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Docampo R. Advances in the cellular biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of acidocalcisomes. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2024; 88:e0004223. [PMID: 38099688 PMCID: PMC10966946 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00042-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2024] Open
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SUMMARYAcidocalcisomes are organelles conserved during evolution and closely related to the so-called volutin granules of bacteria and archaea, to the acidocalcisome-like vacuoles of yeasts, and to the lysosome-related organelles of animal species. All these organelles have in common their acidity and high content of polyphosphate and calcium. They are characterized by a variety of functions from storage of phosphorus and calcium to roles in Ca2+ signaling, osmoregulation, blood coagulation, and inflammation. They interact with other organelles through membrane contact sites or by fusion, and have several enzymes, pumps, transporters, and channels.
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- Roberto Docampo
- Department of Cellular Biology, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Yanagisawa S, Bukhari ZA, Parra KJ, Frasch WD. Eukaryotic yeast V 1-ATPase rotary mechanism insights revealed by high-resolution single-molecule studies. Front Mol Biosci 2024; 11:1269040. [PMID: 38567099 PMCID: PMC10985318 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1269040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Vacuolar ATP-dependent proton pumps (V-ATPases) belong to a super-family of rotary ATPases and ATP synthases. The V1 complex consumes ATP to drive rotation of a central rotor that pumps protons across membranes via the Vo complex. Eukaryotic V-ATPases are regulated by reversible disassembly of subunit C, V1 without C, and VO. ATP hydrolysis is thought to generate an unknown rotary state that initiates regulated disassembly. Dissociated V1 is inhibited by subunit H that traps it in a specific rotational position. Here, we report the first single-molecule studies with high resolution of time and rotational position of Saccharomyces cerevisiae V1-ATPase lacking subunits H and C (V1ΔHC), which resolves previously elusive dwells and angular velocity changes. Rotation occurred in 120° power strokes separated by dwells comparable to catalytic dwells observed in other rotary ATPases. However, unique V1ΔHC rotational features included: 1) faltering power stroke rotation during the first 60°; 2) a dwell often occurring ∼45° after the catalytic dwell, which did not increase in duration at limiting MgATP; 3) a second dwell, ∼2-fold longer occurring 112° that increased in duration and occurrence at limiting MgATP; 4) limiting MgATP-dependent decreases in power stroke angular velocity where dwells were not observed. The results presented here are consistent with MgATP binding to the empty catalytic site at 112° and MgADP released at ∼45°, and provide important new insight concerning the molecular basis for the differences in rotary positions of substrate binding and product release between V-type and F-type ATPases.
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- Seiga Yanagisawa
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
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Hissen KL, He W, Wu G, Criscitiello MF. Immunonutrition: facilitating mucosal immune response in teleost intestine with amino acids through oxidant-antioxidant balance. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1241615. [PMID: 37841275 PMCID: PMC10570457 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1241615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Comparative animal models generate fundamental scientific knowledge of immune responses. However, these studies typically are conducted in mammals because of their biochemical and physiological similarity to humans. Presently, there has been an interest in using teleost fish models to study intestinal immunology, particularly intestinal mucosa immune response. Instead of targeting the pathogen itself, a preferred approach for managing fish health is through nutrient supplementation, as it is noninvasive and less labor intensive than vaccine administrations while still modulating immune properties. Amino acids (AAs) regulate metabolic processes, oxidant-antioxidant balance, and physiological requirements to improve immune response. Thus, nutritionists can develop sustainable aquafeeds through AA supplementation to promote specific immune responses, including the intestinal mucosa immune system. We propose the use of dietary supplementation with functional AAs to improve immune response by discussing teleost fish immunology within the intestine and explore how oxidative burst is used as an immune defense mechanism. We evaluate immune components and immune responses in the intestine that use oxidant-antioxidant balance through potential selection of AAs and their metabolites to improve mucosal immune capacity and gut integrity. AAs are effective modulators of teleost gut immunity through oxidant-antioxidant balance. To incorporate nutrition as an immunoregulatory means in teleost, we must obtain more tools including genomic, proteomic, nutrition, immunology, and macrobiotic and metabonomic analyses, so that future studies can provide a more holistic understanding of the mucosal immune system in fish.
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- Karina L. Hissen
- Comparative Immunogenetics Laboratory Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Amino Acid Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Amino Acid Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Comparative Immunogenetics Laboratory Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX, United States
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Gam ZBA, Thioye A, Cayol JL, Postec A, Bartoli-Joseph M, Vandecasteele C, Erauso G, Labat M. Thermospira aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic spirochete isolated from a Tunisian hot spring, and description of the novel family Thermospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 36748411 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A novel thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium, strain F1F22T, was isolated from hot spring water collected in northern Tunisia. The cells were non-motile, Gram-negative and helical with hooked ends, 0.5×10-32 µm in size. Growth of the strain was observed at 45-70 °C (optimum, 55 °C), in 0.0-1.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum without NaCl) and at pH 6.5-8.5 (optimum, pH 7.5). Yeast extract was required for growth, and the strain grew on glucose, sucrose and maltose. The major fatty acids were C16:0 (40.2 %), iso-C16: 0 (30.2 %) and C16 :0 DMA (14.5 %). The genome consisted of a circular chromosome (2.5 Mb) containing 2672 predicted protein-encoding genes with a G+C content of 43.15 mol %. Based on a comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain F1F22T formed a deeply branching lineage within the phylum Spirochaetota, class Spirochaetia, order Brevinematales, and had only low sequence similarity to other species of the phylum (lower than 83 %). Genome-based analysis of average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization of strain F1F22T with Treponema caldarium DSM 7334T, Brevinema andersonii ATCC 43811T and Spirochaeta thermophila DSM 6578T showed values between 63.26 and 63.52 %, and between 20 and 25 %. Hence, we propose strain F1F22T as a representative of a novel family (Thermospiraceae fam. nov.), genus and species of Brevinematales: Thermospira aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov. (type strain F1F22T=JCM 31314T=DSM 101182T).
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- Zouhaier Ben Ali Gam
- Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, 163 avenue de Luminy, F-13288, Marseille, France
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- Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique, Laboratoire de Microbiologie Appliquée et de Génie Industriel, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Sénégal
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- Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, 163 avenue de Luminy, F-13288, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, 163 avenue de Luminy, F-13288, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, 163 avenue de Luminy, F-13288, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, 163 avenue de Luminy, F-13288, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, 163 avenue de Luminy, F-13288, Marseille, France
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ATP synthesis in an ancient ATP synthase at low driving forces. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2201921119. [PMID: 35512103 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2201921119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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SignificanceThe ATP synthases of many anaerobic archaea have an unusual motor subunit c that otherwise is only found in eukaryotic V1VO ATPases. The evolutionary switch from synthase to hydrolase is thought to be caused by a doubling of the rotor subunit c, followed by a loss of the ion binding site. By purification and reconstitution of an ATP synthase with a V-type c subunit, we have unequivocally demonstrated, against expectations, the capability of such an enzyme to synthesize ATP at physiological relevant driving forces of 90 to 150 mV. This is the long-awaited answer to an eminent question in microbial energetics and physiology, especially for life near the thermodynamic limit of ATP synthesis.
