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Machida A, Kondo K, Wakabayashi KI, Tanaka K, Hisabori T. Molecular Bulkiness of a Single Amino Acid in the F1 α-Subunit Determines the Robustness of Cyanobacterial ATP Synthase. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 64:1590-1600. [PMID: 37706547 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcad109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Cyanobacteria are promising photosynthetic organisms owing to their ease of genetic manipulation. Among them, Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 exhibits faster growth, higher biomass production efficiency and more robust stress tolerance compared with S. elongatus PCC 7942. This is due to specific genetic differences, including four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in three genes. One of these SNPs alters an amino acid at position 252 of the FoF1 ATP synthase α-subunit from Tyr to Cys (αY252C) in S. elongatus 7942. This change has been shown to significantly affect growth rate and stress tolerance, specifically in S. elongatus. Furthermore, experimental substitutions with several other amino acids have been shown to alter the ATP synthesis rate in the cell. In the present study, we introduced identical amino acid substitutions into Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 at position 252 to elucidate the amino acid's significance and generality across cyanobacteria. We investigated the resulting impact on growth, intracellular enzyme complex levels, intracellular ATP levels and enzyme activity. The results showed that the αY252C substitution decreased growth rate and high-light tolerance. This indicates that a specific bulkiness of this amino acid's side chain is important for maintaining cell growth. Additionally, a remarkable decrease in the membrane-bound enzyme complex level was observed. However, the αY252C substitution did not affect enzyme activity or intracellular ATP levels. Although the mechanism of growth suppression remains unknown, the amino acid at position 252 is expected to play an important role in enzyme complex formation.
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- Akito Machida
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501 Japan
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259-R1, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, 226-8501 Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259-R1, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, 226-8501 Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501 Japan
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259-R1, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, 226-8501 Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501 Japan
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259-R1, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, 226-8501 Japan
- International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501 Japan
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Barreto GE. Repurposing of Tibolone in Alzheimer's Disease. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1115. [PMID: 37509151 PMCID: PMC10377087 DOI: 10.3390/biom13071115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease characterised by the accumulation of amyloid-beta and tau in the brain, leading to the progressive loss of memory and cognition. The causes of its pathogenesis are still not fully understood, but some risk factors, such as age, genetics, and hormones, may play a crucial role. Studies show that postmenopausal women have a higher risk of developing AD, possibly due to the decrease in hormone levels, especially oestrogen, which may be directly related to a reduction in the activity of oestrogen receptors, especially beta (ERβ), which favours a more hostile cellular environment, leading to mitochondrial dysfunction, mainly affecting key processes related to transport, metabolism, and oxidative phosphorylation. Given the influence of hormones on biological processes at the mitochondrial level, hormone therapies are of clinical interest to reduce the risk or delay the onset of symptoms associated with AD. One drug with such potential is tibolone, which is used in clinics to treat menopause-related symptoms. It can reduce amyloid burden and have benefits on mitochondrial integrity and dynamics. Many of its protective effects are mediated through steroid receptors and may also be related to neuroglobin, whose elevated levels have been shown to protect against neurological diseases. Its importance has increased exponentially due to its implication in the pathogenesis of AD. In this review, we discuss recent advances in tibolone, focusing on its mitochondrial-protective effects, and highlight how valuable this compound could be as a therapeutic alternative to mitigate the molecular pathways characteristic of AD.
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- George E Barreto
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland
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Nakano A, Kishikawa JI, Mitsuoka K, Yokoyama K. Mechanism of ATP hydrolysis dependent rotation of bacterial ATP synthase. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4090. [PMID: 37429854 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39742-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023] Open
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F1 domain of ATP synthase is a rotary ATPase complex in which rotation of central γ-subunit proceeds in 120° steps against a surrounding α3β3 fueled by ATP hydrolysis. How the ATP hydrolysis reactions occurring in three catalytic αβ dimers are coupled to mechanical rotation is a key outstanding question. Here we describe catalytic intermediates of the F1 domain in FoF1 synthase from Bacillus PS3 sp. during ATP mediated rotation captured using cryo-EM. The structures reveal that three catalytic events and the first 80° rotation occur simultaneously in F1 domain when nucleotides are bound at all the three catalytic αβ dimers. The remaining 40° rotation of the complete 120° step is driven by completion of ATP hydrolysis at αDβD, and proceeds through three sub-steps (83°, 91°, 101°, and 120°) with three associated conformational intermediates. All sub-steps except for one between 91° and 101° associated with phosphate release, occur independently of the chemical cycle, suggesting that the 40° rotation is largely driven by release of intramolecular strain accumulated by the 80° rotation. Together with our previous results, these findings provide the molecular basis of ATP driven rotation of ATP synthases.
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- Atsuki Nakano
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo-Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8555, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo-Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8555, Japan
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo-Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8555, Japan.
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Akutsu H. Strategies for elucidation of the structure and function of the large membrane protein complex, F oF 1-ATP synthase, by nuclear magnetic resonance. Biophys Chem 2023; 296:106988. [PMID: 36898347 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2023.106988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) investigation of large membrane proteins requires well-focused questions and critical techniques. Here, research strategies for FoF1-ATP synthase, a membrane-embedded molecular motor, are reviewed, focusing on the β-subunit of F1-ATPase and c-subunit ring of the enzyme. Segmental isotope-labeling provided 89% assignment of the main chain NMR signals of thermophilic Bacillus (T)F1β-monomer. Upon nucleotide binding to Lys164, Asp252 was shown to switch its hydrogen-bonding partner from Lys164 to Thr165, inducing an open-to-closed bend motion of TF1β-subunit. This drives the rotational catalysis. The c-ring structure determined by solid-state NMR showed that cGlu56 and cAsn23 of the active site took a hydrogen-bonded closed conformation in membranes. In 505 kDa TFoF1, the specifically isotope-labeled cGlu56 and cAsn23 provided well-resolved NMR signals, which revealed that 87% of the residue pairs took a deprotonated open conformation at the Foa-c subunit interface, whereas they were in the closed conformation in the lipid-enclosed region.
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- Hideo Akutsu
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehirocho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
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Parkin D, Takano M. Coulombic Organization in Membrane-Embedded Rotary Motor of ATP Synthase. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:1552-1562. [PMID: 36734508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The electrochemical potential difference of protons across the membrane is used to synthesize ATP through the proton-motive rotatory motion of the membrane-embedded region of ATP synthase called Fo. In this study, we illuminate the unsolved proton-motive rotary mechanism of Fo on the basis of atomistic simulation with full description of protein, lipid, and water molecules, and highlight the underlying Coulombic design. We first show that a water channel is spontaneously formed at the interfacial region between the rotor (c-ring) and the stator (a-subunit). The observed water channel is a full channel penetrating the membrane, but a Coulomb barrier by a strictly conserved arginine of the a-subunit dominates at the midpoint of the full channel, preventing proton leakage. Our molecular dynamics simulation further demonstrates that the Coulomb attraction between the arginine and the essential glutamic acid of the c-subunit drives the c-ring rotation. We finally illustrate that the charge-state changes of the glutamic acids, enabled by the electrochemical potential difference of proton and the thermal motion, can produce unidirectional rotation of the c-ring.
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- Dan Parkin
- Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo169-8555, Japan
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- Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo169-8555, Japan.,Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Waseda University, 3-8-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo169-8555, Japan
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Bassot A, Morio B, Bortoli S, Coumoul X. Le B-A-BA de la mitochondrie, une cheffe d’orchestre intracellulaire très dynamique. CAHIERS DE NUTRITION ET DE DIÉTÉTIQUE 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cnd.2022.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Nakano A, Kishikawa JI, Nakanishi A, Mitsuoka K, Yokoyama K. Structural basis of unisite catalysis of bacterial F 0F 1-ATPase. PNAS NEXUS 2022; 1:pgac116. [PMID: 36741449 PMCID: PMC9896953 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthases (F0F1-ATPases) are crucial for all aerobic organisms. F1, a water-soluble domain, can catalyze both the synthesis and hydrolysis of ATP with the rotation of the central γε rotor inside a cylinder made of α 3 β 3 in three different conformations (referred to as β E, β TP, and β DP). In this study, we determined multiple cryo-electron microscopy structures of bacterial F0F1 exposed to different reaction conditions. The structures of nucleotide-depleted F0F1 indicate that the ε subunit directly forces β TP to adopt a closed form independent of the nucleotide binding to β TP. The structure of F0F1 under conditions that permit only a single catalytic β subunit per enzyme to bind ATP is referred to as unisite catalysis and reveals that ATP hydrolysis unexpectedly occurs on β TP instead of β DP, where ATP hydrolysis proceeds in the steady-state catalysis of F0F1. This indicates that the unisite catalysis of bacterial F0F1 significantly differs from the kinetics of steady-state turnover with continuous rotation of the shaft.
