATPase-ATP synthase complex of mitochondria as compared to chloroplasts and bacteria

An overview of the structure and function of the mitochondrial ATPase-ATP synthase complex is presented. Attempts are made to identify the analogies and differences between mitochondrial, chloroplastic and bacterial complexes. The relatively more precise information available on the structure of the E. coli enzyme is used to try and understand the apparently more complex structure of the mitochondrial enzyme. Recent ideas on the mechanism of ATP hydrolysis and ATP synthesis will be summarized.

Pre-steady-state properties of bovine heart mitochondrial ATPase: a nucleotide-dependent H+ burst

The transient kinetics of bovine heart mitochondrial ATPase (F1) depleted of loosely bound nucleotides were observed. The activation process which was shown as a lag time before steady-state hydrolysis observed previously (Clark et al. (1984) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 233, 378-392) was preceded by a proton burst when F1 was stripped of its loose nucleotides. 5'-Adenylylimidodiphosphate (Ado PP[NH]P) or MgATP binding is shown to cause proton release. maximum proton release per F1 free of loosely bound nucleotides is observed with MgATP. Modification with NBD-CL of F1 that was nucleotide-depleted eliminated the proton burst, which suggests that the modified tyrosine (i.e., in the catalytic subunit) is directly involved in the release of protons.

The effect of Co(III)(NH3)4ATP on the kinetics of beef heart mitochondrial ATPase

Bidentate cobalt(III)tetraamine adenosine triphosphate [Co(NH3)4ATP] was investigated as an inhibitor of the beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase. The compound was found to have a mixed noncompetitive mechanism with a Ki of 0.4 mM and an alpha of 1.4 during ATP hydrolysis. Co(NH3)4ATP also noncompetitively inhibited ATP hydrolysis in the presence of bicarbonate. ITP hydrolysis was similarly affected. Co(NH3)4ATP was also used in dual inhibitor studies with adenylylimidodiphosphate (AMP-PNP) and azide; it was found to be mutually exclusive with AMP-PNP and azide. The compound also protected the F1 from modification by 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan. These results are discussed in terms of the regulation of the ATP hydrolysis reaction.

Inhibition of the mitochondrial Mg2+-ATPase by propranolol

The in vitro effects of propranolol, a commonly used beta-adrenergic blocker, on the membrane structure and function of rat heart mitochondria were investigated. It was found that the respiratory control and oxidative phosphorylation of the isolated mitochondria decreased concomitantly when the drug was added to the assay medium. At the concentration higher than 1.0 X 10(-4) M, propranolol significantly inhibited the State 3 respiration but had little effect on the State 4 respiration of the mitochondria. On the other hand, the drug exhibited noncompetitive inhibitions toward the Mg2+-ATPase activity of submitochondrial particles and purified enzyme preparations at the concentrations ranging from 3.0 X 10(-4) to 1.5 X 10(-3) M. The inhibitory constants of propranolol toward the enzyme activity in submitochondrial particles and in the purified preparation were estimated to be 6.7 X 10(-4) and 1.4 X 10(-3) M, respectively. However, the drug did not show significant effect on the activity of any of the enzyme complexes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. It is thus concluded that propranolol impairs the mitochondrial respiration and oxidative phosphorylation mainly through its inhibition of the Mg2+-ATPase activity of the mitochondria. This effect of propranolol may explain, at least partly, its depression effects on the cardiac functions of the animal.

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

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

Mitochondrial adenosine triphosphatase from human placenta--effects of adenylyl and guanylyl imidodiphosphate

The effects of adenylylimidodiphosphate (AMP-PNP) and guanylylimidodiphosphate (GMP-PNP) on the kinetics of MgATP, MgITP and MgGTP hydrolysis by mitochondrial ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3) from human placenta were studied. AMP-PNP is a noncompetitive inhibitor of hydrolysis of all substrates used, both in the presence and in the absence of the activating HCO3- anion. At least two binding sites for AMP-PNP are present in the F1. Unlike AMP-PNP, GMP-PNP was shown to be a competitive inhibitor of hydrolysis of all substrates used. The results of the kinetic experiments presented support the alternating three-site mechanism of ATP hydrolysis by mitochondrial ATPase.

