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Nath S. Beyond binding change: the molecular mechanism of ATP hydrolysis by F 1-ATPase and its biochemical consequences. Front Chem 2023; 11:1058500. [PMID: 37324562 PMCID: PMC10266426 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1058500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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F1-ATPase is a universal multisubunit enzyme and the smallest-known motor that, fueled by the process of ATP hydrolysis, rotates in 120o steps. A central question is how the elementary chemical steps occurring in the three catalytic sites are coupled to the mechanical rotation. Here, we performed cold chase promotion experiments and measured the rates and extents of hydrolysis of preloaded bound ATP and promoter ATP bound in the catalytic sites. We found that rotation was caused by the electrostatic free energy change associated with the ATP cleavage reaction followed by Pi release. The combination of these two processes occurs sequentially in two different catalytic sites on the enzyme, thereby driving the two rotational sub-steps of the 120o rotation. The mechanistic implications of this finding are discussed based on the overall energy balance of the system. General principles of free energy transduction are formulated, and their important physical and biochemical consequences are analyzed. In particular, how exactly ATP performs useful external work in biomolecular systems is discussed. A molecular mechanism of steady-state, trisite ATP hydrolysis by F1-ATPase, consistent with physical laws and principles and the consolidated body of available biochemical information, is developed. Taken together with previous results, this mechanism essentially completes the coupling scheme. Discrete snapshots seen in high-resolution X-ray structures are assigned to specific intermediate stages in the 120o hydrolysis cycle, and reasons for the necessity of these conformations are readily understood. The major roles played by the "minor" subunits of ATP synthase in enabling physiological energy coupling and catalysis, first predicted by Nath's torsional mechanism of energy transduction and ATP synthesis 25 years ago, are now revealed with great clarity. The working of nine-stepped (bMF1, hMF1), six-stepped (TF1, EF1), and three-stepped (PdF1) F1 motors and of the α3β3γ subcomplex of F1 is explained by the same unified mechanism without invoking additional assumptions or postulating different mechanochemical coupling schemes. Some novel predictions of the unified theory on the mode of action of F1 inhibitors, such as sodium azide, of great pharmaceutical importance, and on more exotic artificial or hybrid/chimera F1 motors have been made and analyzed mathematically. The detailed ATP hydrolysis cycle for the enzyme as a whole is shown to provide a biochemical basis for a theory of "unisite" and steady-state multisite catalysis by F1-ATPase that had remained elusive for a very long time. The theory is supported by a probability-based calculation of enzyme species distributions and analysis of catalytic site occupancies by Mg-nucleotides and the activity of F1-ATPase. A new concept of energy coupling in ATP synthesis/hydrolysis based on fundamental ligand substitution chemistry has been advanced, which offers a deeper understanding, elucidates enzyme activation and catalysis in a better way, and provides a unified molecular explanation of elementary chemical events occurring at enzyme catalytic sites. As such, these developments take us beyond binding change mechanisms of ATP synthesis/hydrolysis proposed for oxidative phosphorylation and photophosphorylation in bioenergetics.
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- Sunil Nath
- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
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Pérez I, Heitkamp T, Börsch M. Mechanism of ADP-Inhibited ATP Hydrolysis in Single Proton-Pumping F oF 1-ATP Synthase Trapped in Solution. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24098442. [PMID: 37176150 PMCID: PMC10178918 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24098442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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FoF1-ATP synthases in mitochondria, in chloroplasts, and in most bacteria are proton-driven membrane enzymes that supply the cells with ATP made from ADP and phosphate. Different control mechanisms exist to monitor and prevent the enzymes' reverse chemical reaction of fast wasteful ATP hydrolysis, including mechanical or redox-based blockade of catalysis and ADP inhibition. In general, product inhibition is expected to slow down the mean catalytic turnover. Biochemical assays are ensemble measurements and cannot discriminate between a mechanism affecting all enzymes equally or individually. For example, all enzymes could work more slowly at a decreasing substrate/product ratio, or an increasing number of individual enzymes could be completely blocked. Here, we examined the effect of increasing amounts of ADP on ATP hydrolysis of single Escherichia coli FoF1-ATP synthases in liposomes. We observed the individual catalytic turnover of the enzymes one after another by monitoring the internal subunit rotation using single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET). Observation times of single FRET-labeled FoF1-ATP synthases in solution were extended up to several seconds using a confocal anti-Brownian electrokinetic trap (ABEL trap). By counting active versus inhibited enzymes, we revealed that ADP inhibition did not decrease the catalytic turnover of all FoF1-ATP synthases equally. Instead, increasing ADP in the ADP/ATP mixture reduced the number of remaining active enzymes that operated at similar catalytic rates for varying substrate/product ratios.
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- Iván Pérez
- Single-Molecule Microscopy Group, Jena University Hospital, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Single-Molecule Microscopy Group, Jena University Hospital, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Single-Molecule Microscopy Group, Jena University Hospital, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Milgrom YM, Duncan TM. F-ATP-ase of Escherichia coli membranes: The ubiquitous MgADP-inhibited state and the inhibited state induced by the ε-subunit's C-terminal domain are mutually exclusive. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1861:148189. [PMID: 32194063 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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ATP synthases are important energy-coupling, rotary motor enzymes in all kingdoms of life. In all F-type ATP synthases, the central rotor of the catalytic F1 complex is composed of the γ subunit and the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the ε subunit. In the enzymes of diverse bacteria, the C-terminal domain of ε (εCTD) can undergo a dramatic conformational change to trap the enzyme in a transiently inactive state. This inhibitory mechanism is absent in the mitochondrial enzyme, so the εCTD could provide a means to selectively target ATP synthases of pathogenic bacteria for antibiotic development. For Escherichia coli and other bacterial model systems, it has been difficult to dissect the relationship between ε inhibition and a MgADP-inhibited state that is ubiquitous for FOF1 from bacteria and eukaryotes. A prior study with the isolated catalytic complex from E. coli, EcF1, showed that these two modes of inhibition are mutually exclusive, but it has long been known that interactions of F1 with the membrane-embedded FO complex modulate inhibition by the εCTD. Here, we study membranes containing EcFOF1 with wild-type ε, ε lacking the full εCTD, or ε with a small deletion at the C-terminus. By using compounds with distinct activating effects on F-ATP-ase activity, we confirm that εCTD inhibition and ubiquitous MgADP inhibition are mutually exclusive for membrane-bound E. coli F-ATP-ase. We determine that most of the enzyme complexes in wild-type membranes are in the ε-inhibited state (>50%) or in the MgADP-inhibited state (30%).