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- Atsuki Nakano
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo-Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo-Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo-Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
- Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy, Osaka University, 7-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy, Osaka University, 7-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Mitome N, Kubo S, Ohta S, Takashima H, Shigefuji Y, Niina T, Takada S. Cooperation among c-subunits of F oF 1-ATP synthase in rotation-coupled proton translocation. eLife 2022; 11:69096. [PMID: 35107420 PMCID: PMC8809890 DOI: 10.7554/elife.69096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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In FoF1-ATP synthase, proton translocation through Fo drives rotation of the c-subunit oligomeric ring relative to the a-subunit. Recent studies suggest that in each step of the rotation, key glutamic acid residues in different c-subunits contribute to proton release to and proton uptake from the a-subunit. However, no studies have demonstrated cooperativity among c-subunits toward FoF1-ATP synthase activity. Here, we addressed this using Bacillus PS3 ATP synthase harboring a c-ring with various combinations of wild-type and cE56D, enabled by genetically fused single-chain c-ring. ATP synthesis and proton pump activities were decreased by a single cE56D mutation and further decreased by double cE56D mutations. Moreover, activity further decreased as the two mutation sites were separated, indicating cooperation among c-subunits. Similar results were obtained for proton transfer-coupled molecular simulations. The simulations revealed that prolonged proton uptake in mutated c-subunits is shared between two c-subunits, explaining the cooperation observed in biochemical assays. Cells need to be able to store and transfer energy to fuel their various activities. To do this, they produce a small molecule called ATP to carry the energy, which is then released when the ATP is broken down. An enzyme found in plants, animals and bacteria, called FoF1 ATP synthase, can both create and use ATP. When it does this, protons, or positive hydrogen ions, are transported across cellular boundaries called membranes. The region of the enzyme that is responsible for pumping the protons contains different parts known as the c-ring and the a-subunit. The movement of protons drives the c-ring to rotate relative to the a-subunit, which leads to producing ATP. Previous research using simulations and the protein structures found there are two or three neighbouring amino acids in the c-ring that face the a-subunit, suggesting that these amino acids act together to drive the rotation. To test this hypothesis, Mitome et al. mutated these amino acids to examine the effect on the enzyme’s ability to produce ATP. A single mutation reduced the production of ATP, which decreased even further with mutations in two of the amino acids. The extent of this decrease depended on the distance between the two mutations in the c-ring. Simulations of these changes also found similar results. This indicates there is coordination between different parts of the c-ring to increase the rate of ATP production. This study offers new insights into the molecular processes controlling ATP synthesis and confirms previous theoretical research. This will interest specialists in bioenergetics because it addresses a fundamental biological question with broad impact.
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- Noriyo Mitome
- Faculty of Education, Tokoha University, Shizuoka, Japan.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Institute of Technology, Numazu College, Numazu, Japan.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Ube College, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Institute of Technology, Numazu College, Numazu, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Ube College, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Ube College, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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ATP Synthase and Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222011185. [PMID: 34681851 PMCID: PMC8539681 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder in our society, as the population ages, its incidence is expected to increase in the coming decades. The etiopathology of this disease still remains largely unclear, probably because of the highly complex and multifactorial nature of AD. However, the presence of mitochondrial dysfunction has been broadly described in AD neurons and other cellular populations within the brain, in a wide variety of models and organisms, including post-mortem humans. Mitochondria are complex organelles that play a crucial role in a wide range of cellular processes, including bioenergetics. In fact, in mammals, including humans, the main source of cellular ATP is the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), a process that occurs in the mitochondrial electron transfer chain (ETC). The last enzyme of the ETC, and therefore the ulterior generator of ATP, is the ATP synthase. Interestingly, in mammalian cells, the ATP synthase can also degrade ATP under certain conditions (ATPase), which further illustrates the crucial role of this enzyme in the regulation of cellular bioenergetics and metabolism. In this collaborative review, we aim to summarize the knowledge of the presence of dysregulated ATP synthase, and of other components of mammalian mitochondrial bioenergetics, as an early event in AD. This dysregulation can act as a trigger of the dysfunction of the organelle, which is a clear component in the etiopathology of AD. Consequently, the pharmacological modulation of the ATP synthase could be a potential strategy to prevent mitochondrial dysfunction in AD.
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Kondo K, Izumi M, Inabe K, Yoshida K, Imashimizu M, Suzuki T, Hisabori T. The phototroph-specific β-hairpin structure of the γ subunit of F oF 1-ATP synthase is important for efficient ATP synthesis of cyanobacteria. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101027. [PMID: 34339736 PMCID: PMC8390522 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The FoF1 synthase produces ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate. The γ subunit of FoF1 ATP synthase in photosynthetic organisms, which is the rotor subunit of this enzyme, contains a characteristic β-hairpin structure. This structure is formed from an insertion sequence that has been conserved only in phototrophs. Using recombinant subcomplexes, we previously demonstrated that this region plays an essential role in the regulation of ATP hydrolysis activity, thereby functioning in controlling intracellular ATP levels in response to changes in the light environment. However, the role of this region in ATP synthesis has long remained an open question because its analysis requires the preparation of the whole FoF1 complex and a transmembrane proton-motive force. In this study, we successfully prepared proteoliposomes containing the entire FoF1 ATP synthase from a cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, and measured ATP synthesis/hydrolysis and proton-translocating activities. The relatively simple genetic manipulation of Synechocystis enabled the biochemical investigation of the role of the β-hairpin structure of FoF1 ATP synthase and its activities. We further performed physiological analyses of Synechocystis mutant strains lacking the β-hairpin structure, which provided novel insights into the regulatory mechanisms of FoF1 ATP synthase in cyanobacteria via the phototroph-specific region of the γ subunit. Our results indicated that this structure critically contributes to ATP synthesis and suppresses ATP hydrolysis.
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- Kumiko Kondo
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
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Schmidt CC, Vasic V, Stein A. Doa10 is a membrane protein retrotranslocase in ER-associated protein degradation. eLife 2020; 9:56945. [PMID: 32588820 PMCID: PMC7319771 DOI: 10.7554/elife.56945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD), membrane proteins are ubiquitinated, extracted from the membrane, and degraded by the proteasome. The cytosolic ATPase Cdc48 drives extraction by pulling on polyubiquitinated substrates. How hydrophobic transmembrane (TM) segments are moved from the phospholipid bilayer into cytosol, often together with hydrophilic and folded ER luminal protein parts, is not known. Using a reconstituted system with purified proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we show that the ubiquitin ligase Doa10 (Teb-4/MARCH6 in animals) is a retrotranslocase that facilitates membrane protein extraction. A substrate’s TM segment interacts with the membrane-embedded domain of Doa10 and then passively moves into the aqueous phase. Luminal substrate segments cross the membrane in an unfolded state. Their unfolding occurs on the luminal side of the membrane by cytoplasmic Cdc48 action. Our results reveal how a membrane-bound retrotranslocase cooperates with the Cdc48 ATPase in membrane protein extraction. The inside of a cell contains many different compartments called organelles, which are separated by membranes. Each organelle is composed of a unique set of proteins and performs specific roles in the cell. The endoplasmic reticulum, or ER for short, is an organelle where many proteins are produced. Most of these proteins are then released from the cell or sorted to other organelles. The ER has a strict quality control system that ensures any faulty proteins are quickly marked for the cell to destroy. However, the destruction process itself does not happen in the ER, so faulty proteins first need to leave this organelle. This is achieved by a group of proteins known as endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation machinery (or ERAD for short). To extract a faulty protein from the ER, proteins of the ER and outside the ER cooperate. First, an ERAD protein called Doa10 attaches a small protein tag called ubiquitin to the faulty proteins to mark them for destruction. Then, outside of the ER, a protein called Cdc48 ‘grabs’ the ubiquitin tag and pulls. But that is only part of the story. Many of the proteins made by the ER have tethers that anchor them firmly to the membrane, making them much harder to remove. To get a better idea of how the extraction works, Schmidt et al. rebuilt the ERAD machinery in a test tube. This involved purifying proteins from yeast and inserting them into artificial membranes, allowing closer study of each part of the process. This revealed that attaching ubiquitin tags to faulty proteins is only one part of Doa10's role; it also participates in the extraction itself. Part of Doa10 resides within the membrane, and this ‘membrane-spanning domain’ can interact with faulty proteins, loosening their membrane anchors. At the same time, Cdc48 pulls from the outside. This pulling force causes the faulty proteins to unfold, allowing them to pass through the membrane. Given these findings, the next step is to find out exactly how Doa10 works by looking at its three-dimensional structure. This could have implications not only for the study of ERAD, but of similar quality control processes in other organelles too. A build-up of faulty proteins can cause diseases like neurodegeneration, so understanding how cells remove faulty proteins could help future medical research.
