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Mitochondrial adenosinetriphosphatase inhibitor protein: reversible interaction with complex V (ATP synthetase complex).

Mitochondrial ATPase inhibitor protein (IF1) reacts reversibly with complex V and inhibits up to 90% of its ATPase activity. Both the rate and extent of inhibition are pH and temperature dependent and increase as the pH is lowered from pH 8 tp 6.7 (the lowest pH examined) or as the temperature is increased from 4 to 36 degrees C. Nucleotide triphosphates plus Mg2+ ions are required for inhibition of complex V ATPase activity by IF1. In the presence of Mg2+ ions, the effectiveness order of nucleotides is ATP greater than ITP greater than GTP greater than UTP. Highly purified complex V, which requires added phospholipids for expressing ATPase and ATP-Pi exchange activities, cannot be inhibited by IF1 plust ATP-Mg2+ unless phospholipids are also added. This indicates that the active state of the enzyme is necessary for the IF1 effect to be manifested, because F1-ATPase, which does not contain nor require phospholipids for catalyzing ATP hydrolysis, can be inhibited by IF1 plus ATP-Mg2+ in the absence of added phospholipids. The IF1-inhibited complex V, but not IF1-inhibited F1-ATPase, can be reactivated by incubation at pH greater than 7.0 in the absence of ATP-Mg2+. The reactivation rate is pH dependent and is influenced by temperature and enzyme concentration. Complex V preparations contain small and variable amounts of IF1. This endogenous IF1 behaves the same as added IF1 with respect to conditions described above for inhibition and reactivation and can result in 25-50% inhibition in different complex V preparations. However, complex V lacking endogenous IF1 can be reconstituted from F0, F1, oligomycin sensitivity conferring protein, and phospholipids. Inhibition of this reconstituted preparation in the presence of ATP-Mg2+ depends entirely on addition of IF1. In general, the ATP-Pi exchange activity of complex V is more sensitive to the chemical inhibitors of F1-AtPase tha its ATPase activity. This is not so, however, for IF1. Under conditions that IF1 caused approximately 75% inhibition of ATPase activity of complex V, no more than 10% of the ATP-Pi exchange activity was inhibited.

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A soluble mitochondrial ATP synthetase complex catalyzing ATP-phosphate and ATP-ADP exchange.

The highly purified soluble ATP synthetase complex from mitochondria, containing energy-transfer Factor A (the terminal ADP phosphorylation enzyme of oxidative phosphorylation) and Factor D, catalyzes ATP-P(i) and ATP-ADP exchange reactions. The ATP-P(i) exchange activity is inhibited by low concentrations of the uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation, oligomycin and p-chloromercnriphenylsulfonate. It is stimulated threefold by dithiothreitol and is Mg(++) dependent. Antiserum to coupling factor 1 (F(1)) also inhibits the ATP-P(i) exchange. The ATP-ADP exchange activity appears to be greater than the ATP-P(i) exchange activity. The results suggest that the nonphosphorylated high-energy intermediate (X approximately C), and possibly the phosphorylated intermediate (X approximately P), are formed on the synthetase. Sites of uncoupler and oligomycin action reside in the terminal ATP synthetase.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗

ATP hydrolysis and synthesis by the membrane-bound ATP synthetase complex of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum.

The membrane-bound ATP synthetase complex of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum showed maximum activity for ATP hydrolysis at pH 8, at temperatures between 65 and 70 degrees C, and at an ATP-Mg2+ ratio of 0.5. Anaerobic conditions were not prerequisite for enzyme activity. The enzyme showed a Km value for ATP of 2 mM, and activity was Mg2+ dependent; Mn2+, Co2+, Ca2+, and Zn2+ could replace Mg2+ to some extent. Other nucleoside triphosphates could be hydrolyzed. N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide inhibited ATP hydrolysis. A proton-motive force, artificially imposed by a pH shift or valinomycin, resulted in ATP synthesis in whole cells. The ATP synthetase complex of the thermophilic methanogenic bacterium is similar to those described in aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms.