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- Yakov M Milgrom
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E Adams St, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E Adams St, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
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The β-hairpin region of the cyanobacterial F 1-ATPase γ-subunit plays a regulatory role in the enzyme activity. Biochem J 2019; 476:1771-1780. [PMID: 31164401 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The γ-subunit of cyanobacterial and chloroplast ATP synthase, the rotary shaft of F1-ATPase, equips a specific insertion region that is only observed in photosynthetic organisms. This region plays a physiologically pivotal role in enzyme regulation, such as in ADP inhibition and redox response. Recently solved crystal structures of the γ-subunit of F1-ATPase from photosynthetic organisms revealed that the insertion region forms a β-hairpin structure, which is positioned along the central stalk. The structure-function relationship of this specific region was studied by constraining the expected conformational change in this region caused by the formation of a disulfide bond between Cys residues introduced on the central stalk and this β-hairpin structure. This fixation of the β-hairpin region in the α3β3γ complex affects both ADP inhibition and the binding of the ε-subunit to the complex, indicating the critical role that the β-hairpin region plays as a regulator of the enzyme. This role must be important for the maintenance of the intracellular ATP levels in photosynthetic organisms.
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Essential Role of the ε Subunit for Reversible Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in F 1-ATPase. Biophys J 2019; 114:178-187. [PMID: 29320685 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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F1-ATPase is a rotary motor protein driven by ATP hydrolysis. Among molecular motors, F1 exhibits unique high reversibility in chemo-mechanical coupling, synthesizing ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate upon forcible rotor reversal. The ε subunit enhances ATP synthesis coupling efficiency to > 70% upon rotation reversal. However, the detailed mechanism has remained elusive. In this study, we performed stall-and-release experiments to elucidate how the ε subunit modulates ATP association/dissociation and hydrolysis/synthesis process kinetics and thermodynamics, key reaction steps for efficient ATP synthesis. The ε subunit significantly accelerated the rates of ATP dissociation and synthesis by two- to fivefold, whereas those of ATP binding and hydrolysis were not enhanced. Numerical analysis based on the determined kinetic parameters quantitatively reproduced previous findings of two- to fivefold coupling efficiency improvement by the ε subunit at the condition exhibiting the maximum ATP synthesis activity, a physiological role of F1-ATPase. Furthermore, fundamentally similar results were obtained upon ε subunit C-terminal domain truncation, suggesting that the N-terminal domain is responsible for the rate enhancement.
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Sielaff H, Duncan TM, Börsch M. The regulatory subunit ε in Escherichia coli F OF 1-ATP synthase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2018; 1859:775-788. [PMID: 29932911 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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F-type ATP synthases are extraordinary multisubunit proteins that operate as nanomotors. The Escherichia coli (E. coli) enzyme uses the proton motive force (pmf) across the bacterial plasma membrane to drive rotation of the central rotor subunits within a stator subunit complex. Through this mechanical rotation, the rotor coordinates three nucleotide binding sites that sequentially catalyze the synthesis of ATP. Moreover, the enzyme can hydrolyze ATP to turn the rotor in the opposite direction and generate pmf. The direction of net catalysis, i.e. synthesis or hydrolysis of ATP, depends on the cell's bioenergetic conditions. Different control mechanisms have been found for ATP synthases in mitochondria, chloroplasts and bacteria. This review discusses the auto-inhibitory behavior of subunit ε found in FOF1-ATP synthases of many bacteria. We focus on E. coli FOF1-ATP synthase, with insights into the regulatory mechanism of subunit ε arising from structural and biochemical studies complemented by single-molecule microscopy experiments.
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- Hendrik Sielaff
- Single-Molecule Microscopy Group, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Single-Molecule Microscopy Group, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
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D'Alessandro M, Turina P, Melandri BA, Dunn SD. Modulation of coupling in the Escherichia coli ATP synthase by ADP and P i: Role of the ε subunit C-terminal domain. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1858:34-44. [PMID: 27751906 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The ε-subunit of ATP-synthase is an endogenous inhibitor of the hydrolysis activity of the complex and its α-helical C-terminal domain (εCTD) undergoes drastic changes among at least two different conformations. Even though this domain is not essential for ATP synthesis activity, there is evidence for its involvement in the coupling mechanism of the pump. Recently, it was proposed that coupling of the ATP synthase can vary as a function of ADP and Pi concentration. In the present work, we have explored the possible role of the εCTD in this ADP- and Pi-dependent coupling, by examining an εCTD-lacking mutant of Escherichia coli. We show that the loss of Pi-dependent coupling can be observed also in the εCTD-less mutant, but the effects of Pi on both proton pumping and ATP hydrolysis were much weaker in the mutant than in the wild-type. We also show that the εCTD strongly influences the binding of ADP to a very tight binding site (half-maximal effect≈1nM); binding at this site induces higher coupling in EFOF1 and increases responses to Pi. It is proposed that one physiological role of the εCTD is to regulate the kinetics and affinity of ADP/Pi binding, promoting ADP/Pi-dependent coupling.
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- M D'Alessandro
- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada
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Rühle T, Leister D. Assembly of F1F0-ATP synthases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:849-60. [PMID: 25667968 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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F1F0-ATP synthases are multimeric protein complexes and common prerequisites for their correct assembly are (i) provision of subunits in appropriate relative amounts, (ii) coordination of membrane insertion and (iii) avoidance of assembly intermediates that uncouple the proton gradient or wastefully hydrolyse ATP. Accessory factors facilitate these goals and assembly occurs in a modular fashion. Subcomplexes common to bacteria and mitochondria, but in part still elusive in chloroplasts, include a soluble F1 intermediate, a membrane-intrinsic, oligomeric c-ring, and a membrane-embedded subcomplex composed of stator subunits and subunit a. The final assembly step is thought to involve association of the preformed F1-c10-14 with the ab2 module (or the ab8-stator module in mitochondria)--mediated by binding of subunit δ in bacteria or OSCP in mitochondria, respectively. Despite the common evolutionary origin of F1F0-ATP synthases, the set of auxiliary factors required for their assembly in bacteria, mitochondria and chloroplasts shows clear signs of evolutionary divergence. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Chloroplast Biogenesis.
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- Thilo Rühle
- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Großhaderner Straße 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
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- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Großhaderner Straße 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
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Buchert F, Konno H, Hisabori T. Redox regulation of CF1-ATPase involves interplay between the γ-subunit neck region and the turn region of the βDELSEED-loop. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:441-450. [PMID: 25660164 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Revised: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The soluble F1 complex of ATP synthase (FoF1) is capable of ATP hydrolysis, accomplished by the minimum catalytic core subunits α3β3γ. A special feature of cyanobacterial F1 and chloroplast F1 (CF1) is an amino acid sequence inserted in the γ-subunit. The insertion is extended slightly into the CF1 enzyme containing two additional cysteines for regulation of ATPase activity via thiol modulation. This molecular switch was transferred to a chimeric F1 by inserting the cysteine-containing fragment from spinach CF1 into a cyanobacterial γ-subunit [Y. Kim et al., redox regulation of rotation of the cyanobacterial F1-ATPase containing thiol regulation switch, J Biol Chem, 286 (2011) 9071-9078]. Under oxidizing conditions, the obtained F1 tends to lapse into an ADP-inhibited state, a common regulation mechanism to prevent wasteful ATP hydrolysis under unfavorable circumstances. However, the information flow between thiol modulation sites on the γ-subunit and catalytic sites on the β-subunits remains unclear. Here, we clarified a possible interplay for the CF1-ATPase redox regulation between structural elements of the βDELSEED-loop and the γ-subunit neck region, i.e., the most convex part of the α-helical γ-termini. Critical residues were assigned on the β-subunit, which received the conformation change signal produced by disulfide/dithiol formation on the γ-subunit. Mutant response to the ATPase redox regulation ranged from lost to hypersensitive. Furthermore, mutant cross-link experiments and inversion of redox regulation indicated that the γ-redox state might modulate the subunit interface via reorientation of the βDELSEED motif region.