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- Claudia C Schmidt
- Research Group Membrane Protein Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Group Membrane Protein Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Group Membrane Protein Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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Kazami S, Nishiyama S, Kimura Y, Itoh H, Tsukada H. BCPP compounds, PET probes for early therapeutic evaluations, specifically bind to mitochondrial complex I. Mitochondrion 2019; 46:97-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Berhanu S, Ueda T, Kuruma Y. Artificial photosynthetic cell producing energy for protein synthesis. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1325. [PMID: 30902985 PMCID: PMC6430821 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09147-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Attempts to construct an artificial cell have widened our understanding of living organisms. Many intracellular systems have been reconstructed by assembling molecules, however the mechanism to synthesize its own constituents by self-sufficient energy has to the best of our knowledge not been developed. Here, we combine a cell-free protein synthesis system and small proteoliposomes, which consist of purified ATP synthase and bacteriorhodopsin, inside a giant unilamellar vesicle to synthesize protein by the production of ATP by light. The photo-synthesized ATP is consumed as a substrate for transcription and as an energy for translation, eventually driving the synthesis of bacteriorhodopsin or constituent proteins of ATP synthase, the original essential components of the proteoliposome. The de novo photosynthesized bacteriorhodopsin and the parts of ATP synthase integrate into the artificial photosynthetic organelle and enhance its ATP photosynthetic activity through the positive feedback of the products. Our artificial photosynthetic cell system paves the way to construct an energetically independent artificial cell.
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- Samuel Berhanu
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bldg. FSB-401, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bldg. FSB-401, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan.
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-IE-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan. .,JST, PRESTO, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
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Guo H, Suzuki T, Rubinstein JL. Structure of a bacterial ATP synthase. eLife 2019; 8:43128. [PMID: 30724163 PMCID: PMC6377231 DOI: 10.7554/elife.43128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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ATP synthases produce ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate with energy from a transmembrane proton motive force. Bacterial ATP synthases have been studied extensively because they are the simplest form of the enzyme and because of the relative ease of genetic manipulation of these complexes. We expressed the Bacillus PS3 ATP synthase in Eschericia coli, purified it, and imaged it by cryo-EM, allowing us to build atomic models of the complex in three rotational states. The position of subunit ε shows how it is able to inhibit ATP hydrolysis while allowing ATP synthesis. The architecture of the membrane region shows how the simple bacterial ATP synthase is able to perform the same core functions as the equivalent, but more complicated, mitochondrial complex. The structures reveal the path of transmembrane proton translocation and provide a model for understanding decades of biochemical analysis interrogating the roles of specific residues in the enzyme.
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- Hui Guo
- The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Molecular Bioscience, Kyoto-Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan
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- The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Schwamborn M, Schumacher J, Sibold J, Teiwes NK, Steinem C. Monitoring ATPase induced pH changes in single proteoliposomes with the lipid-coupled fluorophore Oregon Green 488. Analyst 2018; 142:2670-2677. [PMID: 28616949 DOI: 10.1039/c7an00215g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Monitoring the proton pumping activity of proteins such as ATPases in reconstituted single proteoliposomes is key to quantify the function of proteins as well as potential proton pump inhibitors. However, most pH-detecting assays available are either not quantitative, require well-adapted reconstitution protocols or are not appropriate for single vesicle studies. Here, we describe the quantitative and time-resolved detection of F-type ATPase-induced pH changes across vesicular membranes doped with the commercially available pH sensitive fluorophore Oregon Green 488 DHPE. This dye is shown to be well suited to monitor acidification of lipid vesicles not only in bulk but also at the single vesicle level. The pKa value of Oregon Green 488 DHPE embedded in a lipid environment was determined to be 6.1 making the fluorophore well suited for a variety of physiologically relevant proton pumps. The TFOF1-ATPase from a thermophilic bacterium was reconstituted into large unilamellar vesicles and the bulk acidification assay clearly reveals the overall activity of the F-type ATPase in the vesicle ensemble with an average pH change of 0.45. However, monitoring the pH changes in individual vesicles attached to a substrate demonstrates that the fraction of vesicles with a significant observable pH change is only about 5%, a number that cannot be gathered from bulk experiments and which is considerably lower than expected.
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- Miriam Schwamborn
- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Preobraschenski J, Cheret C, Ganzella M, Zander JF, Richter K, Schenck S, Jahn R, Ahnert-Hilger G. Dual and Direction-Selective Mechanisms of Phosphate Transport by the Vesicular Glutamate Transporter. Cell Rep 2018; 23:535-545. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Conserved in situ arrangement of complex I and III 2 in mitochondrial respiratory chain supercomplexes of mammals, yeast, and plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018. [PMID: 29519876 PMCID: PMC5866595 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1720702115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We used electron cryo-tomography and subtomogram averaging to investigate the structure of complex I and its supramolecular assemblies in the inner mitochondrial membrane of mammals, fungi, and plants. Tomographic volumes containing complex I were averaged at ∼4 nm resolution. Principal component analysis indicated that ∼60% of complex I formed a supercomplex with dimeric complex III, while ∼40% were not associated with other respiratory chain complexes. The mutual arrangement of complex I and III2 was essentially conserved in all supercomplexes investigated. In addition, up to two copies of monomeric complex IV were associated with the complex I1III2 assembly in bovine heart and the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, but their positions varied. No complex IV was detected in the respiratory supercomplex of the plant Asparagus officinalis Instead, an ∼4.5-nm globular protein density was observed on the matrix side of the complex I membrane arm, which we assign to γ-carbonic anhydrase. Our results demonstrate that respiratory chain supercomplexes in situ have a conserved core of complex I and III2, but otherwise their stoichiometry and structure varies. The conserved features of supercomplex assemblies indicate an important role in respiratory electron transfer.
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Iqbal IK, Bajeli S, Akela AK, Kumar A. Bioenergetics of Mycobacterium: An Emerging Landscape for Drug Discovery. Pathogens 2018; 7:E24. [PMID: 29473841 PMCID: PMC5874750 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens7010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) exhibits remarkable metabolic flexibility that enables it to survive a plethora of host environments during its life cycle. With the advent of bedaquiline for treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, oxidative phosphorylation has been validated as an important target and a vulnerable component of mycobacterial metabolism. Exploiting the dependence of Mtb on oxidative phosphorylation for energy production, several components of this pathway have been targeted for the development of new antimycobacterial agents. This includes targeting NADH dehydrogenase by phenothiazine derivatives, menaquinone biosynthesis by DG70 and other compounds, terminal oxidase by imidazopyridine amides and ATP synthase by diarylquinolines. Importantly, oxidative phosphorylation also plays a critical role in the survival of persisters. Thus, inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation can synergize with frontline TB drugs to shorten the course of treatment. In this review, we discuss the oxidative phosphorylation pathway and development of its inhibitors in detail.