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Energy transduction in Escherichia coli: new mutation affecting the Fo portion of the ATP synthetase complex.

A mutation affecting the intrinsic membrane portion (BFo) of the ATP synthetase complex is described. The phenotype is different from previously reported BFo mutants. This mutation results in the ability of membranes lacking the extrinsic membrane portion (BF1) of the ATP synthetase complex to maintain a transmembrane pH gradient. Unlike other BFo mutants, this strain, NR71, is capable of utilizing ATP hydrolysis for the formation of a transmembrane pH gradient.

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Activity of ATP synthetase complex after low temperature treatment or freeze-drying of mitochondria isolated from skeletal muscles.

The influence of freezing, thawing, or freeze-drying on ATP synthetase complex of isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria was studied. Cooling to -60 or to -196 degrees C and rapid thawing did not change activity significantly. Slow warming stimulated the release of latent ATP-ase activity and decreased ATP synthesis. These changes were more pronounced after freeze-drying.

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Reconstitution of cytochrome f/b6 and CF0-CF1 ATP synthetase complexes into phospholipid and galactolipid liposomes.

Cytochrome f/b6 and ATP synthetase (CF0-CF1) complexes from spinach chloroplasts have been reconstituted into liposomes prepared from soybean phospholipids and purified spinach galactolipids. Freeze-fracture analysis revealed homogeneous populations of particles spanning the lipid bilayers with their elongated axes perpendicular to the membrane plane. The lipid composition of the liposomes had no effect on the size of the reconstituted complexes, the average diameter of cytochrome f/b6 complex measuring 8.5 nm, and of the CF0 base piece of the ATP synthetase, 9.5 nm. When reconstituted cytochrome f/b6 complexes were cross-linked by means of antibodies prepared against the whole complex, the thus aggregated particles formed either hexagonal or square arrays. In both instances the center-to-center spacing of the particles was 8.3 nm, thereby suggesting that this value could be closer to the real diameter of the complexes than the one obtained from measuring individual particles. Assuming an ellipsoidal shape for these particles, and using a measured height of 11 nm, a molecular weight of approximately 280,000 could be calculated for the reconstituted cytochrome f/b6 complex, consistent with a dimeric configuration. In many instances the crystalline sheets of antibody-aggregated cytochrome f/b6 complexes were found to be free in the buffer solution; apparently the antibody-induced strains caused the sheet-like aggregates to pop out of the liposomal membranes. Agglutination studies of inside-out and right-side-out thylakoid vesicles revealed the antigenic determinants of the cytochrome f and cytochrome b6 polypeptides to be exposed on the inner thylakoid surface and to be present in stacked and unstacked membrane regions. The molecular weight calculated from the size of freeze-fractured CF0 base pieces was over twice the value determined by x-ray scattering data. This discrepancy may be caused by significant lipid domains within the base piece, or by an unusual fracturing behavior of the base piece in reconstituted liposomes.

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[Synchronous (synphaseous) additive models for mitochondrial ATP synthetase complex and for other energy transducing systems of cells (a hypothesis)].

There exist some energy transducing enzymes containing immobile molecules of substrates which are not exchangeable during protein functioning. According to the proposed models the immobile substrates are localized at the "idle" (or "partial" or "imitational") catalytic sites, which differ from normal ("working") active sites of enzymes. Only some steps of a complete reaction sequence which take place at the "working" sites are carried out at the "idle" sites. On the other hand, cyclic conversion of the immobile substrate at an "idle" catalytic site may include some steps which are absent in the "working" site cycle. The occurrence of identical steps on the "idle" and "working" catalytic sites allows to synchronize their action through conformational interconversions of tightly packed and structurally related "idle" and "working" subunits of the enzyme. The presence of covaletly bound substrates or substrates localized in closed cavities of the "idle" sites allows to synchronize the action of many monomers containing such sites due to the absence of the rate-limiting step of simultaneous saturation of many catalytic sites by substrate molecules from solution, and due to the lack of substrate inhibition on the "idle" sites. The functions of the "idle" sites are miscellaneous e.g. in ion-transporting systems these sites are directly involved in ion translocation. In the actomyosin complex the "idle" sites imitate conformational alterations of "working" sites, thus allowing synchronous functioning of the polymeric structure. Variations in the number of the "idle" sites operating simultaneously with one "working" site allow to regulate some parameters of enzymatic processes, e.g. the stoichiometry (number of transported ions per ATP hydrolysed (or synthesised) or electron-transported, or hv-absorbed ones) for ion transported systems or the ratio (velocity of contraction to developed efforts) for the actomyosin complex.

