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Morris CA, Owen JR, Thomas MC, El-Hiti GA, Harwood JL, Kille P. Intracellular localization and induction of a dynamic RNA-editing event of macro-algal V-ATPase subunit A (VHA-A) in response to copper. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2014; 37:189-203. [PMID: 23738980 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A V-ATPase subunit A protein (VHA-A) transcript together with a variant (C793 to U), which introduces a stop codon truncating the subunit immediately downstream of its ATP binding site, was identified within a Fucus vesiculosus cDNA from a heavy metal contaminated site. This is intriguing because the VHA-A subunit is the crucial catalytic subunit responsible for the hydrolysis of ATP that drives ion transport underlying heavy metal detoxification pathways. We employed a chemiluminescent hybridization protection assay to quantify the proportion of both variants directly from mRNA while performing quantification of total transcript using Q-PCR. Polyclonal antisera raised against recombinant VHA-A facilitated simultaneous detection of parent and truncated VHA-A and revealed its cellular and subcellular localization. By exploiting laboratory exposures and samples from an environmental copper gradient, we showed that total VHA-A transcript and protein, together with levels of the truncated variant, were induced by copper. The absence of a genomic sequence representing the truncated variant suggests a RNA editing event causing the production of the truncated VHA-A. Based on these observations, we propose RNA editing as a novel molecular process underpinning VHA trafficking and intracellular sequestration of heavy metals under stress.
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- C A Morris
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, Wales, UK
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Seidel T, Siek M, Marg B, Dietz KJ. Energization of vacuolar transport in plant cells and its significance under stress. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 304:57-131. [PMID: 23809435 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-407696-9.00002-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The plant vacuole is of prime importance in buffering environmental perturbations and in coping with abiotic stress caused by, for example, drought, salinity, cold, or UV. The large volume, the efficient integration in anterograde and retrograde vesicular trafficking, and the dynamic equipment with tonoplast transporters enable the vacuole to fulfill indispensible functions in cell biology, for example, transient and permanent storage, detoxification, recycling, pH and redox homeostasis, cell expansion, biotic defence, and cell death. This review first focuses on endomembrane dynamics and then summarizes the functions, assembly, and regulation of secretory and vacuolar proton pumps: (i) the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase) which represents a multimeric complex of approximately 800 kDa, (ii) the vacuolar H(+)-pyrophosphatase, and (iii) the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase. These primary proton pumps regulate the cytosolic pH and provide the driving force for secondary active transport. Carriers and ion channels modulate the proton motif force and catalyze uptake and vacuolar compartmentation of solutes and deposition of xenobiotics or secondary compounds such as flavonoids. ABC-type transporters directly energized by MgATP complement the transport portfolio that realizes the multiple functions in stress tolerance of plants.
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- Thorsten Seidel
- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Kumari N, Sharma V. Stress-mediated alteration in V-ATPase and V-PPase of Butea monosperma. PROTOPLASMA 2010; 245:125-132. [PMID: 20577771 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0153-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The activity and subunit amounts of V-ATPase and V-PPase in various plants of Butea monosperma Taub. (Fabaceae) (ver. Dhak; Palas) growing as a natural inhabitant in varying stress conditions in southeast Rajasthan were studied. Western blot analysis followed by immunological quantification of V-ATPase subunits using specific polyclonal antibodies showed that the subunits A, B, D, E, and c are clearly detectable in all plants, with A, B, and c appearing as intense bands. The other subunits of V-ATPase, viz., C, a, and d, were also detected in majority of the plants. Various subunits exhibited variations in their protein amount in different plants. Besides, a few other clear bands were also detected. Of these, the 30- and 29-kD bands may possibly be Di and Ei. Furthermore, a clear band of V-PPase corresponding to 67-70 kD was also detected. A comparison of the V-ATPase and V-PPase activity revealed that Butea plants in the upper region of the study site showed 70% and 39% higher activity, respectively. Furthermore, the immunological quantification showed that the V-ATPase and V-PPase protein amounts are also higher in the upper Butea plants which have drought stress and, moreover, are also exposed to stronger light intensities for relatively longer duration.