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- Iram Khan Iqbal
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 160036, India.
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 160036, India.
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 160036, India.
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 160036, India.
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- Chérif F. Matta
- Department
of Chemistry and Physics, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 2J6, Canada
- Department
of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J3, Canada
- Department
of Chemistry, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- Département
de Chimie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Hunter
College and the Graduate School, City University of New York, New York, New York 10065, United States
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Suzuki T, Iida N, Suzuki J, Watanabe Y, Endo T, Hisabori T, Yoshida M. Expression of mammalian mitochondrial F 1-ATPase in Escherichia coli depends on two chaperone factors, AF1 and AF2. FEBS Open Bio 2016; 6:1267-1272. [PMID: 28203526 PMCID: PMC5302055 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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F1‐ATPase (F1) is a multisubunit water‐soluble domain of FoF1‐ATP synthase and is a rotary enzyme by itself. Earlier genetic studies using yeast suggested that two factors, Atp11p and Atp12p, contribute to F1 assembly. Here, we show that their mammalian counterparts, AF1 and AF2, are essential and sufficient for efficient production of recombinant bovine mitochondrial F1 in Escherichia coli cells. Intactness of the function and conformation of the E. coli‐expressed bovine F1 was verified by rotation analysis and crystallization. This expression system opens a way for the previously unattempted mutation study of mammalian mitochondrial F1.
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- Toshiharu Suzuki
- Faculty of Science and Engineering Waseda University Tokyo Japan; Department of Molecular Bioscience Kyoto-Sangyo University Kyoto Japan; Chemical Resources Laboratory Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama Japan; Present address: Department of Applied Chemistry School of Engineering The University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering Waseda University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Molecular Bioscience Kyoto-Sangyo University Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Molecular Bioscience Kyoto-Sangyo University Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Molecular Bioscience Kyoto-Sangyo University Kyoto Japan
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama Japan
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- Department of Molecular Bioscience Kyoto-Sangyo University Kyoto Japan
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McMillan DGG, Watanabe R, Ueno H, Cook GM, Noji H. Biophysical Characterization of a Thermoalkaliphilic Molecular Motor with a High Stepping Torque Gives Insight into Evolutionary ATP Synthase Adaptation. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:23965-23977. [PMID: 27624936 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.743633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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F1F0 ATP synthases are bidirectional molecular motors that translocate protons across the cell membrane by either synthesizing or hydrolyzing ATP. Alkaliphile ATP synthases are highly adapted, performing oxidative phosphorylation at high pH against an inverted pH gradient (acidin/alkalineout). Unlike mesophilic ATP synthases, alkaliphilic enzymes have tightly regulated ATP hydrolysis activity, which can be relieved in the presence of lauryldimethylamine oxide. Here, we characterized the rotary dynamics of the Caldalkalibacillus thermarum TA2.A1 F1 ATPase (TA2F1) with two forms of single molecule analysis, a magnetic bead duplex and a gold nanoparticle. TA2F1 rotated in a counterclockwise direction in both systems, adhering to Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a maximum rotation rate (Vmax) of 112.4 revolutions/s. TA2F1 displayed 120° unitary steps coupled with ATP hydrolysis. Torque measurements revealed the highest torque (52.4 piconewtons) derived from an F1 molecule using fluctuation theorem. The implications of high torque in terms of extreme environment adaptation are discussed.
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- Duncan G G McMillan
- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan and
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- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan and
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- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan and
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, P. O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan and
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Eriksen J, Chang R, McGregor M, Silm K, Suzuki T, Edwards RH. Protons Regulate Vesicular Glutamate Transporters through an Allosteric Mechanism. Neuron 2016; 90:768-80. [PMID: 27133463 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The quantal nature of synaptic transmission requires a mechanism to transport neurotransmitter into synaptic vesicles without promoting non-vesicular efflux across the plasma membrane. Indeed, the vesicular transport of most classical transmitters involves a mechanism of H(+) exchange, which restricts flux to acidic membranes such as synaptic vesicles. However, vesicular transport of the principal excitatory transmitter glutamate depends primarily on membrane potential, which would drive non-vesicular efflux, and the role of protons is unclear. Adapting electrophysiology to record currents associated with the vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs), we characterize a chloride conductance that is gated by lumenal protons and chloride and supports glutamate uptake. Rather than coupling stoichiometrically to glutamate flux, lumenal protons and chloride allosterically activate vesicular glutamate transport. Gating by protons serves to inhibit what would otherwise be substantial non-vesicular glutamate efflux at the plasma membrane, thereby restricting VGLUT activity to synaptic vesicles.
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- Jacob Eriksen
- Department of Physiology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Physiology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Physiology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Physiology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Neurology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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The F1F0-ATP synthase (EC 3.6.1.34) is a remarkable enzyme that functions as a rotary motor. It is found in the inner membranes of Escherichia coli and is responsible for the synthesis of ATP in response to an electrochemical proton gradient. Under some conditions, the enzyme functions reversibly and uses the energy of ATP hydrolysis to generate the gradient. The ATP synthase is composed of eight different polypeptide subunits in a stoichiometry of α3β3γδεab2c10. Traditionally they were divided into two physically separable units: an F1 that catalyzes ATP hydrolysis (α3β3γδε) and a membrane-bound F0 sector that transports protons (ab2c10). In terms of rotary function, the subunits can be divided into rotor subunits (γεc10) and stator subunits (α3β3δab2). The stator subunits include six nucleotide binding sites, three catalytic and three noncatalytic, formed primarily by the β and α subunits, respectively. The stator also includes a peripheral stalk composed of δ and b subunits, and part of the proton channel in subunit a. Among the rotor subunits, the c subunits form a ring in the membrane, and interact with subunit a to form the proton channel. Subunits γ and ε bind to the c-ring subunits, and also communicate with the catalytic sites through interactions with α and β subunits. The eight subunits are expressed from a single operon, and posttranscriptional processing and translational regulation ensure that the polypeptides are made at the proper stoichiometry. Recent studies, including those of other species, have elucidated many structural and rotary properties of this enzyme.
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Couoh-Cardel S, Milgrom E, Wilkens S. Affinity Purification and Structural Features of the Yeast Vacuolar ATPase Vo Membrane Sector. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:27959-71. [PMID: 26416888 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.662494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The membrane sector (Vo) of the proton pumping vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase, V1Vo-ATPase) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was purified to homogeneity, and its structure was characterized by EM of single molecules and two-dimensional crystals. Projection images of negatively stained Vo two-dimensional crystals showed a ring-like structure with a large asymmetric mass at the periphery of the ring. A cryo-EM reconstruction of Vo from single-particle images showed subunits a and d in close contact on the cytoplasmic side of the proton channel. A comparison of three-dimensional reconstructions of free Vo and Vo as part of holo V1Vo revealed that the cytoplasmic N-terminal domain of subunit a (aNT) must undergo a large conformational change upon enzyme disassembly or (re)assembly from Vo, V1, and subunit C. Isothermal titration calorimetry using recombinant subunit d and aNT revealed that the two proteins bind each other with a Kd of ~5 μm. Treatment of the purified Vo sector with 1-palmitoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-[phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)] resulted in selective release of subunit d, allowing purification of a VoΔd complex. Passive proton translocation assays revealed that both Vo and VoΔd are impermeable to protons. We speculate that the structural change in subunit a upon release of V1 from Vo during reversible enzyme dissociation plays a role in blocking passive proton translocation across free Vo and that the interaction between aNT and d seen in free Vo functions to stabilize the Vo sector for efficient reassembly of V1Vo.