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Chen F, Kang R, Liu J, Tang D. The V-ATPases in cancer and cell death. Cancer Gene Ther 2022; 29:1529-1541. [PMID: 35504950 PMCID: PMC9063253 DOI: 10.1038/s41417-022-00477-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Transmembrane ATPases are membrane-bound enzyme complexes and ion transporters that can be divided into F-, V-, and A-ATPases according to their structure. The V-ATPases, also known as H+-ATPases, are large multi-subunit protein complexes composed of a peripheral domain (V1) responsible for the hydrolysis of ATP and a membrane-integrated domain (V0) that transports protons across plasma membrane or organelle membrane. V-ATPases play a fundamental role in maintaining pH homeostasis through lysosomal acidification and are involved in modulating various physiological and pathological processes, such as macropinocytosis, autophagy, cell invasion, and cell death (e.g., apoptosis, anoikis, alkaliptosis, ferroptosis, and lysosome-dependent cell death). In addition to participating in embryonic development, V-ATPase pathways, when dysfunctional, are implicated in human diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases, osteopetrosis, distal renal tubular acidosis, and cancer. In this review, we summarize the structure and regulation of isoforms of V-ATPase subunits and discuss their context-dependent roles in cancer biology and cell death. Updated knowledge about V-ATPases may enable us to design new anticancer drugs or strategies.
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- Fangquan Chen
- grid.417009.b0000 0004 1758 4591DAMP Laboratory, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120 China
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- grid.267313.20000 0000 9482 7121Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 USA
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- grid.417009.b0000 0004 1758 4591DAMP Laboratory, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120 China
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- grid.267313.20000 0000 9482 7121Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 USA
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Zubareva VM, Lapashina AS, Shugaeva TE, Litvin AV, Feniouk BA. Rotary Ion-Translocating ATPases/ATP Synthases: Diversity, Similarities, and Differences. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2021; 85:1613-1630. [PMID: 33705299 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297920120135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Ion-translocating ATPases and ATP synthases (F-, V-, A-type ATPases, and several P-type ATPases and ABC-transporters) catalyze ATP hydrolysis or ATP synthesis coupled with the ion transport across the membrane. F-, V-, and A-ATPases are protein nanomachines that combine transmembrane transport of protons or sodium ions with ATP synthesis/hydrolysis by means of a rotary mechanism. These enzymes are composed of two multisubunit subcomplexes that rotate relative to each other during catalysis. Rotary ATPases phosphorylate/dephosphorylate nucleotides directly, without the generation of phosphorylated protein intermediates. F-type ATPases are found in chloroplasts, mitochondria, most eubacteria, and in few archaea. V-type ATPases are eukaryotic enzymes present in a variety of cellular membranes, including the plasma membrane, vacuoles, late endosomes, and trans-Golgi cisternae. A-type ATPases are found in archaea and some eubacteria. F- and A-ATPases have two main functions: ATP synthesis powered by the proton motive force (pmf) or, in some prokaryotes, sodium-motive force (smf) and generation of the pmf or smf at the expense of ATP hydrolysis. In prokaryotes, both functions may be vitally important, depending on the environment and the presence of other enzymes capable of pmf or smf generation. In eukaryotes, the primary and the most crucial function of F-ATPases is ATP synthesis. Eukaryotic V-ATPases function exclusively as ATP-dependent proton pumps that generate pmf necessary for the transmembrane transport of ions and metabolites and are vitally important for pH regulation. This review describes the diversity of rotary ion-translocating ATPases from different organisms and compares the structural, functional, and regulatory features of these enzymes.
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- V M Zubareva
- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.,Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia. .,Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Plouviez M, Fernández E, Grossman AR, Sanz-Luque E, Sells M, Wheeler D, Guieysse B. Responses of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during the transition from P-deficient to P-sufficient growth (the P-overplus response): The roles of the vacuolar transport chaperones and polyphosphate synthesis. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2021; 57:988-1003. [PMID: 33778959 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) assimilation and polyphosphate (polyP) synthesis were investigated in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by supplying phosphate (PO43- ; 10 mg P·L-1 ) to P-depleted cultures of wildtypes, mutants with defects in genes involved in the vacuolar transporter chaperone (VTC) complex, and VTC-complemented strains. Wildtype C. reinhardtii assimilated PO43- and stored polyP within minutes of adding PO43- to cultures that were P-deprived, demonstrating that these cells were metabolically primed to assimilate and store PO43- . In contrast, vtc1 and vtc4 mutant lines assayed under the same conditions never accumulated polyP, and PO43- assimilation was considerably decreased in comparison with the wildtypes. In addition, to confirm the bioinformatics inferences and previous experimental work that the VTC complex of C. reinhardtii has a polyP polymerase function, these results evidence the influence of polyP synthesis on PO43- assimilation in C. reinhardtii. RNA-sequencing was carried out on C. reinhardtii cells that were either P-depleted (control) or supplied with PO43- following P depletion (treatment) in order to identify changes in the levels of mRNAs correlated with the P status of the cells. This analysis showed that the levels of VTC1 and VTC4 transcripts were strongly reduced at 5 and 24 h after the addition of PO43- to the cells, although polyP granules were continuously synthesized during this 24 h period. These results suggest that the VTC complex remains active for at least 24 h after supplying the cells with PO43- . Further bioassays and sequence analyses suggest that inositol phosphates may control polyP synthesis via binding to the VTC SPX domain.
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- Maxence Plouviez
- School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, 14071, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, 14071, Spain
- Department of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
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- School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, 161 Kite St, Orange, New South Wales, 2800, Australia
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- School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Roh SH, Shekhar M, Pintilie G, Chipot C, Wilkens S, Singharoy A, Chiu W. Cryo-EM and MD infer water-mediated proton transport and autoinhibition mechanisms of V o complex. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:6/41/eabb9605. [PMID: 33028525 PMCID: PMC7541076 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb9605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Rotary vacuolar adenosine triphosphatases (V-ATPases) drive transmembrane proton transport through a Vo proton channel subcomplex. Despite recent high-resolution structures of several rotary ATPases, the dynamic mechanism of proton pumping remains elusive. Here, we determined a 2.7-Å cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of yeast Vo proton channel in nanodisc that reveals the location of ordered water molecules along the proton path, details of specific protein-lipid interactions, and the architecture of the membrane scaffold protein. Moreover, we uncover a state of Vo that shows the c-ring rotated by ~14°. Molecular dynamics simulations demonstrate that the two rotary states are in thermal equilibrium and depict how the protonation state of essential glutamic acid residues couples water-mediated proton transfer with c-ring rotation. Our cryo-EM models and simulations also rationalize a mechanism for inhibition of passive proton transport as observed for free Vo that is generated as a result of V-ATPase regulation by reversible disassembly in vivo.
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- Soung-Hun Roh
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea.
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- Biodesign Institute, School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85801, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, James H. Clark Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Laboratoire International Associé CNRS-UIUC, UMR 7019, Université de Lorraine, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
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- Biodesign Institute, School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85801, USA.
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- Department of Bioengineering, James H. Clark Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
- Division of Cryo-EM and Bioimaging, SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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Pfahler V, Tamburini F, Bernasconi SM, Frossard E. A dual isotopic approach using radioactive phosphorus and the isotopic composition of oxygen associated to phosphorus to understand plant reaction to a change in P nutrition. PLANT METHODS 2017; 13:75. [PMID: 29021817 PMCID: PMC5613512 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-017-0227-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Changing the phosphorus (P) nutrition leads to changes in plant metabolism. The aim of this study was to investigate how these changes are reflected in the distribution of 33P and the isotopic composition of oxygen associated to P (δ18OP) in different plant parts of soybean (Glycine max cv. Toliman). Two P pools were extracted sequentially with 0.3 M trichloroacetic acid (TCA P) and 10 M nitric acid (HNO3; residual P). RESULTS The δ18OP of TCA P in the old leaves of the - P plants (23.8‰) significantly decreased compared to the + P plants (27.4‰). The 33P data point to an enhanced mobilisation of P from residual P in the old leaves of the - P plants compared to the + P plants. CONCLUSIONS Omitting P for 10 days lead to a translocation of P from source to sink organs in soybeans. This was accompanied by a significant lowering of the δ18OP of TCA P in the source organs due to the enzymatic hydrolysis of organic P. Combining 33P and δ18OP can provide useful insights in plant responses to P omission at an early stage.