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- Nilima Kumari
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali University, P.O. Banasthali Vidyapith, 304 022, Rajasthan, India
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Saroussi S, Nelson N. The little we know on the structure and machinery of V-ATPase. J Exp Biol 2009; 212:1604-10. [PMID: 19448070 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The life of every eukaryotic cell depends on the function of vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-ATPase). Today we know that V-ATPase is vital for many more physiological and biochemical processes than it was expected three decades ago when the enzyme was discovered. These range from a crucial role in the function of internal organelles such as vacuoles, lysosomes, synaptic vesicles, endosomes, secretory granules and the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane of several organisms and specific tissues, and specialized cells. The overall structure and mechanism of action of the V-ATPase is supposed to be similar to that of the well-characterized F-type ATP synthase (F-ATPase). Both consist of a soluble catalytic domain (V1 or F1) that is coupled to a membrane-spanning domain (Vo or Fo) by one or more `stalk' components. Owing to the complexity and challenging properties of V-ATPase its study is lagging behind that of its relative F-ATPase. Time will tell whether V-ATPase shares an identical mechanism of action with F-ATPase or its mode of operation is unique.
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- Shai Saroussi
- Biochemistry Department, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Biochemistry Department, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Seidel T, Schnitzer D, Golldack D, Sauer M, Dietz KJ. Organelle-specific isoenzymes of plant V-ATPase as revealed by in vivo-FRET analysis. BMC Cell Biol 2008; 9:28. [PMID: 18507826 PMCID: PMC2424043 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2007] [Accepted: 05/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The V-ATPase (VHA) is a protein complex of 13 different VHA-subunits. It functions as an ATP driven rotary-motor that electrogenically translocates H+ into endomembrane compartments. In Arabidopsis thaliana V-ATPase is encoded by 23 genes posing the question of specific versus redundant function of multigene encoded isoforms. Results The transmembrane topology and stoichiometry of the proteolipid VHA-c" as well as the stoichiometry of the membrane integral subunit VHA-e within the V-ATPase complex were investigated by in vivo fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). VHA-c", VHA-e1 and VHA-e2, VHA-a, VHA-c3, truncated variants of VHA-c3 and a chimeric VHA-c/VHA-c" hybrid were fused to cyan (CFP) and yellow fluorescent protein (YFP), respectively. The constructs were employed for transfection experiments with Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll protoplasts. Subcellular localization and FRET analysis by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) demonstrated that (i.) the N- and C-termini of VHA-c" are localised in the vacuolar lumen, (ii.) one copy of VHA-c" is present within the VHA-complex, and (iii.) VHA-c" is localised at the ER and associated Golgi bodies. (iv.) A similar localisation was observed for VHA-e2, whereas (v.) the subcellular localisation of VHA-e1 indicated the trans Golgi network (TGN)-specifity of this subunit. Conclusion The plant proteolipid ring is a highly flexible protein subcomplex, tolerating the incorporation of truncated and hybrid proteolipid subunits, respectively. Whereas the membrane integral subunit VHA-e is present in two copies within the complex, the proteolipid subunit VHA-c" takes part in complex formation with only one copy. However, neither VHA-c" isoform 1 nor any of the two VHA-e isoforms were identified at the tonoplast. This suggest a function in endomembrane specific VHA-assembly or targeting rather than proton transport.
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- Thorsten Seidel
- Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, W5, University of Bielefeld, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany.
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The prokaryotic V-type ATPase/synthases (prokaryotic V-ATPases) have simpler subunit compositions than eukaryotic V-ATPases, and thus are useful subjects for studying chemical, physical and structural properties of V-ATPase. In this review, we focus on the results of recent studies on the structure/function relationships in the V-ATPase from the eubacterium Thermus thermophilus. First, we describe single-molecule analyses of T. thermophilus V-ATPase. Using the single-molecule technique, it was established that the V-ATPase is a rotary motor. Second, we discuss arrangement of subunits in V-ATPase. Third, the crystal structure of the C-subunit (homolog of eukaryotic d-subunit) is described. This funnel-shape subunit appears to cap the proteolipid ring in the V(0) domain in order to accommodate the V(1) central stalk. This structure seems essential for the regulatory reversible association/dissociation of the V(1) and the V(0) domains. Last, we discuss classification of the V-ATPase family. We propose that the term prokaryotic V-ATPases should be used rather than the term archaeal-type ATPase (A-ATPase).