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- Sergio Couoh-Cardel
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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Preobraschenski J, Zander JF, Suzuki T, Ahnert-Hilger G, Jahn R. Vesicular Glutamate Transporters Use Flexible Anion and Cation Binding Sites for Efficient Accumulation of Neurotransmitter. Neuron 2014; 84:1287-301. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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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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Suzuki T, Tanaka K, Wakabayashi C, Saita EI, Yoshida M. Chemomechanical coupling of human mitochondrial F1-ATPase motor. Nat Chem Biol 2014; 10:930-6. [PMID: 25242551 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The rotary motor enzyme F1-ATPase (F1) is a catalytic subcomplex of FoF1-ATP synthase that produces most of the ATP in respiring cells. Chemomechanical coupling has been studied extensively for bacterial F1 but very little for mitochondrial F1. Here we report ATP-driven rotation of human mitochondrial F1. A rotor-shaft γ-subunit in the stator α3β3 ring rotates 120° per ATP with three catalytic steps: ATP binding to one β-subunit at 0°, inorganic phosphate (Pi) release from another β-subunit at 65° and ATP hydrolysis on the third β-subunit at 90°. Rotation is often interrupted at 90° by persistent ADP binding and is stalled at 65° by a specific inhibitor azide. A mitochondrial endogenous inhibitor for FoF1-ATP synthase, IF1, blocks rotation at 90°. These features differ from those of bacterial F1, in which both ATP hydrolysis and Pi release occur at around 80°, demonstrating that chemomechanical coupling angles of the γ-subunit are tuned during evolution.
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- Toshiharu Suzuki
- 1] Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [2] ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Miraikan, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [3] Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Yokohama, Japan
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- 1] ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Miraikan, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [2] Department of Molecular Bioscience, Kyoto-Sangyo University, Kamigamomotoyama, Kyoto, Japan
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- ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Miraikan, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1] ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Miraikan, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [2] Department of Molecular Bioscience, Kyoto-Sangyo University, Kamigamomotoyama, Kyoto, Japan
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- 1] Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [2] ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Miraikan, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [3] Department of Molecular Bioscience, Kyoto-Sangyo University, Kamigamomotoyama, Kyoto, Japan
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Dollé JP, Morrison B, Schloss RS, Yarmush ML. Brain-on-a-chip microsystem for investigating traumatic brain injury: Axon diameter and mitochondrial membrane changes play a significant role in axonal response to strain injuries. TECHNOLOGY 2014; 2:106. [PMID: 25101309 PMCID: PMC4120884 DOI: 10.1142/s2339547814500095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a devastating consequence of traumatic brain injury, resulting in significant axon and neuronal degeneration. Currently, therapeutic options are limited. Using our brain-on-a-chip device, we evaluated axonal responses to DAI. We observed that axonal diameter plays a significant role in response to strain injury, which correlated to delayed elasticity and inversely correlated to axonal beading and axonal degeneration. When changes in mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) were monitored an applied strain injury threshold was noted, below which delayed hyperpolarization was observed and above which immediate depolarization occurred. When the NHE-1 inhibitor EIPA was administered before injury, inhibition in both hyperpolarization and depolarization occurred along with axonal degeneration. Therefore, axonal diameter plays a significant role in strain injury and our brain-on-a-chip technology can be used both to understand the biochemical consequences of DAI and screen for potential therapeutic agents.
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Bak S, Kang SJ, Suzuki T, Yoshida M, Fujiwara T, Akutsu H. Improved Purification of Thermophilic FoF1-ATP Synthase c-Subunit Rings and Solid-State NMR Characterization of Them in Different Lipid Membranes. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOCIETY 2013. [DOI: 10.6564/jkmrs.2013.17.2.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Purification and functional reconstitution of a seven-subunit mrp-type na+/h+ antiporter. J Bacteriol 2013; 196:28-35. [PMID: 24142251 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01029-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Mrp antiporters and their homologues in the cation/proton antiporter 3 family of the Membrane Transporter Database are widely distributed in bacteria. They have major roles in supporting cation and cytoplasmic pH homeostasis in many environmental, extremophilic, and pathogenic bacteria. These antiporters require six or seven hydrophobic proteins that form hetero-oligomeric complexes, while most other cation/proton antiporters require only one membrane protein for their activity. The resemblance of three Mrp subunits to membrane-embedded subunits of the NADH:quinone oxidoreductase of respiratory chains and to subunits of several hydrogenases has raised interest in the evolutionary path and commonalities of their proton-translocating domains. In order to move toward a greater mechanistic understanding of these unusual antiporters and to rigorously demonstrate that they function as secondary antiporters, powered by an imposed proton motive force, we established a method for purification and functional reconstitution of the seven-subunit Mrp antiporter from alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4. Na(+)/H(+) antiporter activity was demonstrated by a fluorescence-based assay with proteoliposomes in which the Mrp complex was coreconstituted with a bacterial FoF1-ATPase. Proton pumping by the ATPase upon addition of ATP generated a proton motive force across the membranes that powered antiporter activity upon subsequent addition of Na(+).
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Minagawa Y, Ueno H, Hara M, Ishizuka-Katsura Y, Ohsawa N, Terada T, Shirouzu M, Yokoyama S, Yamato I, Muneyuki E, Noji H, Murata T, Iino R. Basic properties of rotary dynamics of the molecular motor Enterococcus hirae V1-ATPase. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:32700-32707. [PMID: 24089518 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.506329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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V-ATPases are rotary molecular motors that generally function as proton pumps. We recently solved the crystal structures of the V1 moiety of Enterococcus hirae V-ATPase (EhV1) and proposed a model for its rotation mechanism. Here, we characterized the rotary dynamics of EhV1 using single-molecule analysis employing a load-free probe. EhV1 rotated in a counterclockwise direction, exhibiting two distinct rotational states, namely clear and unclear, suggesting unstable interactions between the rotor and stator. The clear state was analyzed in detail to obtain kinetic parameters. The rotation rates obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a maximal rotation rate (Vmax) of 107 revolutions/s and a Michaelis constant (Km) of 154 μM at 26 °C. At all ATP concentrations tested, EhV1 showed only three pauses separated by 120°/turn, and no substeps were resolved, as was the case with Thermus thermophilus V1-ATPase (TtV1). At 10 μM ATP (<<Km), the distribution of the durations of the ATP-waiting pause fit well with a single-exponential decay function. The second-order binding rate constant for ATP was 2.3 × 10(6) M(-1) s(-1). At 40 mM ATP (>>Km), the distribution of the durations of the catalytic pause was reproduced by a consecutive reaction with two time constants of 2.6 and 0.5 ms. These kinetic parameters were similar to those of TtV1. Our results identify the common properties of rotary catalysis of V1-ATPases that are distinct from those of F1-ATPases and will further our understanding of the general mechanisms of rotary molecular motors.
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- Yoshihiro Minagawa
- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656
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- the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo 112-8551
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- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656
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- the RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, Yokohama 230-0045
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- the RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, Yokohama 230-0045
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- the RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, Yokohama 230-0045
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- the Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 125-8585
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- the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo 112-8551
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- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656
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- the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522; Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
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- From the Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656,.
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Rupp S. New bioproduction systems: from molecular circuits to novel reactor concepts in cell-free biotechnology. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2013; 137:103-23. [PMID: 23873094 DOI: 10.1007/10_2013_227] [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 last decades witnessed a strong growth in several areas of biotechnology, especially in fields related to health, as well as in industrial biotechnology. Advances in molecular engineering now enable biotechnologists to design more efficient pathways in order to convert a larger spectrum of renewable resources into industrially used biofuels and chemicals as well as into new pharmaceuticals and therapeutic proteins. In addition material sciences advanced significantly making it more and more possible to integrate biology and engineering. One of the key questions currently is how to develop new ways of engineering biological systems to cope with the complexity and limitations given by the cell. The options to integrate biology with classical engineering advanced cell free technologies in the recent years significantly. Cell free protein production using cellular extracts is now a well-established universal technology for production of proteins derived from many organisms even at the milligram scale. Among other applications it has the potential to supply the demand for a multitude of enzymes and enzyme variants facilitating in vitro metabolic engineering. This review will briefly address the recent achievements and limitations of cell free conversions. Especially, the requirements for reactor systems in cell free biotechnology, a currently underdeveloped field, are reviewed and some perspectives are given on how material sciences and biotechnology might be able to advance these new developments in the future.