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- Verena Pfahler
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 33, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland
- Sustainable Agriculture Sciences, Rothamsted Research, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB UK
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 33, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 33, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland
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Kühlbrandt W, Davies KM. Rotary ATPases: A New Twist to an Ancient Machine. Trends Biochem Sci 2015; 41:106-116. [PMID: 26671611 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Rotary ATPases are energy-converting nanomachines found in the membranes of all living organisms. The mechanism by which proton translocation through the membrane drives ATP synthesis, or how ATP hydrolysis generates a transmembrane proton gradient, has been unresolved for decades because the structure of a critical subunit in the membrane was unknown. Electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) studies of two rotary ATPases have now revealed a hairpin of long, horizontal, membrane-intrinsic α-helices in the a-subunit next to the c-ring rotor. The horizontal helices create a pair of aqueous half-channels in the membrane that provide access to the proton-binding sites in the rotor ring. These recent findings help to explain the highly conserved mechanism of ion translocation by rotary ATPases.
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- Werner Kühlbrandt
- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Matthies D, Zhou W, Klyszejko AL, Anselmi C, Yildiz Ö, Brandt K, Müller V, Faraldo-Gómez JD, Meier T. High-resolution structure and mechanism of an F/V-hybrid rotor ring in a Na⁺-coupled ATP synthase. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5286. [PMID: 25381992 PMCID: PMC4228694 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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All rotary ATPases catalyse the interconversion of ATP and ADP-Pi through a mechanism that is coupled to the transmembrane flow of H(+) or Na(+). Physiologically, however, F/A-type enzymes specialize in ATP synthesis driven by downhill ion diffusion, while eukaryotic V-type ATPases function as ion pumps. To begin to rationalize the molecular basis for this functional differentiation, we solved the crystal structure of the Na(+)-driven membrane rotor of the Acetobacterium woodii ATP synthase, at 2.1 Å resolution. Unlike known structures, this rotor ring is a 9:1 heteromer of F- and V-type c-subunits and therefore features a hybrid configuration of ion-binding sites along its circumference. Molecular and kinetic simulations are used to dissect the mechanisms of Na(+) recognition and rotation of this c-ring, and to explain the functional implications of the V-type c-subunit. These structural and mechanistic insights indicate an evolutionary path between synthases and pumps involving adaptations in the rotor ring.
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- Doreen Matthies
- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 5635FL, Suite T-800, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 5635FL, Suite T-800, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- 1] Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 5635FL, Suite T-800, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA [2] Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- 1] Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany [2] Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Ueno H, Minagawa Y, Hara M, Rahman S, Yamato I, Muneyuki E, Noji H, Murata T, Iino R. Torque generation of Enterococcus hirae V-ATPase. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:31212-23. [PMID: 25258315 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.598177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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V-ATPase (V(o)V1) converts the chemical free energy of ATP into an ion-motive force across the cell membrane via mechanical rotation. This energy conversion requires proper interactions between the rotor and stator in V(o)V1 for tight coupling among chemical reaction, torque generation, and ion transport. We developed an Escherichia coli expression system for Enterococcus hirae V(o)V1 (EhV(o)V1) and established a single-molecule rotation assay to measure the torque generated. Recombinant and native EhV(o)V1 exhibited almost identical dependence of ATP hydrolysis activity on sodium ion and ATP concentrations, indicating their functional equivalence. In a single-molecule rotation assay with a low load probe at high ATP concentration, EhV(o)V1 only showed the "clear" state without apparent backward steps, whereas EhV1 showed two states, "clear" and "unclear." Furthermore, EhV(o)V1 showed slower rotation than EhV1 without the three distinct pauses separated by 120° that were observed in EhV1. When using a large probe, EhV(o)V1 showed faster rotation than EhV1, and the torque of EhV(o)V1 estimated from the continuous rotation was nearly double that of EhV1. On the other hand, stepping torque of EhV1 in the clear state was comparable with that of EhV(o)V1. These results indicate that rotor-stator interactions of the V(o) moiety and/or sodium ion transport limit the rotation driven by the V1 moiety, and the rotor-stator interactions in EhV(o)V1 are stabilized by two peripheral stalks to generate a larger torque than that of isolated EhV1. However, the torque value was substantially lower than that of other rotary ATPases, implying the low energy conversion efficiency of EhV(o)V1.
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- Hiroshi Ueno
- From the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan
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- the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- the Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
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- the Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
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- From the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan
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- the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan, JST, PRESTO, Chiba 263-8522, Japan,
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- the Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Aichi 444-8787, Japan, and the Department of Functional Molecular Science, School of Physical Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan
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Criscitiello MF, Dickman MB, Samuel JE, de Figueiredo P. Tripping on acid: trans-kingdom perspectives on biological acids in immunity and pathogenesis. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003402. [PMID: 23874196 PMCID: PMC3715416 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- Michael F Criscitiello
- Comparative Immunogenetics Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
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Pfahler V, Dürr-Auster T, Tamburini F, M Bernasconi S, Frossard E. 18O enrichment in phosphorus pools extracted from soybean leaves. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2013; 197:186-193. [PMID: 23106517 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04379.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/08/2012] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The objective of this study was to investigate the isotopic composition of oxygen bound to phosphate (δ(18)O-PO(4)) in different phosphorus (P) pools in plant leaves. As a model plant we used soybean (Glycine max cv Toliman) grown in the presence of ample P in hydroponic cultures. The leaf blades were extracted with 0.3 M trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and with 10 M nitric acid. These extractions allowed measurement of the TCA-soluble reactive P (TCA P) that is rapidly cycled within the cell and the total leaf P. The difference between total leaf P and TCA P yielded the structural P which includes organic P compounds not extractable by TCA. P uptake and its translocation and transformation within the soybean plants lead to an (18)O enrichment of TCA P (δ(18)O-PO(4) between 16.9 and 27.5‰) and structural P (δ(18)O-PO(4) between 42.6 and 68.0 ‰) compared with 12.4‰ in the phosphate in the nutrient solution. δ(18)O values of phosphate extracted from soybean leaves grown under optimal conditions are greater than the δ(18)O-PO(4) values of the provided P source. Furthermore, the δ(18)O-PO(4) of TCA P seems to be controlled by the δ(18)O of leaf water and the activity of inorganic pyrophosphatase or other pyrophosphatases.
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- Verena Pfahler
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 33, 8315, Lindau, Switzerland
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 33, 8315, Lindau, Switzerland
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 33, 8315, Lindau, Switzerland
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 33, 8315, Lindau, Switzerland
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Patch-clamp protocols to study cell ionic homeostasis under saline conditions. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2012; 913:3-18. [PMID: 22895749 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-986-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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The patch-clamp technique was designed to measure any electrogenic transport across the whole cell and organelle (vacuolar) membranes and excised membrane patches. Here, we describe preparation of protoplasts and vacuoles, as well as patch-clamp assays, to detect the functional expression of K(+) and cation channels of plasma membrane and tonoplast, as well as plasma membrane anion channels and vacuolar and plasma membrane H(+) pumps. All of these contribute to the intracellular ionic homeostasis under saline conditions.