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- Felix Buchert
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259-R1-8, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259-R1-8, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; Imaging Research Division, Bio-AFM Frontier Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259-R1-8, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo 102-0075, Japan.
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Nakanishi-Matsui M, Sekiya M, Yano S, Futai M. Inhibition of F1-ATPase rotational catalysis by the carboxyl-terminal domain of the ϵ subunit. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:30822-30831. [PMID: 25228697 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.578872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli ATP synthase (F0F1) couples catalysis and proton transport through subunit rotation. The ϵ subunit, an endogenous inhibitor, lowers F1-ATPase activity by decreasing the rotation speed and extending the duration of the inhibited state (Sekiya, M., Hosokawa, H., Nakanishi-Matsui, M., Al-Shawi, M. K., Nakamoto, R. K., and Futai, M. (2010) Single molecule behavior of inhibited and active states of Escherichia coli ATP synthase F1 rotation. J. Biol. Chem. 285, 42058-42067). In this study, we constructed a series of ϵ subunits truncated successively from the carboxyl-terminal domain (helix 1/loop 2/helix 2) and examined their effects on rotational catalysis (ATPase activity, average rotation rate, and duration of inhibited state). As expected, the ϵ subunit lacking helix 2 caused about ½-fold reduced inhibition, and that without loop 2/helix 2 or helix 1/loop 2/helix 2 showed a further reduced effect. Substitution of ϵSer(108) in loop 2 and ϵTyr(114) in helix 2, which possibly interact with the β and γ subunits, respectively, decreased the inhibitory effect. These results suggest that the carboxyl-terminal domain of the ϵ subunit plays a pivotal role in the inhibition of F1 rotation through interaction with other subunits.
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- Mayumi Nakanishi-Matsui
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Nishitokuta 2-1-1, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3694, Japan.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Nishitokuta 2-1-1, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3694, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Nishitokuta 2-1-1, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3694, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Nishitokuta 2-1-1, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3694, Japan
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Hisabori T, Sunamura EI, Kim Y, Konno H. The chloroplast ATP synthase features the characteristic redox regulation machinery. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 19:1846-54. [PMID: 23145525 PMCID: PMC3837435 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.5044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Regulation of the activity of the chloroplast ATP synthase is largely accomplished by the chloroplast thioredoxin system, the main redox regulation system in chloroplasts, which is directly coupled to the photosynthetic reaction. We review the current understanding of the redox regulation system of the chloroplast ATP synthase. RECENT ADVANCES The thioredoxin-targeted portion of the ATP synthase consists of two cysteines located on the central axis subunit γ. The redox state of these two cysteines is under the influence of chloroplast thioredoxin, which directly controls rotation during catalysis by inducing a conformational change in this subunit. The molecular mechanism of redox regulation of the chloroplast ATP synthase has recently been determined. CRITICAL ISSUES Regulation of the activity of the chloroplast ATP synthase is critical in driving efficiency into the ATP synthesis reaction in chloroplasts. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The molecular architecture of the chloroplast ATP synthase, which confers redox regulatory properties requires further investigation, in light of the molecular structure of the enzyme complex as well as the physiological significance of the regulation system.
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- Toru Hisabori
- 1 Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology , Yokohama, Japan
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Shah NB, Hutcheon ML, Haarer BK, Duncan TM. F1-ATPase of Escherichia coli: the ε- inhibited state forms after ATP hydrolysis, is distinct from the ADP-inhibited state, and responds dynamically to catalytic site ligands. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:9383-95. [PMID: 23400782 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.451583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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F1-ATPase is the catalytic complex of rotary nanomotor ATP synthases. Bacterial ATP synthases can be autoinhibited by the C-terminal domain of subunit ε, which partially inserts into the enzyme's central rotor cavity to block functional subunit rotation. Using a kinetic, optical assay of F1·ε binding and dissociation, we show that formation of the extended, inhibitory conformation of ε (εX) initiates after ATP hydrolysis at the catalytic dwell step. Prehydrolysis conditions prevent formation of the εX state, and post-hydrolysis conditions stabilize it. We also show that ε inhibition and ADP inhibition are distinct, competing processes that can follow the catalytic dwell. We show that the N-terminal domain of ε is responsible for initial binding to F1 and provides most of the binding energy. Without the C-terminal domain, partial inhibition by the ε N-terminal domain is due to enhanced ADP inhibition. The rapid effects of catalytic site ligands on conformational changes of F1-bound ε suggest dynamic conformational and rotational mobility in F1 that is paused near the catalytic dwell position.
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- Naman B Shah
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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Sunamura EI, Konno H, Imashimizu M, Mochimaru M, Hisabori T. A conformational change of the γ subunit indirectly regulates the activity of cyanobacterial F1-ATPase. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:38695-704. [PMID: 23012354 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.395053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The central shaft of the catalytic core of ATP synthase, the γ subunit consists of a coiled-coil structure of N- and C-terminal α-helices, and a globular domain. The γ subunit of cyanobacterial and chloroplast ATP synthase has a unique 30-40-amino acid insertion within the globular domain. We recently prepared the insertion-removed α(3)β(3)γ complex of cyanobacterial ATP synthase (Sunamura, E., Konno, H., Imashimizu-Kobayashi, M., and Hisabori, T. (2010) Plant Cell Physiol. 51, 855-865). Although the insertion is thought to be located in the periphery of the complex and far from catalytic sites, the mutant complex shows a remarkable increase in ATP hydrolysis activity due to a reduced tendency to lapse into ADP inhibition. We postulated that removal of the insertion affects the activity via a conformational change of two central α-helices in γ. To examine this hypothesis, we prepared a mutant complex that can lock the relative position of two central α-helices to each other by way of a disulfide bond formation. The mutant obtained showed a significant change in ATP hydrolysis activity caused by this restriction. The highly active locked complex was insensitive to N-dimethyldodecylamine-N-oxide, suggesting that the complex is resistant to ADP inhibition. In addition, the lock affected ε inhibition. In contrast, the change in activity caused by removal of the γ insertion was independent from the conformational restriction of the central axis component. These results imply that the global conformational change of the γ subunit indirectly regulates complex activity by changing both ADP inhibition and ε inhibition.