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- Steffen Rupp
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Fraunhofer IGB, Nobelstr. 12, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany,
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Yuan J, Zhang C, Fang S, Zhuang Z, Ling S, Wang S. A monoclonal antibody against F1-F0 ATP synthase beta subunit. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 2013; 31:352-7. [PMID: 23098302 DOI: 10.1089/hyb.2012.0033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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As a transmembrane enzyme, ATP synthase plays an important role in energy metabolism of organ tissues, as well as in tumors. In this study we generated a monoclonal antibody, 6G11, to the catalytic subunit of F1-F0 ATP synthase (ATP5B). The SDS-PAGE result demonstrated that the hybridoma clone had a molecular weight of 50 and 27 kDa components that could be the heavy and light chains of the monoclonal antibody, respectively. Chromosome analysis of the hybridoma clone proved that they had 98 to 102 chromosomal numbers that were the sum of the SP2/0 and spleen cells. Western blot assay revealed that the hybridoma clone reacted specifically with the ATP synthase beta subunit, but not with other proteins. In addition, the subclass of the hybridoma clone was identified as IgG1 by capture ELISA. Furthermore, it demonstrated that the antibody retained stability after half a year. These results indicated that the hybridoma clone 6G11 was a monoclonal antibody with significant stability and special reactivity to ATP5B antigen.
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- Jun Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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Functional production of the Na+ F1FO ATP synthase from Acetobacterium woodii in Escherichia coli requires the native AtpI. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2012; 45:15-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s10863-012-9474-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/16/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Functional analysis of membranous Fo-a subunit of F1Fo-ATP synthase by in vitro protein synthesis. Biochem J 2012; 442:631-8. [PMID: 22166005 DOI: 10.1042/bj20111284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The a subunit of F(1)F(o) (F(1)F(o)-ATP synthase) is a highly hydrophobic protein with five putative transmembrane helices which plays a central role in H(+)-translocation coupled with ATP synthesis/hydrolysis. In the present paper, we show that the a subunit produced by the in vitro protease-free protein synthesis system (the PURE system) is integrated into a preformed F(o) a-less F(1)F(o) complex in Escherichia coli membrane vesicles and liposomes. The resulting F(1)F(o) has a H(+)-coupled ATP synthesis/hydrolysis activity that is approximately half that of the native F(1)F(o). By using this procedure, we analysed five mutations of F(1)F(o), where the conserved residues in the a subunit (Asn(90), Asp(112), Arg(169), Asn(173) and Gln(217)) were individually replaced with alanine. All of the mutant F(o) a subunits were successfully incorporated into F(1)F(o), showing the advantage over conventional expression in E. coli by which three (N90A, D112A, and Q217A) mutant a subunits were not found in F(1)F(o). The N173A mutant retained full activity and the mutants D112A and Q217A had weak, but detectable, activity. No activity was observed for the R169A and N90A mutants. Asn(90) is located in the middle of putative second transmembrane helix and likely to play an important role in H(+)-translocation. The present study exemplifies that the PURE system provides an alternative approach when in vivo expression of membranous components in protein complexes turns out to be difficult.
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Novel antibiotics targeting respiratory ATP synthesis in Gram-positive pathogenic bacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012; 56:4131-9. [PMID: 22615276 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00273-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Emergence of drug-resistant bacteria represents a high, unmet medical need, and discovery of new antibacterials acting on new bacterial targets is strongly needed. ATP synthase has been validated as an antibacterial target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, where its activity can be specifically blocked by the diarylquinoline TMC207. However, potency of TMC207 is restricted to mycobacteria with little or no effect on the growth of other Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria. Here, we identify diarylquinolines with activity against key Gram-positive pathogens, significantly extending the antibacterial spectrum of the diarylquinoline class of drugs. These compounds inhibited growth of Staphylococcus aureus in planktonic state as well as in metabolically resting bacteria grown in a biofilm culture. Furthermore, time-kill experiments showed that the selected hits are rapidly bactericidal. Drug-resistant mutations were mapped to the ATP synthase enzyme, and biochemical analysis as well as drug-target interaction studies reveal ATP synthase as a target for these compounds. Moreover, knockdown of the ATP synthase expression strongly suppressed growth of S. aureus, revealing a crucial role of this target in bacterial growth and metabolism. Our data represent a proof of principle for using the diarylquinoline class of antibacterials in key Gram-positive pathogens. Our results suggest that broadening the antibacterial spectrum for this chemical class is possible without drifting off from the target. Development of the diarylquinolines class may represent a promising strategy for combating Gram-positive pathogens.
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Yumen I, Iwasaki I, Suzuki T, Todokoro Y, Tanaka K, Okada O, Fujiwara T, Yoshida M, Akutsu H. Purification, characterization and reconstitution into membranes of the oligomeric c-subunit ring of thermophilic F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase expressed in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif 2012; 82:396-401. [PMID: 22381465 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2012.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Revised: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase catalyzes ATP synthesis coupled with proton-translocation across the membrane. The membrane-embedded F(o) portion is responsible for the H(+) translocation coupled with rotation of the oligomeric c-subunit ring, which induces rotation of the γ subunit of F(1). For solid-state NMR measurements, F(o)F(1) of thermophilic Bacillus PS3 (TF(o)F(1)) was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and the intact c-subunit ring (TF(o)c-ring) was isolated by new procedures. One of the key improvement in this purification was the introduction of a His residue to each c-subunit that acts as a virtual His(10)-tag of the c-ring. After solubilization from membranes by sodium deoxycholate, the c-ring was purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography, followed by anion-exchange chromatography. The intactness of the isolated c-ring was confirmed by high-resolution clear native PAGE, sedimentation analysis, and H(+)-translocation activity. The isotope-labeled intact TF(o)c-ring was successfully purified in such an amount as enough for solid-state NMR measurements. The isolated TF(o)c-rings were reconstituted into lipid membranes. A solid-state NMR spectrum at a high quality was obtained with this membrane sample, revealing that this purification procedure was suitable for the investigation by solid-state NMR. The purification method developed here can also be used for other physicochemical investigations.
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- Ikuko Yumen
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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Usukura E, Suzuki T, Furuike S, Soga N, Saita EI, Hisabori T, Kinosita K, Yoshida M. Torque generation and utilization in motor enzyme F0F1-ATP synthase: half-torque F1 with short-sized pushrod helix and reduced ATP Synthesis by half-torque F0F1. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:1884-91. [PMID: 22128167 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.305938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ATP synthase (F(0)F(1)) is made of two motors, a proton-driven motor (F(0)) and an ATP-driven motor (F(1)), connected by a common rotary shaft, and catalyzes proton flow-driven ATP synthesis and ATP-driven proton pumping. In F(1), the central γ subunit rotates inside the α(3)β(3) ring. Here we report structural features of F(1) responsible for torque generation and the catalytic ability of the low-torque F(0)F(1). (i) Deletion of one or two turns in the α-helix in the C-terminal domain of catalytic β subunit at the rotor/stator contact region generates mutant F(1)s, termed F(1)(1/2)s, that rotate with about half of the normal torque. This helix would support the helix-loop-helix structure acting as a solid "pushrod" to push the rotor γ subunit, but the short helix in F(1)(1/2)s would fail to accomplish this task. (ii) Three different half-torque F(0)F(1)(1/2)s were purified and reconstituted into proteoliposomes. They carry out ATP-driven proton pumping and build up the same small transmembrane ΔpH, indicating that the final ΔpH is directly related to the amount of torque. (iii) The half-torque F(0)F(1)(1/2)s can catalyze ATP synthesis, although slowly. The rate of synthesis varies widely among the three F(0)F(1)(1/2)s, which suggests that the rate reflects subtle conformational variations of individual mutants.
