Structure of the catalytic nucleotide-binding subunit A of A-type ATP synthase from Pyrococcus horikoshii reveals a novel domain related to the peripheral stalk

Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography
Yuki MaegawaIsao Tanaka

Abstract

H(+)-transporting ATP synthase is a multi-subunit enzyme involved in the production of ATP, which is an essential molecule for living organisms as a source of energy. Archaeal A-type ATPase (A-ATPase) is thought to act as a functional ATP synthase in archaea and is thought to have chimeric properties of F-ATPase and V-ATPase. Previous structural studies of F-ATPase indicated that the major nucleotide-binding subunits alpha and beta consist of three domains. The catalytic nucleotide-binding subunit A of V/A-ATPase contains an insertion of about 90 residues which is absent from the F(1)-ATPase beta subunit. Here, the first X-ray structure of the catalytic nucleotide-binding subunit A of an A(1)-ATPase is described, determined at 2.55 A resolution. A(1)-ATPase subunit A from Pyrococcus horikoshii consists of four domains. A novel domain, including part of the insertion, corresponds to the 'knob-like structure' observed in electron microscopy of A(1)-ATPase. Based on the structure, it is highly likely that this inserted domain is related to the peripheral stalk common to the A- and V-ATPases. The arrangement of this inserted domain suggests that this region plays an important role in A-ATPase as well as in V-ATPase.

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