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- Ei-Ichiro Sunamura
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259-R1-8, Midori-Ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Milgrom YM. Characteristics of protection by MgADP and MgATP of α3β3γ subcomplex of thermophilic Bacillus PS3 βY341W-mutant F1-ATPase from inhibition by 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole support a bi-site mechanism of catalysis. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 76:1253-61. [PMID: 22117552 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297911110071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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MgADP and MgATP binding to catalytic sites of βY341W-α(3)β(3)γ subcomplex of F(1)-ATPase from thermophilic Bacillus PS3 has been assessed using their effect on the enzyme inhibition by 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD-Cl). It was assumed that NBD-Cl can inhibit only when catalytic sites are empty, and inhibition is prevented if a catalytic site is occupied with a nucleotide. In the absence of an activator, MgADP and MgATP protect βY341W-α(3)β(3)γ subcomplex from inhibition by NBD-Cl by binding to two catalytic sites with an affinity of 37 µM and 12 mM, and 46 µM and 15 mM, respectively. In the presence of an activator lauryldimethylamine-N-oxide (LDAO), MgADP protects βY341W-α(3)β(3)γ subcomplex from inhibition by NBD-Cl by binding to a catalytic site with a K(d) of 12 mM. Nucleotide binding to a catalytic site with affinity in the millimolar range has not been previously revealed in the fluorescence quenching experiments with βY341W-α(3)β(3)γ subcomplex. In the presence of activators LDAO or selenite, MgATP protects βY341W-α(3)β(3)γ subcomplex from inhibition by NBD-Cl only partially, and the enzyme remains sensitive to inhibition by NBD-Cl even at MgATP concentrations that are saturating for ATPase activity. The results support a bi-site mechanism of catalysis by F(1)-ATPases.
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- Y M Milgrom
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.
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Imashimizu M, Bernát G, Sunamura EI, Broekmans M, Konno H, Isato K, Rögner M, Hisabori T. Regulation of F0F1-ATPase from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by γ and ∈ Subunits Is Significant for Light/Dark Adaptation. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:26595-602. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.234138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Konno H, Isu A, Kim Y, Murakami-Fuse T, Sugano Y, Hisabori T. Characterization of the relationship between ADP- and epsilon-induced inhibition in cyanobacterial F1-ATPase. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:13423-9. [PMID: 21345803 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.155986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The ATPase activity of chloroplast and bacterial F(1)-ATPase is strongly inhibited by both the endogenous inhibitor ε and tightly bound ADP. Although the physiological significance of these inhibitory mechanisms is not very well known for the membrane-bound F(0)F(1), these are very likely to be important in avoiding the futile ATP hydrolysis reaction and ensuring efficient ATP synthesis in vivo. In a previous study using the α(3)β(3)γ complex of F(1) obtained from the thermophilic cyanobacteria, Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1, we succeeded in determining the discrete stop position, ∼80° forward from the pause position for ATP binding, caused by ε-induced inhibition (ε-inhibition) during γ rotation (Konno, H., Murakami-Fuse, T., Fujii, F., Koyama, F., Ueoka-Nakanishi, H., Pack, C. G., Kinjo, M., and Hisabori, T. (2006) EMBO J. 25, 4596-4604). Because γ in ADP-inhibited F(1) also pauses at the same position, ADP-induced inhibition (ADP-inhibition) was assumed to be linked to ε-inhibition. However, ADP-inhibition and ε-inhibition should be independent phenomena from each other because the ATPase core complex, α(3)β(3)γ, also lapses into the ADP-inhibition state. By way of thorough biophysical and biochemical analyses, we determined that the ε subunit inhibition mechanism does not directly correlate with ADP-inhibition. We suggest here that the cyanobacterial ATP synthase ε subunit carries out an important regulatory role in acting as an independent "braking system" for the physiologically unfavorable ATP hydrolysis reaction.
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- Hiroki Konno
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, 4259-R1-8, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Kim Y, Konno H, Sugano Y, Hisabori T. Redox regulation of rotation of the cyanobacterial F1-ATPase containing thiol regulation switch. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:9071-8. [PMID: 21193405 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.200584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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F(1)-ATP synthase (F(1)-ATPase) is equipped with a special mechanism that prevents the wasteful reverse reaction, ATP hydrolysis, when there is insufficient proton motive force to drive ATP synthesis. Chloroplast F(1)-ATPase is subject to redox regulation, whereby ATP hydrolysis activity is regulated by formation and reduction of the disulfide bond located on the γ subunit. To understand the molecular mechanism of this redox regulation, we constructed a chimeric F(1) complex (α(3)β(3)γ(redox)) using cyanobacterial F(1), which mimics the regulatory properties of the chloroplast F(1)-ATPase, allowing the study of its regulation at the single molecule level. The redox state of the γ subunit did not affect the ATP binding rate to the catalytic site(s) and the torque for rotation. However, the long pauses caused by ADP inhibition were frequently observed in the oxidized state. In addition, the duration of continuous rotation was relatively shorter in the oxidized α(3)β(3)γ(redox) complex. These findings lead us to conclude that redox regulation of CF(1)-ATPase is achieved by controlling the probability of ADP inhibition via the γ subunit inserted region, a sequence feature observed in both cyanobacterial and chloroplast ATPase γ subunits, which is important for ADP inhibition (Sunamura, E., Konno, H., Imashimizu-Kobayashi, M., Sugano, Y., and Hisabori, T. (2010) Plant Cell Physiol. 51, 855-865).
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- Yusung Kim
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, 4259-R1-8, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Sekiya M, Hosokawa H, Nakanishi-Matsui M, Al-Shawi MK, Nakamoto RK, Futai M. Single molecule behavior of inhibited and active states of Escherichia coli ATP synthase F1 rotation. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:42058-67. [PMID: 20974856 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.176701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ATP hydrolysis-dependent rotation of the F(1) sector of the ATP synthase is a successive cycle of catalytic dwells (∼0.2 ms at 24 °C) and 120° rotation steps (∼0.6 ms) when observed under V(max) conditions using a low viscous drag 60-nm bead attached to the γ subunit (Sekiya, M., Nakamoto, R. K., Al-Shawi, M. K., Nakanishi-Matsui, M., and Futai, M. (2009) J. Biol. Chem. 284, 22401-22410). During the normal course of observation, the γ subunit pauses in a stochastic manner to a catalytically inhibited state that averages ∼1 s in duration. The rotation behavior with adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) as the substrate or at a low ATP concentration (4 μM) indicates that the rotation is inhibited at the catalytic dwell when the bound ATP undergoes reversible hydrolysis/synthesis. The temperature dependence of rotation shows that F(1) requires ∼2-fold higher activation energy for the transition from the active to the inhibited state compared with that for normal steady-state rotation during the active state. Addition of superstoichiometric ε subunit, the inhibitor of F(1)-ATPase, decreases the rotation rate and at the same time increases the duration time of the inhibited state. Arrhenius analysis shows that the ε subunit has little effect on the transition between active and inhibited states. Rather, the ε subunit confers lower activation energy of steady-state rotation. These results suggest that the ε subunit plays a role in guiding the enzyme through the proper and efficient catalytic and transport rotational pathway but does not influence the transition to the inhibited state.