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Rienmüller F, Dreyer I, Schönknecht G, Schulz A, Schumacher K, Nagy R, Martinoia E, Marten I, Hedrich R. Luminal and cytosolic pH feedback on proton pump activity and ATP affinity of V-type ATPase from Arabidopsis. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:8986-93. [PMID: 22215665 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.310367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Proton pumping of the vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase into the lumen of the central plant organelle generates a proton gradient of often 1-2 pH units or more. Although structural aspects of the V-type ATPase have been studied in great detail, the question of whether and how the proton pump action is controlled by the proton concentration on both sides of the membrane is not understood. Applying the patch clamp technique to isolated vacuoles from Arabidopsis mesophyll cells in the whole-vacuole mode, we studied the response of the V-ATPase to protons, voltage, and ATP. Current-voltage relationships at different luminal pH values indicated decreasing coupling ratios with acidification. A detailed study of ATP-dependent H(+)-pump currents at a variety of different pH conditions showed a complex regulation of V-ATPase activity by both cytosolic and vacuolar pH. At cytosolic pH 7.5, vacuolar pH changes had relative little effects. Yet, at cytosolic pH 5.5, a 100-fold increase in vacuolar proton concentration resulted in a 70-fold increase of the affinity for ATP binding on the cytosolic side. Changes in pH on either side of the membrane seem to be transferred by the V-ATPase to the other side. A mathematical model was developed that indicates a feedback of proton concentration on peak H(+) current amplitude (v(max)) and ATP consumption (K(m)) of the V-ATPase. It proposes that for efficient V-ATPase function dissociation of transported protons from the pump protein might become higher with increasing pH. This feature results in an optimization of H(+) pumping by the V-ATPase according to existing H(+) concentrations.
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- Florian Rienmüller
- University of Würzburg, Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Würzburg, Germany
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AbstractThe rotary ATPase family of membrane protein complexes may have only three members, but each one plays a fundamental role in biological energy conversion. The F1Fo-ATPase (F-ATPase) couples ATP synthesis to the electrochemical membrane potential in bacteria, mitochondria and chloroplasts, while the vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) operates as an ATP-driven proton pump in eukaryotic membranes. In different species of archaea and bacteria, the A1Ao-ATPase (A-ATPase) can function as either an ATP synthase or an ion pump. All three of these multi-subunit complexes are rotary molecular motors, sharing a fundamentally similar mechanism in which rotational movement drives the energy conversion process. By analogy to macroscopic systems, individual subunits can be assigned to rotor, axle or stator functions. Recently, three-dimensional reconstructions from electron microscopy and single particle image processing have led to a significant step forward in understanding of the overall architecture of all three forms of these complexes and have allowed the organisation of subunits within the rotor and stator parts of the motors to be more clearly mapped out. This review describes the emerging consensus regarding the organisation of the rotor and stator components of V-, A- and F-ATPases, examining core similarities that point to a common evolutionary origin, and highlighting key differences. In particular, it discusses how newly revealed variation in the complexity of the inter-domain connections may impact on the mechanics and regulation of these molecular machines.
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Docampo R, Ulrich P, Moreno SNJ. Evolution of acidocalcisomes and their role in polyphosphate storage and osmoregulation in eukaryotic microbes. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2010; 365:775-84. [PMID: 20124344 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Acidocalcisomes are acidic electron-dense organelles, rich in polyphosphate (poly P) complexed with calcium and other cations. While its matrix contains enzymes related to poly P metabolism, the membrane of the acidocalcisomes has a number of pumps (Ca(2+)-ATPase, V-H(+)-ATPase, H(+)-PPase), exchangers (Na(+)/H(+), Ca(2+)/H(+)), and at least one channel (aquaporin). Acidocalcisomes are present in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes and are an important storage of cations and phosphorus. They also play an important role in osmoregulation and interact with the contractile vacuole complex in a number of eukaryotic microbes. Acidocalcisomes resemble lysosome-related organelles (LRO) from mammalian cells in many of their properties. They share similar morphological characteristics, acidic properties, phosphorus contents and a system for targeting of their membrane proteins through adaptor complex-3 (AP-3). Storage of phosphate and cations may represent the ancestral physiological function of acidocalcisomes, with cation and pH homeostasis and osmoregulatory functions derived following the divergence of prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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- Roberto Docampo
- Department of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical and Global Emerging Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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Nakanishi-Matsui M, Sekiya M, Nakamoto RK, Futai M. The mechanism of rotating proton pumping ATPases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:1343-52. [PMID: 20170625 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2009] [Revised: 02/08/2010] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Two proton pumps, the F-ATPase (ATP synthase, FoF1) and the V-ATPase (endomembrane proton pump), have different physiological functions, but are similar in subunit structure and mechanism. They are composed of a membrane extrinsic (F1 or V1) and a membrane intrinsic (Fo or Vo) sector, and couple catalysis of ATP synthesis or hydrolysis to proton transport by a rotational mechanism. The mechanism of rotation has been extensively studied by kinetic, thermodynamic and physiological approaches. Techniques for observing subunit rotation have been developed. Observations of micron-length actin filaments, or polystyrene or gold beads attached to rotor subunits have been highly informative of the rotational behavior of ATP hydrolysis-driven rotation. Single molecule FRET experiments between fluorescent probes attached to rotor and stator subunits have been used effectively in monitoring proton motive force-driven rotation in the ATP synthesis reaction. By using small gold beads with diameters of 40-60 nm, the E. coli F1 sector was found to rotate at surprisingly high speeds (>400 rps). This experimental system was used to assess the kinetics and thermodynamics of mutant enzymes. The results revealed that the enzymatic reaction steps and the timing of the domain interactions among the beta subunits, or between the beta and gamma subunits, are coordinated in a manner that lowers the activation energy for all steps and avoids deep energy wells through the rotationally-coupled steady-state reaction. In this review, we focus on the mechanism of steady-state F1-ATPase rotation, which maximizes the coupling efficiency between catalysis and rotation.
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- Mayumi Nakanishi-Matsui
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3694, Japan.
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Tomashek JJ, Brusilow WS. Stoichiometry of energy coupling by proton-translocating ATPases: a history of variability. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2009; 32:493-500. [PMID: 15254384 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005617024904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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One of the central energy-coupling reactions in living systems is the intraconversion of ATP with a transmembrane proton gradient, carried out by proton-translocating F- and V-type ATPases/synthases. These reversible enzymes can hydrolyze ATP and pump protons, or can use the energy of a transmembrane proton gradient to synthesize ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. The stoichiometry of these processes (H(+)/ATP, or coupling ratio) has been studied in many systems for many years, with no universally agreed upon solution. Recent discoveries concerning the structure of the ATPases, their assembly and the stoichiometry of their numerous subunits, particularly the proton-carrying proteolipid (subunit c) of the F(O) and V(0) sectors, have shed new light on this question and raise the possibility of variable coupling ratios modulated by variable proteolipid stoichiometries.