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- Eiji Usukura
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259, Yokohama 226-8503
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ATP binding to the ϵ subunit of thermophilic ATP synthase is crucial for efficient coupling of ATPase and H+ pump activities. Biochem J 2011; 437:135-40. [PMID: 21510843 DOI: 10.1042/bj20110443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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ATP binding to the ϵ subunit of F1-ATPase, a soluble subcomplex of TFoF1 (FoF1-ATPase synthase from the thermophilic Bacillus strain PS3), affects the regulation of F1-ATPase activity by stabilizing the compact, ATPase-active, form of the ϵ subunit [Kato, S., Yoshida, M. and Kato-Yamada, Y. (2007) J. Biol. Chem. 282, 37618-37623]. In the present study, we report how ATP binding to the ϵ subunit affects ATPase and H+ pumping activities in the holoenzyme TFoF1. Wild-type TFoF1 showed significant H+ pumping activity when ATP was used as the substrate. However, GTP, which bound poorly to the ϵ subunit, did not support efficient H+ pumping. Addition of small amounts of ATP to the GTP substrate restored coupling between GTPase and H+ pumping activities. Similar uncoupling was observed when TFoF1 contained an ATP-binding-deficient ϵ subunit, even with ATP as a substrate. Further analysis suggested that the compact conformation of the ϵ subunit induced by ATP binding was required to couple ATPase and H+ pumping activities in TFoF1 unless the ϵ subunit was in its extended-state conformation. The present study reveals a novel role of the ϵ subunit as an ATP-sensitive regulator of the coupling of ATPase and H+ pumping activities of TFoF1.
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Mnatsakanyan N, Kemboi SK, Salas J, Weber J. The beta subunit loop that couples catalysis and rotation in ATP synthase has a critical length. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:29788-96. [PMID: 21705326 PMCID: PMC3191020 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.254730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2011] [Revised: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ATP synthase uses a unique rotational mechanism to convert chemical energy into mechanical energy and back into chemical energy. The helix-turn-helix structure in the C-terminal domain of the β subunit containing the conserved DELSEED motif, termed "DELSEED-loop," was suggested to be involved in coupling between catalysis and rotation. If this is indeed the role of the loop, it must have a critical length, the minimum length required to sustain its function. Here, the critical length of the DELSEED-loop was determined by functional analysis of mutants of Bacillus PS3 ATP synthase that had 7-14 amino acids within the loop deleted. A 10 residue deletion lost the ability to catalyze ATP synthesis, but was still an active ATPase. Deletion of 14 residues abolished any enzymatic activity. Modeling indicated that in both deletion mutants the DELSEED-loop was shortened by ∼10 Å; fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments confirmed the modeling results. This appears to define the minimum length for DELSEED-loop required for coupling of catalysis and rotation. In addition, we could demonstrate that the loss of high-affinity binding to the catalytic site(s) that had been observed previously in two deletion mutants with 3-4 residues removed was not due to the loss of negative charged residues of the DELSEED motif in these mutants. An AALSAAA mutant in which all negative charges of the DELSEED motif were removed showed a normal pattern for MgATP binding to the catalytic sites, with a clearly present high-affinity site.
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- Nelli Mnatsakanyan
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409 and the Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409 and the Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409 and the Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409 and the Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430
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Toei M, Toei S, Forgac M. Definition of membrane topology and identification of residues important for transport in subunit a of the vacuolar ATPase. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:35176-86. [PMID: 21832060 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.273409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Subunit a of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPases plays an important role in proton transport. This membrane-integral 100-kDa subunit is thought to form or contribute to proton-conducting hemichannels that allow protons to gain access to and leave buried carboxyl groups on the proteolipid subunits (c, c', and c″) during proton translocation. We previously demonstrated that subunit a contains a large N-terminal cytoplasmic domain followed by a C-terminal domain containing eight transmembrane (TM) helices. TM7 contains a buried arginine residue (Arg-735) that is essential for proton transport and is located on a helical face that interacts with the proteolipid ring. To further define the topology of the C-terminal domain, the accessibility of 30 unique cysteine residues to the membrane-permeant reagent N-ethylmaleimide and the membrane-impermeant reagent polyethyleneglycol maleimide was determined. The results further define the borders of transmembrane segments in subunit a. To identify additional buried polar and charged residues important in proton transport, 25 sites were individually mutated to hydrophobic amino acids, and the effect on proton transport was determined. These and previous results identify a set of residues important for proton transport located on the cytoplasmic half of TM7 and TM8 and the lumenal half of TM3, TM4, and TM7. Based upon these data, we propose a tentative model in which the cytoplasmic hemichannel is located at the interface of TM7 and TM8 of subunit a and the proteolipid ring, whereas the lumenal hemichannel is located within subunit a at the interface of TM3, TM4, and TM7.
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- Masashi Toei
- Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Physiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Soga N, Kinosita K, Yoshida M, Suzuki T. Efficient ATP synthesis by thermophilic Bacillus FoF1-ATP synthase. FEBS J 2011; 278:2647-54. [PMID: 21605343 PMCID: PMC3170711 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08191.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2011] [Revised: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase (F(o)F(1)) synthesizes ATP in the F(1) portion when protons flow through F(o) to rotate the shaft common to F(1) and F(o). Rotary synthesis in isolated F(1) alone has been shown by applying external torque to F(1) of thermophilic origin. Proton-driven ATP synthesis by thermophilic Bacillus PS3 F(o)F(1) (TF(o)F(1)), however, has so far been poor in vitro, of the order of 1 s(-1) or less, hampering reliable characterization. Here, by using a mutant TF(o)F(1) lacking an inhibitory segment of the ε-subunit, we have developed highly reproducible, simple procedures for the preparation of active proteoliposomes and for kinetic analysis of ATP synthesis, which was driven by acid-base transition and K(+)-diffusion potential. The synthesis activity reached ∼ 16 s(-1) at 30 °C with a Q(10) temperature coefficient of 3-4 between 10 and 30 °C, suggesting a high level of activity at the physiological temperature of ∼ 60 °C. The Michaelis-Menten constants for the substrates ADP and inorganic phosphate were 13 μM and 0.55 mM, respectively, which are an order of magnitude lower than previous estimates and are suited to efficient ATP synthesis.
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- Naoki Soga
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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Suzuki T, Wakabayashi C, Tanaka K, Feniouk BA, Yoshida M. Modulation of nucleotide specificity of thermophilic F(o)F(1)-ATP Synthase by epsilon-subunit. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:16807-13. [PMID: 21454506 PMCID: PMC3089524 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.209965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2010] [Revised: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The C-terminal two α-helices of the ε-subunit of thermophilic Bacillus F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase (TF(o)F(1)) adopt two conformations: an extended long arm ("up-state") and a retracted hairpin ("down-state"). As ATP becomes poor, ε changes the conformation from the down-state to the up-state and suppresses further ATP hydrolysis. Using TF(o)F(1) expressed in Escherichia coli, we compared TF(o)F(1) with up- and down-state ε in the NTP (ATP, GTP, UTP, and CTP) synthesis reactions. TF(o)F(1) with the up-state ε was achieved by inclusion of hexokinase in the assay and TF(o)F(1) with the down-state ε was represented by εΔc-TF(o)F(1), in which ε lacks C-terminal helices and hence cannot adopt the up-state under any conditions. The results indicate that TF(o)F(1) with the down-state ε synthesizes GTP at the same rate of ATP, whereas TF(o)F(1) with the up-state ε synthesizes GTP at a half-rate. Though rates are slow, TF(o)F(1) with the down-state ε even catalyzes UTP and CTP synthesis. Authentic TF(o)F(1) from Bacillus cells also synthesizes ATP and GTP at the same rate in the presence of adenosine 5'-(β,γ-imino)triphosphate (AMP-PNP), an ATP analogue that has been known to stabilize the down-state. NTP hydrolysis and NTP-driven proton pumping activity of εΔc-TF(o)F(1) suggests similar modulation of nucleotide specificity in NTP hydrolysis. Thus, depending on its conformation, ε-subunit modulates substrate specificity of TF(o)F(1).
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- Toshiharu Suzuki
- From the ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Aomi 2-41, Tokyo 135-0064 and
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- From the ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Aomi 2-41, Tokyo 135-0064 and
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- From the ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Aomi 2-41, Tokyo 135-0064 and
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- From the ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Aomi 2-41, Tokyo 135-0064 and
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- From the ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, International Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Aomi 2-41, Tokyo 135-0064 and
- the Department of Molecular Bioscience, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase is one of the most ubiquitous enzymes; it is found widely in the biological world, including the plasma membrane of bacteria, inner membrane of mitochondria and thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts. However, this enzyme has a unique mechanism of action: it is composed of two mechanical rotary motors, each driven by ATP hydrolysis or proton flux down the membrane potential of protons. The two molecular motors interconvert the chemical energy of ATP hydrolysis and proton electrochemical potential via the mechanical rotation of the rotary shaft. This unique energy transmission mechanism is not found in other biological systems. Although there are other similar man-made systems like hydroelectric generators, F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase operates on the nanometre scale and works with extremely high efficiency. Therefore, this enzyme has attracted significant attention in a wide variety of fields from bioenergetics and biophysics to chemistry, physics and nanoscience. This review summarizes the latest findings about the two motors of F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase as well as a brief historical background.