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- Mizuki Sekiya
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Futai Special Laboratory, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3694, Japan
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Bulygin VV, Milgrom YM. 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. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2010; 75:327-35. [PMID: 20370611 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297910030090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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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.
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- V V Bulygin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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Saita EI, Iino R, Suzuki T, Feniouk BA, Kinosita K, Yoshida M. Activation and stiffness of the inhibited states of F1-ATPase probed by single-molecule manipulation. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:11411-7. [PMID: 20154086 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.099143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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F(1)-ATPase (F(1)), a soluble portion of F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase (F(o)F(1)), is an ATP-driven motor in which gammaepsilon subunits rotate in the alpha(3)beta(3) cylinder. Activity of F(1) and F(o)F(1) from Bacillus PS3 is attenuated by the epsilon subunit in an inhibitory extended form. In this study we observed ATP-dependent transition of epsilon in single F(1) molecules from extended form to hairpin form by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. The results justify the previous bulk experiments and ensure that fraction of F(1) with hairpin epsilon directly determines the fraction of active F(1) at any ATP concentration. Next, mechanical activation and stiffness of epsilon-inhibited F(1) were examined by the forced rotation of magnetic beads attached to gamma. Compared with ADP inhibition, which is another manner of inhibition, rotation by a larger angle was required for the activation from epsilon inhibition when the beads were forced to rotate to ATP hydrolysis direction, and more torque was required to reach the same rotation angle when beads were forced to rotate to ATP synthesis direction. The results imply that if F(o)F(1) is resting in the epsilon-inhibited state, F(o) motor must transmit to gamma a torque larger than expected from thermodynamic equilibrium to initiate ATP synthesis.
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- Ei-ichiro Saita
- ICORP ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Aomi 2-3-6, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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Modulation of nucleotide binding to the catalytic sites of thermophilic F(1)-ATPase by the epsilon subunit: implication for the role of the epsilon subunit in ATP synthesis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 390:230-4. [PMID: 19785990 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.09.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2009] [Accepted: 09/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Effect of epsilon subunit on the nucleotide binding to the catalytic sites of F(1)-ATPase from the thermophilic Bacillus PS3 (TF(1)) has been tested by using alpha(3)beta(3)gamma and alpha(3)beta(3)gammaepsilon complexes of TF(1) containing betaTyr341 to Trp substitution. The nucleotide binding was assessed with fluorescence quenching of the introduced Trp. The presence of the epsilon subunit weakened ADP binding to each catalytic site, especially to the highest affinity site. This effect was also observed when GDP or IDP was used. The ratio of the affinity of the lowest to the highest nucleotide binding sites had changed two orders of magnitude by the epsilon subunit. The differences may relate to the energy required for the binding change in the ATP synthesis reaction and contribute to the efficient ATP synthesis.
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Mnatsakanyan N, Hook JA, Quisenberry L, Weber J. ATP synthase with its gamma subunit reduced to the N-terminal helix can still catalyze ATP synthesis. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:26519-25. [PMID: 19636076 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.030528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ATP synthase uses a unique rotary mechanism to couple ATP synthesis and hydrolysis to transmembrane proton translocation. As part of the synthesis mechanism, the torque of the rotor has to be converted into conformational rearrangements of the catalytic binding sites on the stator to allow synthesis and release of ATP. The gamma subunit of the rotor, which plays a central role in the energy conversion, consists of two long helices inside the central cavity of the stator cylinder plus a globular portion outside the cylinder. Here, we show that the N-terminal helix alone is able to fulfill the function of full-length gamma in ATP synthesis as long as it connects to the rest of the rotor. This connection can occur via the epsilon subunit. No direct contact between gamma and the c ring seems to be required. In addition, the results indicate that the epsilon subunit of the rotor exists in two different conformations during ATP synthesis and ATP hydrolysis.
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- Nelli Mnatsakanyan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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Iino R, Hasegawa R, Tabata KV, Noji H. Mechanism of inhibition by C-terminal alpha-helices of the epsilon subunit of Escherichia coli FoF1-ATP synthase. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:17457-64. [PMID: 19411254 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.003798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The epsilon subunit of bacterial FoF1-ATP synthase (FoF1), a rotary motor protein, is known to inhibit the ATP hydrolysis reaction of this enzyme. The inhibitory effect is modulated by the conformation of the C-terminal alpha-helices of epsilon, and the "extended" but not "hairpin-folded" state is responsible for inhibition. Although the inhibition of ATP hydrolysis by the C-terminal domain of epsilon has been extensively studied, the effect on ATP synthesis is not fully understood. In this study, we generated an Escherichia coli FoF1 (EFoF1) mutant in which the epsilon subunit lacked the C-terminal domain (FoF1epsilonDeltaC), and ATP synthesis driven by acid-base transition (DeltapH) and the K+-valinomycin diffusion potential (DeltaPsi) was compared in detail with that of the wild-type enzyme (FoF1epsilonWT). The turnover numbers (kcat) of FoF1epsilonWT were severalfold lower than those of FoF1epsilonDeltaC. FoF1epsilonWT showed higher Michaelis constants (Km). The dependence of the activities of FoF1epsilonWT and FoF1epsilonDeltaC on various combinations of DeltapH and DeltaPsi was similar, suggesting that the rate-limiting step in ATP synthesis was unaltered by the C-terminal domain of epsilon. Solubilized FoF1epsilonWT also showed lower kcat and higher Km values for ATP hydrolysis than the corresponding values of FoF1epsilonDeltaC. These results suggest that the C-terminal domain of the epsilon subunit of EFoF1 slows multiple elementary steps in both the ATP synthesis/hydrolysis reactions by restricting the rotation of the gamma subunit.
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- Ryota Iino
- Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 567-0047 Osaka, Japan.
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Bulygin VV, Milgrom YM. A bi-site mechanism for Escherichia coli F1-ATPase accounts for the observed positive catalytic cooperativity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:1016-23. [PMID: 19269272 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2009] [Revised: 02/23/2009] [Accepted: 02/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nucleotide binding to nucleotide-depleted F(1)-ATPase from Escherichia coli (EcF(1)) during MgATP hydrolysis in the presence of excess epsilon subunit has been studied using a combination of centrifugal filtration and column-centrifugation methods. The results show that nucleotide-binding properties of catalytic sites on EcF(1) are affected by the state of occupancy of noncatalytic sites. The ATP-concentration dependence of catalytic-site occupancy during MgATP hydrolysis demonstrates that a bi-site mechanism is responsible for the positive catalytic cooperativity observed during multi-site catalysis by EcF(1). The results suggest that a bi-site mechanism is a general feature of F(1) catalysis.