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- J J Tomashek
- Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Hayashi K, Sun-Wada GH, Wada Y, Nakanishi-Matsui M, Futai M. Defective assembly of a hybrid vacuolar H(+)-ATPase containing the mouse testis-specific E1 isoform and yeast subunits. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2008; 1777:1370-7. [PMID: 18662668 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2008] [Revised: 06/26/2008] [Accepted: 06/30/2008] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mammalian vacuolar-type proton pumping ATPases (V-ATPases) are diverse multi-subunit proton pumps. They are formed from membrane V(o) and catalytic V(1) sectors, whose subunits have cell-specific or ubiquitous isoforms. Biochemical study of a unique V-ATPase is difficult because ones with different isoforms are present in the same cell. However, the properties of mouse isoforms can be studied using hybrid V-ATPases formed from the isoforms and other yeast subunits. As shown previously, mouse subunit E isoform E1 (testis-specific) or E2 (ubiquitous) can form active V-ATPases with other subunits of yeast, but E1/yeast hybrid V-ATPase is defective in proton transport at 37 degrees C (Sun-Wada, G.-H., Imai-Senga, Y., Yamamoto, A., Murata, Y., Hirata, T., Wada, Y., and Futai, M., 2002, J. Biol. Chem. 277, 18098-18105). In this study, we have analyzed the properties of E1/yeast hybrid V-ATPase to understand the role of the E subunit. The proton transport by the defective hybrid ATPase was reversibly recovered when incubation temperature of vacuoles or cells was shifted to 30 degrees C. Corresponding to the reversible defect of the hybrid V-ATPase, the V(o) subunit a epitope was exposed to the corresponding antibody at 37 degrees C, but became inaccessible at 30 degrees C. However, the V(1) sector was still associated with V(o) at 37 degrees C, as shown immunochemically. The control yeast V-ATPase was active at 37 degrees C, and its epitope was not accessible to the antibody. Glucose depletion, known to dissociate V(1) from V(o) in yeast, had only a slight effect on the hybrid at acidic pH. The domain between Lys26 and Val83 of E1, which contains eight residues not conserved between E1 and E2, was responsible for the unique properties of the hybrid. These results suggest that subunit E, especially its amino-terminal domain, plays a pertinent role in the assembly of V-ATPase subunits in vacuolar membranes.
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- Kazuhiro Hayashi
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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Façanha AR, Okorokova-Façanha AL. ATP synthesis catalyzed by a V-ATPase: an alternative pathway for energy conservation operating in plant vacuoles? PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 14:195-203. [PMID: 23572887 PMCID: PMC3550615 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-008-0019-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The electrochemical H(+) gradient generated in tonoplast vesicles isolated from maize seeds was found to be able to drive the reversal of the catalytic cycle of both vacuolar H(+)-pumps (Façanha and de Meis, 1998). Here we describe the reversibility of the vacuolar V-type H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase) even in the absence of the H(+) gradient in a water-Me2SO co-solvent mixture, resulting in net synthesis of [γ-(32)P]ATP from [(32)P]Pi and ADP. The water-Me2SO (5 to 20 %) media promoted inhibition of both PPi hydrolysis and synthesis reactions whereas it slightly affected the ATP hydrolysis and clearly stimulated the ATP synthesis, which was unaffected by uncoupling agents (FCCP, Triton X-100 or NH4 (+)). This effect of Me2SO on the ATP⇔(32)P exchange reaction seems to be related to a decrease of the apparent K m of the V-ATPase for Pi. The results are in accordance to the concept that the energetics of ATP synthesis catalysis depends on the solvation energies interacting in the enzyme microenvironment. A possible physiological significance of this phenomenon for the metabolism of desiccation-tolerant plant cells is discussed.
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- Arnoldo Rocha Façanha
- />Laboratório de Biologia Celular & Tecidual, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Pq. California, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-602 Brazil
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- />Laboratório de Fisiologia & Bioquímica de Microrganismos, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Pq. California, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-602 Brazil
- />Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Pq. California, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-602 Brazil
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Nakano M, Imamura H, Toei M, Tamakoshi M, Yoshida M, Yokoyama K. ATP hydrolysis and synthesis of a rotary motor V-ATPase from Thermus thermophilus. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:20789-96. [PMID: 18492667 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801276200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase) catalyzes ATP synthesis and hydrolysis coupled with proton translocation across membranes via a rotary motor mechanism. Here we report biochemical and biophysical catalytic properties of V-ATPase from Thermus thermophilus. ATP hydrolysis of V-ATPase was severely inhibited by entrapment of Mg-ADP in the catalytic site. In contrast, the enzyme was very active for ATP synthesis (approximately 70 s(-1)) with the K(m) values for ADP and phosphate being 4.7 +/- 0.5 and 460 +/- 30 microm, respectively. Single molecule observation showed V-ATPase rotated in a 120 degrees stepwise manner, and analysis of dwelling time allowed the binding rate constant k(on) for ATP to be estimated ( approximately 1.1 x 10(6) m(-1) s(-1)), which was much lower than the k(on) (= V(max)/K(m)) for ADP ( approximately 1.4 x 10(7) m(-1) s(-1)). The slower k(on)(ATP) than k(on)(ADP) and strong Mg-ADP inhibition may contribute to prevent wasteful consumption of ATP under in vivo conditions when the proton motive force collapses.
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- Masahiro Nakano
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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Background The F- and V-type ATPases are rotary molecular machines that couple translocation of protons or sodium ions across the membrane to the synthesis or hydrolysis of ATP. Both the F-type (found in most bacteria and eukaryotic mitochondria and chloroplasts) and V-type (found in archaea, some bacteria, and eukaryotic vacuoles) ATPases can translocate either protons or sodium ions. The prevalent proton-dependent ATPases are generally viewed as the primary form of the enzyme whereas the sodium-translocating ATPases of some prokaryotes are usually construed as an exotic adaptation to survival in extreme environments. Results We combine structural and phylogenetic analyses to clarify the evolutionary relation between the proton- and sodium-translocating ATPases. A comparison of the structures of the membrane-embedded oligomeric proteolipid rings of sodium-dependent F- and V-ATPases reveals nearly identical sets of amino acids involved in sodium binding. We show that the sodium-dependent ATPases are scattered among proton-dependent ATPases in both the F- and the V-branches of the phylogenetic tree. Conclusion Barring convergent emergence of the same set of ligands in several lineages, these findings indicate that the use of sodium gradient for ATP synthesis is the ancestral modality of membrane bioenergetics. Thus, a primitive, sodium-impermeable but proton-permeable cell membrane that harboured a set of sodium-transporting enzymes appears to have been the evolutionary predecessor of the more structurally demanding proton-tight membranes. The use of proton as the coupling ion appears to be a later innovation that emerged on several independent occasions. Reviewers This article was reviewed by J. Peter Gogarten, Martijn A. Huynen, and Igor B. Zhulin. For the full reviews, please go to the Reviewers' comments section.
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Fritz M, Klyszejko AL, Morgner N, Vonck J, Brutschy B, Muller DJ, Meier T, Müller V. An intermediate step in the evolution of ATPases - a hybrid F0-V0 rotor in a bacterial Na+ F1F0 ATP synthase. FEBS J 2008; 275:1999-2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06354.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fritz M, Müller V. An intermediate step in the evolution of ATPases--the F1F0-ATPase from Acetobacterium woodii contains F-type and V-type rotor subunits and is capable of ATP synthesis. FEBS J 2007; 274:3421-8. [PMID: 17555523 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05874.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Previous preparations of the Na(+) F(1)F(0)-ATP synthase solubilized by Triton X-100 lacked some of the membrane-embedded motor subunits [Reidlinger J & Müller V (1994) Eur J Biochem233, 275-283]. To improve the subunit recovery, we revised our purification protocol. The ATP synthase was solubilized with dodecylmaltoside and further purified to apparent homogeneity by chromatographic techniques. The preparation contained, along with the F(1) subunits, the entire membrane-embedded motor with the stator subunits a and b, and the heterooligomeric c ring, which contained the V(1)V(0)-like subunit c(1) and the F(1)F(0)-like subunits c(2) and c(3). After incorporation into liposomes, ATP synthesis could be driven by an electrochemical sodium ion potential or a potassium ion diffusion potential, but not by a sodium ion potential. This is the first demonstration that an ATPase with a V(0)-F(0) hybrid motor is capable of ATP synthesis.