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- Ken Yokoyama
- ATP System Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
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Drory O, Nelson N. Structural and functional features of yeast V-ATPase subunit C. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:297-303. [PMID: 16829224 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2005] [Revised: 02/27/2006] [Accepted: 03/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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V-ATPase is a multi-subunit membrane protein complex, it translocates protons across biological membranes, generating electrical and pH gradients which are used for varieties of cellular processes. V-ATPase is composed of two distinct sub-complexes: a membrane bound V0 sub-complex, composed of 6 different subunits, which is responsible for proton transport and a soluble cytosolic facing V1 sub-complex, composed of 8 different subunits which hydrolyse ATP. The two sub-complexes are held together via a flexible stator. One of the main features of eukaryotic V-ATPase is its ability to reversibly dissociate to its sub-complexes in response to changing cellular conditions, which arrest both proton translocation and ATP hydrolysis, suggesting a regulation function. Subunit C (vma5p in yeast) was shown by several biochemical, genetic and recent structural data to function as a flexible stator holding the two sectors of the complex together and regulating the reversible association/dissociation of the complex, partly via association with F-actin filaments. Structural features of subunit C that allow smooth energy conversion and interaction with actin and nucleotides are discussed.
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- Omri Drory
- Department of Biochemistry, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, The Daniella Rich Institute for Structural Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Zuo J, Jiang J, Chen SH, Vergara S, Gong Y, Xue J, Huang H, Kaku M, Holliday LS. Actin binding activity of subunit B of vacuolar H+-ATPase is involved in its targeting to ruffled membranes of osteoclasts. J Bone Miner Res 2006; 21:714-21. [PMID: 16734386 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.060201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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UNLABELLED Adeno-associated virus was used to transduce primary mouse osteoclasts with the B1 isoform of vacuolar H(+)-ATPase. B1, which is not normally expressed in osteoclasts, was correctly targeted to ruffled membranes of resorbing osteoclasts. Mutant subunit B1 that lacked a functional actin-binding site did not accumulate in ruffled membranes. INTRODUCTION The B1 "kidney" and B2 "brain" isoforms of subunit B of vacuolar H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase) have actin binding sites that mediate interactions between the intact enzyme and filamentous-actin. Accumulating data support the hypothesis that the actin binding activity in subunit B is required for targeting of V-ATPases to the ruffled plasma membrane of osteoclasts. This study was designed to directly test this hypothesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Osteoclasts express B2, but not B1. Adeno-associated virus vectors were used to transduce mouse osteoclasts with wildtype B1 or B1(mut), a full-length B subunit that contained minor alterations that disrupted actin-binding activity. Immunofluorescence was performed using polyclonal antibodies specific for subunit E, B2, and B1 of V-ATPase. Immunoprecipitations were performed using an anti-E subunit antibody. Microfilaments were detected with phalloidin and actin rings were stained with phalloidin or anti-vinculin antibodies. Images were collected using a confocal microscope. RESULTS Immunoprecipitations of transduced osteoclasts suggested that both B1 and B1(mut) assembled with endogenous V-ATPase subunits to form intact enzyme in osteoclasts. Both B1 and B1(mut) were localized like endogenous V-ATPase subunits in unactivated osteoclasts. Wildtype B1 associated with the detergent-insoluble cytoskeleton and was transported to ruffled membranes of resorbing osteoclasts. In contrast, B1(mut) failed to associate with the actin cytoskeleton and was not transported efficiently to ruffled membranes. CONCLUSIONS The B1 isoform of B subunit contains the necessary information for targeting to the ruffled membranes of osteoclasts even though it is not normally expressed in osteoclasts. The actin binding activity of B1 is involved in proper ruffled membrane targeting.