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- Vladimir V Bulygin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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Effect of epsilon subunit on the rotation of thermophilic Bacillus F1-ATPase. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:1121-6. [PMID: 19265694 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2009] [Revised: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 02/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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F(1)-ATPase is an ATP-driven motor in which gammaepsilon rotates in the alpha(3)beta(3)-cylinder. It is attenuated by MgADP inhibition and by the epsilon subunit in an inhibitory form. The non-inhibitory form of epsilon subunit of thermophilic Bacillus PS3 F(1)-ATPase is stabilized by ATP-binding with micromolar K(d) at 25 degrees C. Here, we show that at [ATP]>2 microM, epsilon does not affect rotation of PS3 F(1)-ATPase but, at 200 nM ATP, epsilon prolongs the pause of rotation caused by MgADP inhibition while the frequency of the pause is unchanged. It appears that epsilon undergoes reversible transition to the inhibitory form at [ATP] below K(d).
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Mnatsakanyan N, Krishnakumar AM, Suzuki T, Weber J. The role of the betaDELSEED-loop of ATP synthase. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:11336-45. [PMID: 19246448 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m900374200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ATP synthase uses a unique rotational mechanism to convert chemical energy into mechanical energy and back into chemical energy. The helix-turn-helix motif, termed "DELSEED-loop," in the C-terminal domain of the beta subunit was suggested to be involved in coupling between catalysis and rotation. Here, the role of the DELSEED-loop was investigated by functional analysis of mutants of Bacillus PS3 ATP synthase that had 3-7 amino acids within the loop deleted. All mutants were able to catalyze ATP hydrolysis, some at rates several times higher than the wild-type enzyme. In most cases ATP hydrolysis in membrane vesicles generated a transmembrane proton gradient, indicating that hydrolysis occurred via the normal rotational mechanism. Except for two mutants that showed low activity and low abundance in the membrane preparations, the deletion mutants were able to catalyze ATP synthesis. In general, the mutants seemed less well coupled than the wild-type enzyme, to a varying degree. Arrhenius analysis demonstrated that in the mutants fewer bonds had to be rearranged during the rate-limiting catalytic step; the extent of this effect was dependent on the size of the deletion. The results support the idea of a significant involvement of the DELSEED-loop in mechanochemical coupling in ATP synthase. In addition, for two deletion mutants it was possible to prepare an alpha(3)beta(3)gamma subcomplex and measure nucleotide binding to the catalytic sites. Interestingly, both mutants showed a severely reduced affinity for MgATP at the high affinity site.
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- Nelli Mnatsakanyan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
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Mao HZ, Abraham CG, Krishnakumar AM, Weber J. A functionally important hydrogen-bonding network at the betaDP/alphaDP interface of ATP synthase. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:24781-8. [PMID: 18579516 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804142200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ATP synthase uses a unique rotary mechanism to couple ATP synthesis and hydrolysis to transmembrane proton translocation. The F1 subcomplex has three catalytic nucleotide binding sites, one on each beta subunit, at the interface to the adjacent alpha subunit. In the x-ray structure of F1 (Abrahams, J. P., Leslie, A. G. W., Lutter, R., and Walker, J. E. (1994) Nature 370, 621-628), the three catalytic beta/alpha interfaces differ in the extent of inter-subunit interactions between the C termini of the beta and alpha subunits. At the closed betaDP/alphaDP interface, a hydrogen-bonding network is formed between both subunits, which is absent at the more open betaTP/alphaTP interface and at the wide open betaE/alphaE interface. The hydrogen-bonding network reaches from betaL328 (Escherichia coli numbering) and betaQ441 via alphaQ399, betaR398, and alphaE402 to betaR394, and ends in a cation/pi interaction between betaR394 and alphaF406. Using mutational analysis in E. coli ATP synthase, the functional importance of the betaDP/alphaDP hydrogen-bonding network is demonstrated. Its elimination results in a severely impaired enzyme but has no pronounced effect on the binding affinities of the catalytic sites. A possible role for the hydrogen-bonding network in coupling of ATP synthesis/hydrolysis and rotation will be discussed.
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- Hui Z Mao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, USA
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Bulygin VV, Milgrom YM. Studies of nucleotide binding to the catalytic sites of Escherichia coli betaY331W-F1-ATPase using fluorescence quenching. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:4327-31. [PMID: 17360523 PMCID: PMC1838601 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0700078104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Most studies of nucleotide binding to catalytic sites of Escherichia coli betaY331W-F(1)-ATPase by the quenching of the betaY331W fluorescence have been conducted in the presence of approximately 20 mM sulfate. We find that, in the absence of sulfate, the nucleotide concentration dependence of fluorescence quenching induced by ADP, ATP, and MgADP is biphasic, revealing two classes of binding sites, each contributing about equally to the overall extent of quenching. For the high-affinity catalytic site, the K(d) values for MgADP, ADP, and ATP equal 10, 43, and 185 nM, respectively. For the second class of sites, the K(d) values for these ligands are approximately 1,000x larger at 8.1, 37, and 200 microM, respectively. The presence of sulfate or phosphate during assay results in a marked increase in the apparent K(d) values for the high-affinity catalytic site. The results show, contrary to earlier reports, that Mg(2+) is not required for expression of different affinities for a nucleotide by the three catalytic sites. In addition, they demonstrate that the fluorescence of the introduced tryptophans is nearly completely quenched when only two sites bind nucleotide. Binding of ADP to the third site with a K(d) near mM gives little fluorescence change. Many previous results of fluorescence quenching of introduced tryptophans appear to require reinterpretation. Our findings support a bi-site catalytic mechanism for F(1)-ATPase.