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- Michael Fritz
- Molecular Microbiology and Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Futai M. Our research on proton pumping ATPases over three decades: their biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2007; 82:416-38. [PMID: 25792771 PMCID: PMC4338836 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.82.416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2006] [Accepted: 12/11/2006] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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ATP is synthesized by F-type proton-translocating ATPases (F-ATPases) coupled with an electrochemical proton gradient established by an electron transfer chain. This mechanism is ubiquitously found in mitochondria, chloroplasts and bacteria. Vacuolar-type ATPases (V-ATPases) are found in endomembrane organelles, including lysosomes, endosomes, synaptic vesicles, etc., of animal and plant cells. These two physiologically different proton pumps exhibit similarities in subunit assembly, catalysis and the coupling mechanism from chemistry to proton transport through subunit rotation. We mostly discuss our own studies on the two proton pumps over the last three decades, including ones on purification, kinetic analysis, rotational catalysis and the diverse roles of acidic luminal organelles. The diversity of organellar proton pumps and their stochastic fluctuation are the important concepts derived recently from our studies.
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- Masamitsu Futai
- Futai Special Laboratory, Microbial Chemistry Research Center, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation, and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo,
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Nakanishi-Matsui M, Futai M. Stochastic proton pumping ATPases: from single molecules to diverse physiological roles. IUBMB Life 2006; 58:318-22. [PMID: 16754325 DOI: 10.1080/15216540600702255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We discuss the most recent reports on two proton pumps, F-ATPase (ATP synthase) and V-ATPase (endomembrane proton pump). They are formed from similar extrinsic (F1 or V1) and intrinsic (Fo or Vo) membrane sectors, and couple chemistry and proton transport through subunit rotation for apparently different physiological roles. Emphasis is placed on the stochastic rotational catalysis of F-ATPase and isoforms of V-ATPase.
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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-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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The prokaryotic V-type ATPase/synthases (prokaryotic V-ATPases) have simpler subunit compositions than eukaryotic V-ATPases, and thus are useful subjects for studying chemical, physical and structural properties of V-ATPase. In this review, we focus on the results of recent studies on the structure/function relationships in the V-ATPase from the eubacterium Thermus thermophilus. First, we describe single-molecule analyses of T. thermophilus V-ATPase. Using the single-molecule technique, it was established that the V-ATPase is a rotary motor. Second, we discuss arrangement of subunits in V-ATPase. Third, the crystal structure of the C-subunit (homolog of eukaryotic d-subunit) is described. This funnel-shape subunit appears to cap the proteolipid ring in the V(0) domain in order to accommodate the V(1) central stalk. This structure seems essential for the regulatory reversible association/dissociation of the V(1) and the V(0) domains. Last, we discuss classification of the V-ATPase family. We propose that the term prokaryotic V-ATPases should be used rather than the term archaeal-type ATPase (A-ATPase).
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- Ken Yokoyama
- ATP System Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
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Beyenbach KW, Wieczorek H. The V-type H+ ATPase: molecular structure and function, physiological roles and regulation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 209:577-89. [PMID: 16449553 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 440] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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It was nearly 30 years before the V-type H+ ATPase was admitted to the small circle of bona fide transport ATPases alongside F-type and P-type ATPases. The V-type H+ ATPase is an ATP-driven enzyme that transforms the energy of ATP hydrolysis to electrochemical potential differences of protons across diverse biological membranes via the primary active transport of H+. In turn, the transmembrane electrochemical potential of H+ is used to drive a variety of (i) secondary active transport systems via H+-dependent symporters and antiporters and (ii) channel-mediated transport systems. For example, expression of Cl- channels or transporters next to the V-type H+ ATPase in vacuoles of plants and fungi and in lysosomes of animals brings about the acidification of the endosomal compartment, and the expression of the H+/neurotransmitter antiporter next to the V-type H+ ATPase concentrates neurotransmitters in synaptic vesicles. First found in association with endosomal membranes, the V-type H+ ATPase is now also found in increasing examples of plasma membranes where the proton pump energizes transport across cell membranes and entire epithelia. The molecular details reveal up to 14 protein subunits arranged in (i) a cytoplasmic V1 complex, which mediates the hydrolysis of ATP, and (ii) a membrane-embedded V0 complex, which translocates H+ across the membrane. Clever experiments have revealed the V-type H+ ATPase as a molecular motor akin to F-type ATPases. The hydrolysis of ATP turns a rotor consisting largely of one copy of subunits D and F of the V1 complex and a ring of six or more copies of subunit c of the V0 complex. The rotation of the ring is thought to deliver H+ from the cytoplasmic to the endosomal or extracellular side of the membrane, probably via channels formed by subunit a. The reversible dissociation of V1 and V0 complexes is one mechanism of physiological regulation that appears to be widely conserved from yeast to animal cells. Other mechanisms, such as subunit-subunit interactions or interactions of the V-type H+ ATPase with other proteins that serve physiological regulation, remain to be explored. Some diseases can now be attributed to genetic alterations of specific subunits of the V-type H+ ATPase.
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- Klaus W Beyenbach
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, VRT 8004, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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A structural model of the vacuolar ATPase from transmission electron microscopy. Micron 2005; 36:109-26. [PMID: 15629643 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2004.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2004] [Accepted: 10/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Vacuolar ATPases (V-ATPases) are large, membrane bound, multisubunit protein complexes which function as ATP hydrolysis driven proton pumps. V-ATPases and related enzymes are found in the endomembrane system of eukaryotic organsims, the plasma membrane of specialized cells in higher eukaryotes, and the plasma membrane of prokaryotes. The proton pumping action of the vacuolar ATPase is involved in a variety of vital intra- and inter-cellular processes such as receptor mediated endocytosis, protein trafficking, active transport of metabolites, homeostasis and neurotransmitter release. This review summarizes recent progress in the structure determination of the vacuolar ATPase focusing on studies by transmission electron microscopy. A model of the subunit architecture of the vacuolar ATPase is presented which is based on the electron microscopic images and the available information from genetic, biochemical and biophysical experiments.
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The F-, V-, and A-adenosine triphosphatases (ATPases) represent a family of evolutionarily related ion pumps found in every living cell. They either function to synthesize adenosine triphosphate (ATP) at the expense of an ion gradient or they act as primary ion pumps establishing transmembrane ion motive force at the expense of ATP hydrolysis. The A-, F-, and V-ATPases are rotary motor enzymes. Synthesis or hydrolysis of ATP taking place in the three catalytic sites of the membrane extrinsic domain is coupled to ion translocation across the single ion channel in the membrane-bound domain via rotation of a central part of the complex with respect to a static portion of the enzyme. This chapter reviews recent progress in the structure determination of several members of the family of F-, A-, and V-ATPases and our current understanding of the rotary mechanism of energy coupling.