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- Jian Zuo
- Department of Orthodontics, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, 32610, USA
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Seidel T, Golldack D, Dietz KJ. Mapping of C-termini of V-ATPase subunits by in vivo-FRET measurements. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:4374-82. [PMID: 16061227 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.06.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2005] [Revised: 06/27/2005] [Accepted: 06/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The plant V-ATPase is a protein complex of 13 different VHA-subunits and functions as ATP driven motor that electrogenically translocates H+ into endomembrane compartments. The central rotor extends into the hexameric head that is fixed by peripheral stators to an eccentric membrane domain. The localization and orientation of VHA-subunits of the head and peripheral stalk region were investigated by in vivo fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). To this end, VHA-E, VHA-G, VHA-H of the peripheral stalks as well as subunits VHA-A and VHA-B were C-terminally fused to cyan (CFP) and yellow fluorescent protein (YFP). Protoplasts transfected with FRET-pairs of CFP-donor and YFP-acceptor fluorophores fused to VHA-subunits were analysed for FRET by laser scanning microscopy. The result of the C-termini mapping allows to refine the arrangement and interaction of the subunits within the V-ATPase complex in vivo. Furthermore, expression of fused VHA-E and VHA-H stimulated acidification of protoplast vacuoles, while other constructs had no major effect on vacuolar pH tentatively indicating a regulatory role of these subunits in plants.
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- Thorsten Seidel
- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, W5, University of Bielefeld, Universitaetsstrasse 25, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Coskun U, Rizzo VF, Koch MHJ, Grüber G. Ligand-dependent structural changes in the V(1) ATPase from Manduca sexta. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2005; 36:249-56. [PMID: 15337855 DOI: 10.1023/b:jobb.0000031976.44466.6e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The response of V(1) ATPase of the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta to Mg(2+) and nucleotide binding in the presence of the enhancer methanol has been studied by CuCl(2)-induced disulfide formation, fluorescence spectroscopy, and small-angle X-ray scattering. When the V(1) complex was supplemented with CuCl(2) nucleotide-dependence of A-B-E and A-B-E-D cross-linking products was observed in absence of nucleotides and presence of MgADP+Pi but not when MgAMP.PNP or MgADP were added. A zero-length cross-linking product of subunits D and E was formed, supporting their close proximity in the V(1) complex. The catalytic subunit A was reacted with N-4[4-[7-(dimethylamino)-4-methyl]coumarin-3-yl]maleimide (CM) and spectral shifts and changes in fluorescence intensity were detected upon addition of MgAMP.PNP, -ATP, -ADP+Pi, or -ADP. Differences in the fluorescence emission of these nucleotide-binding states were monitored using the intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence. The structural composition of the V(1) ATPase from M. sexta and conformational alterations in this enzyme due to Mg(2+) and nucleotide binding are discussed on the basis of these and previous observations.
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- Unal Coskun
- Universität des Saarlandes, Fachrichtung 2.5 - Biophysik, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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Flannery AR, Graham LA, Stevens TH. Topological Characterization of the c, c′, and c″ Subunits of the Vacuolar ATPase from the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:39856-62. [PMID: 15252052 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m406767200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase) is a multisubunit enzyme that acidifies intracellular organelles in eukaryotes. Similar to the F-type ATP synthase (FATPase), the V-ATPase is composed of two subcomplexes, V(1) and V(0). Hydrolysis of ATP in the V(1) subcomplex is tightly coupled to proton translocation accomplished by the V(0) subcomplex, which is composed of five unique subunits (a, d, c, c', and c"). Three of the subunits, subunit c (Vma3p), c' (Vma11p), and c" (Vma16p), are small highly hydrophobic integral membrane proteins called "proteolipids" that share sequence similarity to the F-ATPase subunit c. Whereas subunit c from the F-ATPase spans the membrane bilayer twice, the V-ATPase proteolipids have been modeled to have at least four transmembrane-spanning helices. Limited proteolysis experiments with epitope-tagged copies of the proteolipids have revealed that the N and the C termini of c (Vma3p) and c' (Vma11p) were in the lumen of the vacuole. Limited proteolysis of epitope-tagged c" (Vma16p) indicated that the N terminus is located on the cytoplasmic face of the vacuole, whereas the C terminus is located within the vacuole. Furthermore, a chimeric fusion between Vma16p and Vma3p, Vma16-Vma3p, was found to assemble into a fully functional V-ATPase complex, further supporting the conclusion that the C terminus of Vma16p resides within the lumen of the vacuole. These results indicate that subunits c and c' have four transmembrane segments with their N and C termini in the lumen and that c" has five transmembrane segments, with the N terminus exposed to the cytosol and the C terminus lumenal.
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- Andrew R Flannery
- Department of Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1229, USA
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