Amputation of a C-terminal helix of the γ subunit increases ATP-hydrolysis activity of cyanobacterial F1 ATP synthase

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Bioenergetics
Kumiko KondoToru Hisabori

Abstract

F1 is a soluble part of FoF1-ATP synthase and performs a catalytic process of ATP hydrolysis and synthesis. The γ subunit, which is the rotary shaft of F1 motor, is composed of N-terminal and C-terminal helices domains, and a protruding Rossman-fold domain located between the two major helices parts. The N-terminal and C-terminal helices domains of γ assemble into an antiparallel coiled-coil structure, and are almost embedded into the stator ring composed of α3β3 hexamer of the F1 molecule. Cyanobacterial and chloroplast γ subunits harbor an inserted sequence of 30 or 39 amino acids length within the Rossman-fold domain in comparison with bacterial or mitochondrial γ. To understand the structure-function relationship of the γ subunit, we prepared a mutant F1-ATP synthase of a thermophilic cyanobacterium, Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1, in which the γ subunit is split into N-terminal α-helix along with the inserted sequence and the remaining C-terminal part. The obtained mutant showed higher ATP-hydrolysis activities than those containing the wild-type γ. Contrary to our expectation, the complexes containing the split γ subunits were mostly devoid of the C-terminal helix. We further investigated the effect of post-assembly c...Continue Reading

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