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- Vladimir V. Bulygin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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Keis S, Stocker A, Dimroth P, Cook GM. Inhibition of ATP hydrolysis by thermoalkaliphilic F1Fo-ATP synthase is controlled by the C terminus of the epsilon subunit. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:3796-804. [PMID: 16707672 PMCID: PMC1482892 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00040-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The F(1)F(o)-ATP synthases of alkaliphilic bacteria exhibit latent ATPase activity, and for the thermoalkaliphile Bacillus sp. strain TA2.A1, this activity is intrinsic to the F(1) moiety. To study the mechanism of ATPase inhibition, we developed a heterologous expression system in Escherichia coli to produce TA2F(1) complexes from this thermoalkaliphile. Like the native F(1)F(o)-ATP synthase, the recombinant TA2F(1) was blocked in ATP hydrolysis activity, and this activity was stimulated by the detergent lauryldimethylamine oxide. To determine if the C-terminal domain of the epsilon subunit acts as an inhibitor of ATPase activity and if an electrostatic interaction plays a role, a TA2F(1) mutant with either a truncated epsilon subunit [i.e., TA2F(1)(epsilon(DeltaC))] or substitution of basic residues in the second alpha-helix of epsilon with nonpolar alanines [i.e., TA2F(1)(epsilon(6A))] was constructed. Both mutants showed ATP hydrolysis activity at low and high concentrations of ATP. Treatment of the purified F(1)F(o)-ATP synthase and TA2F(1)(epsilon(WT)) complex with proteases revealed that the epsilon subunit was resistant to proteolytic digestion. In contrast, the epsilon subunit of TA2F(1)(epsilon(6A)) was completely degraded by trypsin, indicating that the C-terminal arm was in a conformation where it was no longer protected from proteolytic digestion. In addition, ATPase activity was not further activated by protease treatment when compared to the untreated control, supporting the observation that epsilon was responsible for inhibition of ATPase activity. To study the effect of the alanine substitutions in the epsilon subunit in the entire holoenzyme, we reconstituted recombinant TA2F(1) complexes with F(1)-stripped native membranes of strain TA2.A1. The reconstituted TA2F(o)F(1)(epsilon(WT)) was blocked in ATP hydrolysis and exhibited low levels of ATP-driven proton pumping consistent with the F(1)F(o)-ATP synthase in native membranes. Reconstituted TA2F(o)F(1)(epsilon(6A)) exhibited ATPase activity that correlated with increased ATP-driven proton pumping, confirming that the epsilon subunit also inhibits ATPase activity of TA2F(o)F(1).
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- Stefanie Keis
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Nakanishi-Matsui M, Kashiwagi S, Hosokawa H, Cipriano DJ, Dunn SD, Wada Y, Futai M. Stochastic high-speed rotation of Escherichia coli ATP synthase F1 sector: the epsilon subunit-sensitive rotation. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:4126-31. [PMID: 16352612 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m510090200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The gamma subunit of the ATP synthase F(1) sector rotates at the center of the alpha(3)beta(3) hexamer during ATP hydrolysis. A gold bead (40-200 nm diameter) was attached to the gamma subunit of Escherichia coli F(1), and then its ATP hydrolysis-dependent rotation was studied. The rotation speeds were variable, showing stochastic fluctuation. The high-speed rates of 40- and 60-nm beads were essentially similar: 721 and 671 rps (revolutions/s), respectively. The average rate of 60-nm beads was 381 rps, which is approximately 13-fold faster than that expected from the steady-state ATPase turnover number. These results indicate that the F(1) sector rotates much faster than expected from the bulk of ATPase activity, and that approximately 10% of the F(1) molecules are active on the millisecond time scale. Furthermore, the real ATP turnover number (number of ATP molecules converted to ADP and phosphate/s), as a single molecule, is variable during a short period. The epsilon subunit inhibited rotation and ATPase, whereas epsilon fused through its carboxyl terminus to cytochrome b(562) showed no effect. The epsilon subunit significantly increased the pausing time during rotation. Stochastic fluctuation of catalysis may be a general property of an enzyme, although its understanding requires combining studies of steady-state kinetics and single molecule observation.
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- Mayumi Nakanishi-Matsui
- Futai Special Laboratory, Microbial Chemistry Research Center, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kamiosaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo
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Masaike T, Suzuki T, Tsunoda SP, Konno H, Yoshida M. Probing conformations of the beta subunit of F0F1-ATP synthase in catalysis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 342:800-7. [PMID: 16517239 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2006] [Accepted: 02/06/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A subcomplex of F0F1-ATP synthase (F0F1), alpha3beta3gamma, was shown to undergo the conformation(s) during ATP hydrolysis in which two of the three beta subunits have the "Closed" conformation simultaneously (CC conformation) [S.P. Tsunoda, E. Muneyuki, T. Amano, M. Yoshida, H. Noji, Cross-linking of two beta subunits in the closed conformation in F1-ATPase, J. Biol. Chem. 274 (1999) 5701-5706]. This was examined by the inter-subunit disulfide cross-linking between two mutant beta(I386C)s that was formed readily only when the enzyme was in the CC conformation. Here, we adopted the same method for the holoenzyme F0F1 from Bacillus PS3 and found that the CC conformation was generated during ATP hydrolysis but barely during ATP synthesis. The experiments using F0F1 with the epsilon subunit lacking C-terminal helices further suggest that this difference is related to dynamic nature of the epsilon subunit and that ATP synthesis is accelerated when it takes the pathway involving the CC conformation.
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- Tomoko Masaike
- ATP System Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), 5800-3 Nagatsuta, Yokohama 226-0026, Japan
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Vogel PD. Nature's design of nanomotors. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2005; 60:267-77. [PMID: 15939237 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2004.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2004] [Revised: 10/18/2004] [Accepted: 10/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The need for movement is an essential concept of all living organisms. On a macroscopic scale, animals and microbes have to be able to move towards food and away from poison and predators. Plants turn their leaves toward their energy source, the sunlight. But even on a molecular scale, movement is essential for life. It has been known for a long time that enzymes and proteins undergo large conformational changes while performing their biological tasks. The catalytically active regions of enzymes need to sequentially open to bind their respective substrates and close to allow the specific chemical reaction to occur in a defined chemical environment. The active sites finally open up again up to allow the product to be released. Molecular motors are proteins and protein complexes that have evolved in living cells to carry out a variety of functions essential for survival, reproduction and differentiation of the cells and organisms. They use chemical, electrochemical or potential energy and transduce that energy into physical, chemical or mechanical force. In this paper we review some of the molecular motors that were designed by nature to either perform physical work or that contain motor-like movements as part of their catalytic mechanism.
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- Pia D Vogel
- Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, USA.
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Dong K, Ren H, Allison WS. The fluorescence spectrum of the introduced tryptophans in the alpha 3(beta F155W)3gamma subcomplex of the F1-ATPase from the thermophilic Bacillus PS3 cannot be used to distinguish between the number of nucleoside di- and triphosphates bound to catalytic sites. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:9540-7. [PMID: 11779852 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106911200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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It has been reported that shifts in the fluorescence emission spectrum of the introduced tryptophans in the betaF155W mutant of Escherichia coli F(1) (bovine heart mitochondria F(1) residue number) can quantitatively distinguish between the number of catalytic sites occupied with ADP and ATP during steady-state ATP hydrolysis (Weber, J., Bowman, C., and Senior, A. E. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 18711--18718). In contrast, addition of MgADP, Mg-5'-adenylyl beta,gamma-imidophosphate (MgAMP-PNP), and MgATP in 1:1 ratios to the alpha(3)(betaF155W)(3)gamma subcomplex of thermophilic Bacillus PS3 F(1) (TF(1)) induced nearly identical blue shifts in the fluorescence emission maximum that was accompanied by quenching. Addition of 2 mm MgADP induced a slightly greater blue shift and a slight increase in intensity over those observed with 1:1 MgADP. However, addition of 2 mm MgAMP-PNP or MgATP induced a much greater blue shift and substantially enhanced fluorescence intensity over those observed in the presence of stoichiometric MgADP or MgAMP-PNP. It is clear from these results that the fluorescence spectrum of the introduced tryptophans in the betaF155W mutant of TF(1) does not respond in regular increments at any wavelength as catalytic sites are filled with nucleotides. The fluorescence spectrum observed after entrapping MgADP-fluoroaluminate complexes in two catalytic sites of the betaF155W subcomplex indicates that the fluorescence emission spectrum of the enzyme is maximally perturbed when nucleotides are bound to two catalytic sites. This finding is consistent with accumulating evidence suggesting that only two beta subunits in the alpha(3)beta(3)gamma subcomplex of TF(1) can simultaneously exist in the completely closed conformation.