Kinetics of ATP hydrolysis by F1-ATPase and the effects of anion activation, removal of tightly bound nucleotides, and partial inhibition of the ATPase by covalent modification

Eadie-Hofstee plots (v/[S] vs. v) of the kinetics of ATP hydrolysis by purified bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase (MF1) over a substrate (MgATP) concentration range of 1-5000 microM were curvilinear, indicating negative cooperativity with respect to [MgATP] as originally shown by Ebel & Lardy (1975) [Ebel, R. E., & Lardy, H. A. (1975) J. Biol. Chem. 250, 191-196]. The data were computer analyzed for the best fit of the least number of straight lines, each representing a different apparent Km and Vmax. The best fits for MF1 and TF1 from the thermophilic bacterium PS3 were three lines in each case. The upper limits of the apparent Km values for MF1 were of the order of 10(-6), 10(-4), and 10(-3) M, and the corresponding apparent Vmax values (per minute per milligram of protein) were in the range of micromoles or less for the lowest Km line and decamicromoles for the other two. The results for TF1 were very similar. The presence of an activating anion (10 mM KHCO3) in the MF1 assay medium increased the overall Vmax by about 50% and eliminated the high Km but had essentially no effect on the intermediate and low Km's, indicating retention of negative cooperativity in the corresponding substrate concentration range. Kinetic data for MgITP as substrate also yielded two Km values (in the absence of KHCO3) differing by about 10(4)-fold. The relationship between [14C]dicyclohexylcarbodiimide [( 14C]-DCCD) binding to MF1 and activity inhibition was linear up to approximately 1 mol of DCCD bound/mol of MF1. At this point, the degree of inhibition was about 95%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Circular dichroism and nucleotide and phosphate-induced conformational changes of mitochondrial adenosinetriphosphatase

The conformational changes induced by the binding of different effectors on F1-ATPase are investigated by using circular dichroism and are related to enzyme activity. The hydrophilic part of the terminal enzyme of oxidative phosphorylation, F1-ATPase, solubilized from the pig heart mitochondrial membrane contains both regulatory and catalytic sites which can bind nucleotides and phosphate. The circular dichroic spectra of F1-ATPase in the absence or in the presence of ADP, Mg2+, phosphate, and the substrate analogue guanosine 5'-(beta, gamma-imidotriphosphate) [GMP-P-(NH)P] were recorded and analyzed in terms of secondary structure. The most significant result is a sizable increase from 35% to 42% of the alpha-helix content when the enzyme is incubated with all the effectors. Since the kinetic study showed that GMP-P(NH)P is a competitive inhibitor of MgATP with or without preincubation of the enzyme with ADP and phosphate, it was concluded that the catalytic and regulatory sites can be simultaneously occupied by ADP and GMP-P-(NH)P. The increase of alpha-helix content is then interpreted by a conformational change that occurs only after occupation of both types of sites.

Effect of the protonmotive force on ATP-linked processes and mobilization of the bound natural ATPase inhibitor in beef heart submitochondrial particles

In an attempt to determine whether the natural ATPase inhibitor (IF1) plays a role in oxidative phosphorylation, the time course of ATP synthesis and ATP hydrolysis in inside-out submitochondrial particles from beef heart mitochondria either possessing IF1 (Mg-ATP particles) or devoid of IF1 (AS particles) was investigated and compared to movements of IF1, as assessed by an isotopic assay. The responses of the above reactions to preincubation of the particles in aerobiosis with NADH or succinate were as follows: (1) The few seconds lag that preceded the steady-rate phase of ATP synthesis was shortened and even abolished both in Mg-ATP particles and AS particles. The rate of ATP synthesis in the steady state was independent of the length of the lag. (2) ATPase was slowly activated, maximal activation being obtained after a 50-min preincubation; there was no direct link between the development of the protonmotive force (maximal within 1 sec) and ATPase activation. (3) Bound IF1 was slowly released; the release of bound IF1 as a function of the preincubation period was parallel to the enhancement of ATPase activity; the maximal amount of IF1 released was a small fraction of the total IF, bound to the particles (less than 20%). (4) The double reciprocal plots of the rates of ATP and ITP hydrolysis vs. substrate concentrations that were curvilinear in the absence of preincubation with a respiratory substrate became linear after aerobic preincubation with the substrate. The data conclusively show that only ATPase activity in submitochondrial particles is correlated with the release of IF1, and that the total extent of IF1 release induced by respiration is limited. On the other hand, the kinetics of ATPase in control and activated particles are consistent with the existence of two conformations of the membrane-bound F1-ATPase, directed to ATP synthesis or ATP hydrolysis and distinguishable by their affinity for IF1.