Interactions between the F1 and F0 parts in the Escherichia coli ATP synthase. Associations involving the loop region of C subunits.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
S D Watts, R A Capaldi

Abstract

The N-ethylmaleimide reactivity of c subunits in Escherichia coli F1F0 ATP synthase (ECF1F0) isolated from five mutants, each with a cysteine at a different position in the polar loop region (positions 39, 40, 42, 43, and 44), has been investigated. The maleimide was found to react with Cys placed at positions 42, 43, and 44 but not at 39 or 40. All copies of the c subunit reacted similarly when the Cys was at position 43 or 44. In contrast, the Cys in the mutant cQ42C reacted as two classes, with 60% reacting relatively rapidly and 40% reacting at a rate 40-fold slower. After removing F1, all copies of the c subunit in this mutant reacted equally fast. Therefore, the slow class in the cQ42C mutant represents c subunits shielded by, and probably involved directly in, the interaction of the F0 with gamma and epsilon subunits of the F1 part. Based on the estimated stoichiometry of c subunits in the ECF1F0 complex, 4 or 5 c subunits are involved in this F1 interaction. N-Ethylmaleimide modification of all of the c subunits reduced ATPase activity by only 30% in ECF1F0 from mutant cQ42C. Modification of the more rapidly reacting class had little effect on ATP hydrolysis-driven proton translocation, and did not alter the DCCD inhibi...Continue Reading

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