Role of the amino terminal region of the epsilon subunit of Escherichia coli H(+)-ATPase (F0F1).
Arch Biochem Biophys
; 292(1): 87-94, 1992 Jan.
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Escherichia coli strain KF148(SD-) defective in translation of the uncC gene for the epsilon subunit of H(+)-ATPase could not support growth by oxidative phosphorylation due to lack of F1 binding to Fo (M. Kuki, T. Noumi, M. Maeda, A. Amemura, and M. Futai, 1988, J. Biol. Chem. 263, 17, 437-17, 442). Mutant uncC genes for epsilon subunits lacking different lengths from the amino terminus were constructed and introduced into strain KF148(SD-). F1 with an epsilon subunit lacking the 15 amino-terminal residues could bind to F0 in a functionally competent manner, indicating that these amino acid residues are not absolutely necessary for formation of a functional enzyme. However, mutant F1 in which the epsilon subunit lacked 16 amino-terminal residues showed defective coupling between ATP hydrolysis (synthesis) and H(+)-translocation, although the mutant F1 showed partial binding to Fo. These findings suggest that the epsilon subunit is essential for binding of F1 to F0 and for normal H(+)-translocation. Previously, Kuki et al. (cited above) reported that 60 residues were not necessary for a functional enzyme. However, the mutant with an epsilon subunit lacking 15 residues from the amino terminus and 4 residues from the carboxyl terminus was defective in oxidative phosphorylation, suggesting that both terminal regions affect the conformation of the region essential for a functional enzyme.
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ATPasas de Translocación de Protón
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Escherichia coli
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Arch Biochem Biophys
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1992
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