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- Stephan Wilkens
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Vacuolar H(+)-ATPases are ubiquitous multisubunit complexes mediating the ATP-dependent transport of protons. In addition to their role in acidifying the lumen of various intracellular organelles, vacuolar H(+)-ATPases fulfill special tasks in the kidney. Vacuolar H(+)-ATPases are expressed in the plasma membrane in the kidney almost along the entire length of the nephron with apical and/or basolateral localization patterns. In the proximal tubule, a high number of vacuolar H(+)-ATPases are also found in endosomes, which are acidified by the pump. In addition, vacuolar H(+)-ATPases contribute to proximal tubular bicarbonate reabsorption. The importance in final urinary acidification along the collecting system is highlighted by monogenic defects in two subunits (ATP6V0A4, ATP6V1B1) of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase in patients with distal renal tubular acidosis. The activity of vacuolar H(+)-ATPases is tightly regulated by a variety of factors such as the acid-base or electrolyte status. This regulation is at least in part mediated by various hormones and protein-protein interactions between regulatory proteins and multiple subunits of the pump.
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- Carsten A Wagner
- Institute of Physiology, Univ. of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Sun-Wada GH, Murata Y, Namba M, Yamamoto A, Wada Y, Futai M. Mouse proton pump ATPase C subunit isoforms (C2-a and C2-b) specifically expressed in kidney and lung. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:44843-51. [PMID: 12947086 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307197200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The vacuolar-type H+-ATPases (V-ATPases) are multimeric proton pumps involved in a wide variety of physiological processes. We have identified two alternative splicing variants of C2 subunit isoforms: C2-a, a lung-specific isoform containing a 46-amino acid insertion, and C2-b, a kidney-specific isoform without the insert. Immunohistochemistry with isoform-specific antibodies revealed that V-ATPase with C2-a is localized specifically in lamellar bodies of type II alveolar cells, whereas the C2-b isoform is found in the plasma membranes of renal alpha and beta intercalated cells. Immunoprecipitation combined with immunohistological analysis revealed that C2-b together with other kidney-specific isoforms was selectively assembled to form a unique proton pump in intercalated cells. Furthermore, a chimeric yeast V-ATPase with mouse the C2-a or C2-b isoform showed a lower Km(ATP) and lower proton transport activity than that with C1 or Vma5p (yeast C subunit). These results suggest that V-ATPases with the C2-a and C2-b isoform are involved in luminal acidification of lamellar bodies and regulation of the renal acid-base balance, respectively.
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- Ge-Hong Sun-Wada
- Division of Biological Sciences, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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The vacuolar H(+)-ATPases (or V-ATPases) are a family of ATP-dependent proton pumps responsible for acidification of intracellular compartments and, in certain cases, proton transport across the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells. They are multisubunit complexes composed of a peripheral domain (V(1)) responsible for ATP hydrolysis and an integral domain (V(0)) responsible for proton translocation. Based upon their structural similarity to the F(1)F(0) ATP synthases, the V-ATPases are thought to operate by a rotary mechanism in which ATP hydrolysis in V(1) drives rotation of a ring of proteolipid subunits in V(0). This review is focused on the current structural knowledge of the V-ATPases as it relates to the mechanism of ATP-driven proton translocation.
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- Shoko Kawasaki-Nishi
- Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Saliba KJ, Allen RJW, Zissis S, Bray PG, Ward SA, Kirk K. Acidification of the malaria parasite's digestive vacuole by a H+-ATPase and a H+-pyrophosphatase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5605-12. [PMID: 12427765 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208648200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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As it grows within the human erythrocyte, the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, ingests the erythrocyte cytosol, depositing it via an endocytotic feeding mechanism in the "digestive vacuole," a specialized acidic organelle. The digestive vacuole is the site of hemoglobin degradation, the storage site for hemozoin (an inert biocrystal of toxic heme), the site of action of many antimalarial drugs, and the site of proteins known to be involved in antimalarial drug resistance. The acidic pH of this organelle is thought to play a critical role in its various functions; however, the mechanisms by which the pH within the vacuole is maintained are not well understood. In this study, we have used a combination of techniques to demonstrate the presence on the P. falciparum digestive vacuole membrane of two discrete H(+) pumping mechanisms, both capable of acidifying the vacuole interior. One is a V-type H(+)-ATPase, sensitive to concanamycin A and bafilomycin A(1). The other is a H(+)-pyrophosphatase, which was inhibited by NaF and showed a partial dependence on K(+). The operation of the H(+)-pyrophosphatase was dependent on the presence of a Mg(2+)-pyrophosphate complex, and kinetic experiments gave results consistent with free pyrophosphate acting as an inhibitor of the protein. The presence of the combination of a H(+)-ATPase and a H(+)-pyrophosphatase on the P. falciparum digestive vacuole is similar to the situation in the acidic tonoplasts (vacuoles) of plant cells.
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- Kevin J Saliba
- School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.
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Nelson N, Sacher A, Nelson H. The significance of molecular slips in transport systems. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2002; 3:876-81. [PMID: 12415305 DOI: 10.1038/nrm955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The advantage of precision in biological processes is obvious; however, in many cases, deviations from the faithful mechanisms occur. Here, we discuss how in-built operating imperfections in transport systems can actually benefit a cell.
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- Nathan Nelson
- Department of Biochemistry, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
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Intraerythrocytic Plasmodium parasites depend on glycolysis for energy production. The stoichiometric amounts of lactate and protons produced are efficiently removed by a lactate:H(+) symporter. However, inhibition of recently identified plasma-membrane proton pumps result in acidification, suggesting additional mechanism(s) for proton generation. This article attempts to integrate the knowledge on the metabolic generation of protons and their disposal in the regulation of parasite cytosolic pH, and suggests additional roles for the various proton pumps that act in the parasite membrane.
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- Hagai Ginsburg
- Dept of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Ohneda M, Arioka M, Nakajima H, Kitamoto K. Visualization of vacuoles in Aspergillus oryzae by expression of CPY-EGFP. Fungal Genet Biol 2002; 37:29-38. [PMID: 12223187 DOI: 10.1016/s1087-1845(02)00033-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Vacuolar carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) from Aspergillus nidulans was used to construct a CPY-EGFP fusion protein and expressed in A. oryzae to study vacuolar morphology and functions in A. oryzae. While the fluorescence of EGFP was barely detectable in A. oryzae expressing CPY-EGFP grown under normal conditions at pH 5-6, the increase in pH of the growth medium towards alkalinity restored the fluorescence. In accordance with such an observation, the fluorescence of CPY-EGFP fusion protein in cell extract decreased in acidic pH condition, concomitant with lowered content of EGFP detected in A. oryzae grown under acidic pH conditions. The pH sensitivity of EGFP fluorescence and enhanced degradation of proteins in vacuoles under acidic pH conditions are thus proposed to result in the reduction of fluorescence in A. oryzae. Further, visualization of vacuoles revealed the presence of peculiar ring- or tube-like structures as distinct from normal spherical-shaped vacuoles.
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- Mamoru Ohneda
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Sun-Wada GH, Imai-Senga Y, Yamamoto A, Murata Y, Hirata T, Wada Y, Futai M. A proton pump ATPase with testis-specific E1-subunit isoform required for acrosome acidification. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:18098-105. [PMID: 11872743 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111567200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPases (V-ATPases) are a family of multimeric proton pumps involved in a wide variety of physiological processes. We have identified two novel mouse genes, Atp6e1 and Atp6e2, encoding testis-specific (E1) and ubiquitous (E2) V-ATPase subunit E isoforms, respectively. The E1 transcript appears about 3 weeks after birth, corresponding to the start of meiosis, and is expressed specifically in round spermatids in seminiferous tubules. Immunohistochemistry with isoform-specific antibodies revealed that the V-ATPase with E1 and a2 isoforms is located specifically in developing acrosomes of spermatids and acrosomes in mature sperm. In contrast, the E2 isoform was expressed in all tissues examined and present in the perinuclear compartments of spermatocytes. The E1 isoform exhibits 70% identity with the E2, and both isoforms functionally complemented a null mutation of the yeast counterpart VMA4, indicating that they are bona fide V-ATPase subunits. The chimeric enzymes showed slightly lower K(m)(ATP) than yeast V-ATPase. Consistent with the temperature-sensitive growth of Deltavma4-expressing E1 isoform, vacuolar membrane vesicles exhibited temperature-sensitive coupling between ATP hydrolysis and proton transport. These results suggest that E1 isoform is essential for energy coupling involved in acidification of acrosome.