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Characterization of a low molecular weight protein of the ATP synthetase complex from beef heart and rat liver mitochondria with a high affinity monoclonal antibody.

A monoclonal antibody raised against beef heart mitochondria elicited a strong reaction on Western Blot with a 16 kD protein in preparations of beef heart mitochondria, ammonia particles, oligomycin sensitive ATPase and Complex V, in addition to showing a lesser affinity for the partially purified 30 kD ADP/ATP carrier. The antibody also reacted with a 17 kD protein in rat liver mitochondria and an enriched membrane vesicle fraction. The N-terminal sequence of the first twenty amino acids of both the beef heart and rat liver proteins contained significant homology. Comparison with results in the literature indicate that the proteins represent the delta subunit of the ATP synthetase complex. Further evidence suggests that the epitope for the antibody may reside at the C-terminal 30-40 amino acid residues of both proteins.

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[Effect of magnesium ions on the inhibition of the mitochondrial ATPase (ATP-synthetase) complex by azide].

The effect of azide on the activity and phosphorylation of ATPase in rat liver mitochondria was studied. It was shown that in the absence of exogenous Mg2+ azide inhibits both the activity and phosphorylation of ATPase. In the presence of exogenous Mg2+ azide inhibits ATPase hydrolysis, but does not inhibit the enzyme phosphorylation. It is concluded that the one-sided effect of azide on the activity of the ATPase (ATP-synthetase) mitochondrial complex is realized by participation of Mg2+. It was found also that the inhibitory effect of azide depends on the exogenous Mg2+ concentration.

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Nuclear and mitochondrial revertants of a mitochondrial mutant with a defect in the ATP synthetase complex.

Yeast strain 990 carries a mutation mapping to the oli1 locus of the mitochondrial genome, the gene encoding ATPase subunit 9. DNA sequence analysis indicated a substitution of valine for alanine at residue 22 of the protein. The strain failed to grow on nonfermentable carbon sources such as glycerol at low temperature (20 degrees C). At 28 degrees C the strain grew on nonfermentable carbon sources and was resistant to the antibiotic oligomycin. ATPase activity in mitochondria isolated from 990 was reduced relative to the wild-type strain from which it was derived, but the residual activity was oligomycin resistant. Subunit 9 (the DCCD-binding proteolipid) from the mutant strain exhibited reduced mobility in SDS-polyacrylamide gels relative to the wild-type proteolipid. Ten revertant strains of 990 were analyzed. All restored the ability to grow on glycerol at 20 degrees C. Mitotic segregation data showed that eight of the ten revertants were attributable to mitochondrial genetic events and two were caused by nuclear events since they appeared to be recessive nuclear suppressors. These nuclear mutations retained partial resistance to oligomycin and did not alter the electrophoretic behavior of subunit 9 or any other ATPase subunit. When mitochondrial DNA from each of the revertant strains was hybridized with an oligonucleotide probe covering the oli1 mutation, seven of the mitochondrial revertants were found to be true revertants and one a second mutation at the site of the original 990 mutation. The oli1 gene from this strain contained a substitution of glycine for valine at residue 22. The proteolipid isolated from this strain had increased electrophoretic mobility relative to the wild-type proteolipid.