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- Ken Dong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0601, USA
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Senior AE, Nadanaciva S, Weber J. The molecular mechanism of ATP synthesis by F1F0-ATP synthase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1553:188-211. [PMID: 11997128 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(02)00185-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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ATP synthesis by oxidative phosphorylation and photophosphorylation, catalyzed by F1F0-ATP synthase, is the fundamental means of cell energy production. Earlier mutagenesis studies had gone some way to describing the mechanism. More recently, several X-ray structures at atomic resolution have pictured the catalytic sites, and real-time video recordings of subunit rotation have left no doubt of the nature of energy coupling between the transmembrane proton gradient and the catalytic sites in this extraordinary molecular motor. Nonetheless, the molecular events that are required to accomplish the chemical synthesis of ATP remain undefined. In this review we summarize current state of knowledge and present a hypothesis for the molecular mechanism of ATP synthesis.
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- Alan E Senior
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Box 712, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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The mechanism of action of F(1)F(0)-ATP synthase is controversial. Some favor a tri-site mechanism, where substrate must fill all three catalytic sites for activity, others a bi-site mechanism, where one of the three sites is always unoccupied. New approaches were applied to examine this question. First, ITP was used as hydrolysis substrate; lower binding affinities of ITP versus ATP enable more accurate assessment of sites occupancy. Second, distributions of all eight possible enzyme species (with zero, one, two or three sites filled) as fraction of total enzyme population at each ITP concentration were calculated, and compared with measured ITPase activity. Confirming data were obtained with ATP as substrate. Third, we performed a theoretical analysis of possible bi-site mechanisms. The results argue convincingly that bi-site hydrolysis activity is negligible, and may not even exist. Effectively, tri-site hydrolysis is the only mechanism. We argue that only tri-site hydrolysis drives subunit rotation. Theoretical analyses of possible bi-site mechanisms reveal serious flaws, not previously recognized. One is that, in bi-site catalysis, the predicted direction of subunit rotation is the same for both ATP synthesis and hydrolysis; a second is that infrequently occurring enzyme species are required.
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- J Weber
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Salim M, Brown-Kipphut BA, Maines MD. Human biliverdin reductase is autophosphorylated, and phosphorylation is required for bilirubin formation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:10929-34. [PMID: 11278740 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010753200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Biliverdin reductase (BVR) reduces heme oxygenase (HO) activity product, biliverdin, to bilirubin. BVR is unique in having dual pH/dual cofactor requirements. Using Escherichia coli-expressed human BVR and COS cells, we show that BVR is autophosphorylated and that phosphorylation is required for its activity. An "in blot" autophosphorylation assay showed that BVR is a renaturable phosphoprotein. Controls for the experiments were HO-1 and HO-2; both are phosphoproteins but are not autophosphorylated. Autophosphorylation was pH-dependent, with activity at pH 8.7 being most prominent. In addition, 2'(3')-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)adenosine 5'-triphosphate fluorescence titration of BVR gave a lower K(d) at pH 8.7 than at pH 7.4 (15.5 versus 28.0 micrometer). Mn(2+) was required for binding of the ATP analogue and for autophosphorylation; the autokinase activity was lost when treated at 60 degrees C for 10 min. The loss of transferred phosphates by alkaline treatment suggested that BVR is a serine/threonine kinase. Potato acid phosphatase treatment reversibly inactivated the enzyme. The enzyme was also inactivated by treatment with the serine/threonine phosphatase, protein phosphatase 2A; okadaic acid attenuated the inhibition. Titration of protein phosphatase 2A-released phosphates indicated a 1:6 molar ratio of BVR to phosphate. The BVR immunoprecipitated from COS cell lysates was a phosphoprotein, and its activity and phosphorylation levels increased in response to H(2)O(2). The results define a previously unknown mechanism for regulation of BVR activity and are discussed in the context of their relevance to heme metabolism.
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- M Salim
- Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Weber J, Senior AE. ATP synthase: what we know about ATP hydrolysis and what we do not know about ATP synthesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1458:300-9. [PMID: 10838046 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00082-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In ATP synthase, X-ray structures, demonstration of ATP-driven gamma-subunit rotation, and tryptophan fluorescence techniques to determine catalytic site occupancy and nucleotide binding affinities have resulted in pronounced progress in understanding ATP hydrolysis, for which a mechanism is presented here. In contrast, ATP synthesis remains enigmatic. The molecular mechanism by which ADP is bound in presence of a high ATP/ADP concentration ratio is a fundamental unknown; similarly P(i) binding is not understood. Techniques to measure catalytic site occupancy and ligand binding affinity changes during net ATP synthesis are much needed. Relation of these parameters to gamma-rotation is a further goal. A speculative model for ATP synthesis is offered.
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- J Weber
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Box 712, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Boyer PD. Catalytic site forms and controls in ATP synthase catalysis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1458:252-62. [PMID: 10838041 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00077-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A suggested minimal scheme for substrate binding by and interconversion of three forms of the catalytic sites of the ATP synthase is presented. Each binding change, that drives simultaneous interchange of the three catalytic site forms, requires a 120 degrees rotation of the gamma with respect to the beta subunits. The binding of substrate(s) at two catalytic sites is regarded as sufficing for near maximal catalytic rates to be attained. Although three sites do not need to be filled for rapid catalysis, during rapid bisite catalysis some enzyme may be transiently present with three sites filled. Forms with preferential binding for ADP and P(i) or for ATP are considered to arise from the transition state and participate in other steps of the catalysis. Intermediate forms and steps that may be involved are evaluated. Experimental evidence for energy-dependent steps and for control of coupling to proton translocation and transition state forms are reviewed. Impact of relevant past data on present understanding of catalytic events is considered. In synthesis a key step is suggested in which proton translocation begins to deform an open site so as to increase the affinity for ADP and P(i), that then bind and pass through the transition state, and yield tightly bound ATP in one binding change. ADP binding appears to be a key parameter controlling rotation during synthesis. In hydrolysis ATP binding to a loose site likely precedes any proton translocation, with proton movement occurring as the tight site form develops. Aspects needing further study are noted. Characteristics of the related MgADP inhibition of the F(1) ATPases that have undermined many observations are summarized, and relations of three-site filling to catalysis are assessed.
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- P D Boyer
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570, USA.
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