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- Ge-Hong Sun-Wada
- Division of Biological Sciences, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of the Japan Science and Technology Corp., Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Trans-membrane proton pumping is responsible for a myriad of physiological processes including the generation of proton motive force that drives bioenergetics. Among the various proton pumping enzymes, vacuolar pyrophosphatases (V-PPases) form a distinct class of proton pumps, which are characterised by their ability to translocate protons across a membrane by using the potential energy released by hydrolysis of the phosphoanhydride bond of inorganic pyrophosphate. Until recently, V-PPases were known to be the purview of only plant vacuoles and plasma membranes of phototrophic bacteria. Recent discoveries of V-PPases in kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites, however, have expanded our view of the evolutionary reach of these enzymes. The lack of V-PPases in the vertebrate hosts of these parasites makes them potentially excellent targets for developing broad-spectrum antiparasitic agents. This review surveys the current understanding of V-PPases in parasitic protozoa with an emphasis on malaria parasites. Topological predictions suggest remarkable similarity of the parasite enzymes to their plant homologues with 15-16 membrane spanning domains and conserved sequences shown to constitute critical catalytic residues. Remarkably, malaria parasites have been shown to possess two V-PPase genes, one is an apparent orthologue of the canonical plant enzyme, whereas the other is a more distantly related paralogue with homology to a recently identified new class of K+-insensitive plant V-PPases. V-PPases appear to localise both to the plasma membrane and cytoplasmic organelles believed to be acidocalcisomes or polyphosphate bodies. Gene transfer experiments suggest that one of the malarial V-PPases is predominantly localised to the surface of intraerythrocytic parasites. We suggest a model in which V-PPase localised to the malaria parasite plasma membrane may serve as an electrogenic pump utilising pyrophosphate as an energy source, thus sparing the more precious ATP. Searching for V-PPase inhibitors could prove fruitful as a novel means of antiparasitic chemotherapy.
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- Michael T McIntosh
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA.
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Ruiz FA, Marchesini N, Seufferheld M, Docampo R. The polyphosphate bodies of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii possess a proton-pumping pyrophosphatase and are similar to acidocalcisomes. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:46196-203. [PMID: 11579086 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105268200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Acidocalcisomes are acidic calcium storage compartments described initially in trypanosomatid and apicomplexan parasites. In this work, we describe organelles with properties similar to acidocalcisomes in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Nigericin and NH(4)Cl released (45)Ca(2+) from preloaded permeabilized cells, suggesting the incorporation of a significant amount of this cation into an acidic compartment. X-ray microanalysis of the electron-dense vacuoles or polyphosphate bodies of C. reinhardtii showed large amounts of phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, and zinc. Immunofluorescence microscopy, using antisera raised against a peptide sequence of the vacuolar type proton pyrophosphatase (H(+)-PPase) of Arabidopsis thaliana which is conserved in the C. reinhardtii enzyme, indicated localization in the plasma membrane, in intracellular vacuoles, and the contractile vacuole where it colocalized with the vacuolar proton ATPase (V-H(+)-ATPase). Purification of the electron-dense vacuoles using iodixanol density gradients indicated a preferential localization of the H(+)-PPase and the V-H(+)-ATPase activities in addition to high concentrations of PP(i) and short and long chain polyphosphate, but lack of markers for mitochondria and chloroplasts. In isolated electron-dense vacuoles, PP(i)-driven proton translocation was stimulated by potassium ions and inhibited by the PP(i) analog aminomethylenediphosphonate. Potassium fluoride, imidodiphosphate, N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, and N-ethylmaleimide also inhibited PP(i) hydrolysis in the isolated organelles in a dose-dependent manner. These results indicate that the electron-dense vacuoles of C. reinhardtii are very similar to acidocalcisomes with regard to their chemical composition and the presence of proton pumps. Polyphosphate was also localized to the contractile vacuole by 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole staining, suggesting, with the immunochemical data, a link between these organelles and the acidocalcisomes.
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- F A Ruiz
- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA
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Bruneau N, Nganga A, Bendayan M, Lombardo D. Transcytosis of pancreatic bile salt-dependent lipase through human Int407 intestinal cells. Exp Cell Res 2001; 271:94-108. [PMID: 11697886 DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In previous studies, we have shown that the bile-salt-dependent-lipase (BSDL), secreted by pancreatic acinar cells and secreted into the duodenal lumen, can be transcytosed through intestinal cells up to the lamina propria. In this study, we used an in vitro system to provide insights into the apical to basolateral transport of BSDL, across the intestinal barrier. The Int407 human epithelial cell line, grown under conditions that optimize polarity, was used as a tight epithelium model. We attempted to delineate uptake mechanisms and the transcytotic pathway followed by this pancreatic enzyme within the intestinal Int407 cells, which do not produce BSDL. When added to the apical reservoir of Transwell-grown Int407 cells, BSDL was shown to first interact with the apical membrane. Further, BSDL forms clusters that are internalized via clathrin-coated pits. Following endocytosis, BSDL is directed to a nocodazole- and colchicin-sensitive multivesicular compartment. Interestingly, this protein transits through the Golgi apparatus, where it was found to colocalize with the KDEL retrieval-receptor. Finally, enzymatically active intact BSDL was released at the basolateral membrane level. This is the first demonstration for an apical-to-basolateral transcytotic pathway of a secreted pancreatic digestive enzyme through polarized intestinal cells.
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- N Bruneau
- Unité de Recherche de Physiopathologie des cellules épithéliales, INSERM U-559, Marseilles, France
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Maeshima M. TONOPLAST TRANSPORTERS: Organization and Function. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 52:469-497. [PMID: 11337406 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.52.1.469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Regulation of the contents and volume of vacuoles in plant cells depends on the coordinated activities of transporters and channels located in the tonoplast (vacuolar membrane). The three major components of the tonoplast are two proton pumps, the vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) and H+-pyrophosphatase (V-PPase), and aquaporins. The tertiary structure of the V-ATPase complex and properties of its subunits have been characterized by biochemical and genetic techniques. These studies and a comparison with the F-type ATPase have enabled estimation of the dynamics of V-ATPase activity during catalysis. V-PPase, a simple proton pump, has been identified and cloned from various plant species and other organisms, such as algae and phototrophic bacteria, and functional motifs of the enzyme have been determined. Aquaporin, serving as the water channel, is the most abundant protein in the tonoplast in most plants. A common molecular architecture of aquaporins in mammals and plants has been determined by two-dimensional crystallographic analysis. Furthermore, recent molecular biological studies have revealed several other types of tonoplast transporters, such as the Ca2+-ATPase, Ca2+/H+ antiporter and Na+/H+ antiporter. Many other transporters and channels in the tonoplast remain to be identified; their activities have already been detected. This review presents an overview of the field and discusses recent findings on the tonoplast protein components that have been identified and their physiological consequences.
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- Masayoshi Maeshima
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan; e-mail:
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