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- Daichi Okuno
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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The regulatory C-terminal domain of subunit ε of F₀F₁ ATP synthase is dispensable for growth and survival of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:2046-52. [PMID: 21335453 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01422-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The C-terminal domain of subunit ε of the bacterial F₀F₁ ATP synthase is reported to be an intrinsic inhibitor of ATP synthesis/hydrolysis activity in vitro, preventing wasteful hydrolysis of ATP under low-energy conditions. Mutants defective in this regulatory domain exhibited no significant difference in growth rate, molar growth yield, membrane potential, or intracellular ATP concentration under a wide range of growth conditions and stressors compared to wild-type cells, suggesting this inhibitory domain is dispensable for growth and survival of Escherichia coli.
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Hara KY, Suzuki R, Suzuki T, Yoshida M, Kino K. ATP photosynthetic vesicles for light-driven bioprocesses. Biotechnol Lett 2011; 33:1133-8. [PMID: 21287230 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0544-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We prepared ATP photosynthetic vesicles from inside-out membranes of Escherichia coli cells that express delta-rhodopsin (a novel light-driven H(+) transporter) and TF(0)F(1)-ATP synthase (a thermo-stable ATP synthase). These vesicles showed light-dependent ATP synthesis. Furthermore, coupling the ATP photosynthetic vesicles with an ATP-hydrolyzing hexokinase enabled light-dependent glucose consumption. The ATP photosynthetic vesicles indicate their potential to applied to light-driven ATP-regenerating bioprocess for various ATP-hydrolyzing bioproductions.
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- Kiyotaka Y Hara
- Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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Todokoro Y, Kobayashi M, Sato T, Kawakami T, Yumen I, Aimoto S, Fujiwara T, Akutsu H. Structure analysis of membrane-reconstituted subunit c-ring of E. coli H+-ATP synthase by solid-state NMR. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2010; 48:1-11. [PMID: 20596883 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-010-9432-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 06/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The subunit c-ring of H(+)-ATP synthase (F(o) c-ring) plays an essential role in the proton translocation across a membrane driven by the electrochemical potential. To understand its structure and function, we have carried out solid-state NMR analysis under magic-angle sample spinning. The uniformly [(13)C, (15)N]-labeled F(o) c from E. coli (EF(o) c) was reconstituted into lipid membranes as oligomers. Its high resolution two- and three-dimensional spectra were obtained, and the (13)C and (15)N signals were assigned. The obtained chemical shifts suggested that EF(o) c takes on a hairpin-type helix-loop-helix structure in membranes as in an organic solution. The results on the magnetization transfer between the EF(o) c and deuterated lipids indicated that Ile55, Ala62, Gly69 and F76 were lined up on the outer surface of the oligomer. This is in good agreement with the cross-linking results previously reported by Fillingame and his colleagues. This agreement reveals that the reconstituted EF(o) c oligomer takes on a ring structure similar to the intact one in vivo. On the other hand, analysis of the (13)C nuclei distance of [3-(13)C]Ala24 and [4-(13)C]Asp61 in the F(o) c-ring did not agree with the model structures proposed for the EF(o) c-decamer and dodecamer. Interestingly, the carboxyl group of the essential Asp61 in the membrane-embedded EF(o) c-ring turned out to be protonated as COOH even at neutral pH. The hydrophobic surface of the EF(o) c-ring carries relatively short side chains in its central region, which may allow soft and smooth interactions with the hydrocarbon chains of lipids in the liquid-crystalline state.
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- Yasuto Todokoro
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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Essential arginine residue of the F(o)-a subunit in F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase has a role to prevent the proton shortcut without c-ring rotation in the F(o) proton channel. Biochem J 2010; 430:171-7. [PMID: 20518749 DOI: 10.1042/bj20100621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In F(o)F(1) (F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase), proton translocation through F(o) drives rotation of the oligomer ring of F(o)-c subunits (c-ring) relative to F(o)-a. Previous reports have indicated that a conserved arginine residue in F(o)-a plays a critical role in the proton transfer at the F(o)-a/c-ring interface. Indeed, we show in the present study that thermophilic F(o)F(1s) with substitution of this arginine (aR169) to other residues cannot catalyse proton-coupled reactions. However, mutants with substitution of this arginine residue by a small (glycine, alanine, valine) or acidic (glutamate) residue mediate the passive proton translocation. This translocation requires an essential carboxy group of F(o)-c (cE56) since the second mutation (cE56Q) blocks the translocation. Rotation of the c-ring is not necessary because the same arginine mutants of the 'rotation-impossible' (c(10)-a)F(o)F(1), in which the c-ring and F(o)-a are fused to a single polypeptide, also exhibits the passive proton translocation. The mutant (aR169G/Q217R), in which the arginine residue is transferred to putatively the same topological position in the F(o)-a structure, can block the passive proton translocation. Thus the conserved arginine residue in F(o)-a ensures proton-coupled c-ring rotation by preventing a futile proton shortcut.
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Kuruma Y, Suzuki T, Ueda T. Production of multi-subunit complexes on liposome through an E. coli cell-free expression system. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 607:161-71. [PMID: 20204856 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-331-2_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Recently cell-free translation systems became a laboratory research tool to obtain an objective protein. However, a general method for in vitro protein synthesis and multi-subunit complex formation on lipid membrane has not been established. Here, we describe the procedure for the production of subcomplexes of F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase using a reconstructed cell-free translation system. As for the membrane part F(o) (a(1)b(2)c((10-15))), cosynthesis of c-subunit and UncI proteins, which are integral membrane proteins, and further c (11)-ring formation in lipid bilayer are performed by use of a liposomes-containing cell-free system. Moreover, as for the cytoplasm part F(1) (alpha(3)beta(3)gammadeltaepsilon), subcomplex formations are successfully achieved by mixing the translation products.
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- Yutetsu Kuruma
- The Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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Feniouk BA, Kato-Yamada Y, Yoshida M, Suzuki T. Conformational transitions of subunit epsilon in ATP synthase from thermophilic Bacillus PS3. Biophys J 2010; 98:434-42. [PMID: 20141757 PMCID: PMC2814204 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2009] [Revised: 10/09/2009] [Accepted: 10/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Subunit epsilon of bacterial and chloroplast F(O)F(1)-ATP synthase is responsible for inhibition of ATPase activity. In Bacillus PS3 enzyme, subunit epsilon can adopt two conformations. In the "extended", inhibitory conformation, its two C-terminal alpha-helices are stretched along subunit gamma. In the "contracted", noninhibitory conformation, these helices form a hairpin. The transition of subunit epsilon from an extended to a contracted state was studied in ATP synthase incorporated in Bacillus PS3 membranes at 59 degrees C. Fluorescence energy resonance transfer between fluorophores introduced in the C-terminus of subunit epsilon and in the N-terminus of subunit gamma was used to follow the conformational transition in real time. It was found that ATP induced the conformational transition from the extended to the contracted state (half-maximum transition extent at 140 microM ATP). ADP could neither prevent nor reverse the ATP-induced conformational change, but it did slow it down. Acid residues in the DELSEED region of subunit beta were found to stabilize the extended conformation of epsilon. Binding of ATP directly to epsilon was not essential for the ATP-induced conformational change. The ATP concentration necessary for the half-maximal transition (140 microM) suggests that subunit epsilon probably adopts the extended state and strongly inhibits ATP hydrolysis only when the intracellular ATP level drops significantly below the normal value.
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- Boris A. Feniouk
- ICORP ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- ICORP ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
- Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan
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- ICORP ATP Synthesis Regulation Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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