Localization of a conformational energy-coupling determinant near the C terminus of the beta subunit of the F1F0-ATPase.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
R A SchemidtW S Brusilow

Abstract

Escherichia coli mutants in the beta subunit of the F1F0-ATPase can be complemented with the beta subunit from the obligate aerobe Bacillus megaterium. It has been shown that cells carrying such hybrid ATPases have an unusual energy-coupling phenotype. Although they are able to grow on minimal succinate medium, and therefore carry a functional ATP synthase, they are defective in the ability to grow anaerobically, indicating some defect in ATP-driven proton pumping (Scarpetta, M., Hawthorne, C. A., and Brusilow, W. S. A. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 18567-18572). In this study, chimeric beta subunits were constructed consisting of the E. coli or the B. megaterium beta subunit carrying the C-terminal 18% of the other's beta subunit. The phenotypes of an E. coli beta mutant complemented with these chimeric subunits showed that the energy-coupling defect was located in this C-terminal region. The E. coli beta subunit carrying the B. megaterium C-terminal region displayed the energy-coupling defect, while the B. megaterium beta subunit carrying the E. coli C-terminal region did not. In ATP-dependent fluorescence quenching assays, membranes isolated from cells displaying the energy-coupling defect also pumped protons less well than mem...Continue Reading

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