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A new member of a family of ATPases is essential for assembly of mitochondrial respiratory chain and ATP synthetase complexes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Respiration-defective pet mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, assigned to complementation group G25, are grossly deficient in mitochondrial respiratory and ATPase complexes. This phenotype is usually found in strains impaired in mitochondrial protein synthesis. The G25 mutants, however, synthesize all of the proteins encoded by mitochondrial DNA. The mutants are also able to import and process cytoplasmically derived subunits of these enzymes. These results are most compatible with the idea that the gene defined by G25 mutants (RCA1) codes for a protein essential for the assembly of functional respiratory and ATPase complexes. The RCA1 gene has been cloned by complementation of an rca1 mutant with a yeast genomic library. The sequence of the encoded product shows Rca1 protein to be a new member of a recently described family of ATPases. The Rca1 protein is a mitochondrial membrane protein and is the third known member of this family implicated to function in the biogenesis of mitochondria. The primary structure of Rca1 protein indicates several distinct domains in addition to the common purine nucleotide binding region shared by all members of this protein family. One, located in the amino-terminal half, contains two hydrophobic stretches of sufficient length to span a membrane lipid bilayer.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

The crystal structure of asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase from Thermus thermophilus and its complexes with ATP and asparaginyl-adenylate: the mechanism of discrimination between asparagine and aspartic acid.

The crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase has been solved by multiple isomorphous replacement and refined at 2.6 A resolution. This is the last of the three class IIb aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase structures to be determined. As expected from primary sequence comparisons, there are remarkable similarities between the tertiary structures of asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase and aspartyl-tRNA synthetase, and most of the active site residues are identical except for three key differences. The structure at 2.65 A of asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase complexed with a non-hydrolysable analogue of asparaginyl-adenylate permits a detailed explanation of how these three differences allow each enzyme to discriminate between their respective and very similar amino acid substrates, asparagine and aspartic acid. In addition, a structure of the complex of asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase with ATP shows exactly the same configuration of three divalent cations as previously observed in the seryl-tRNA synthetase-ATP complex, showing that this a general feature of class II synthetases. The structural similarity of asparaginyl- and aspartyl-tRNA synthetases as well as that of both enzymes to the ammonia-dependent asparagine synthetase suggests that these three enzymes have evolved relatively recently from a common ancestor.

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Control of adenine nucleotide metabolism in hepatic mitochondria from rats with ethanol-induced fatty liver.

Male rats developed fatty liver after being fed on an ethanol-containing diet for 31 days. Liver mitochondria from these animals catalysed ATP synthesis at a slower rate when compared with mitochondria from pair-fed control rats (control mitochondria), and demonstrated lowered respiratory control with succinate as substrate, owing to a decrease in the State-3 respiratory rate. Respiration in the presence of uncoupler was comparable in mitochondria from both groups of rats. Translocation of both ATP and ADP was decreased in mitochondria from ethanol-fed rats, with ADP uptake being lowered more dramatically by ethanol feeding. Parameters influencing adenine nucleotide translocation were investigated in mitochondria from ethanol-fed rats. Experiments performed suggested that lowered adenine nucleotide translocation in these mitochondria is not the result of inhibition of the translocase by either long-chain acyl-CoA derivatives or unesterified fatty acids. Analysis of endogenous adenine nucleotides in these mitochondria revealed lowered ATP concentrations, but no decrease in total adenine nucleotides. In experiments where the endogenous ATP in these mitochondria was shifted to higher concentrations by incubation with oxidizable substrates or defatted bovine serum albumin, the rate of ADP translocation was increased, with a linear correlation being observed between endogenous ATP concentrations and the rate of ADP translocation. The depressed ATP concentration in mitochondria from ethanol-fed rats suggests that the ATP synthetase complex is replenishing endogenous ATP at a slower rate. The lowered ATPase activity of the ATP synthetase observed in submitochondrial particles from ethanol-fed animals suggests a decrease in the function of the synthetase complex. A decrease in the rate of ATP synthesis in mitochondria from ethanol-fed rats is sufficient to explain the decreased ADP translocation and State-3 respiration.

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Correlation of structure and function of chloroplast membranes at the supramolecular level.

Freeze-fracture electron microscopy has revealed that different size classes of intramembrane particles of chloroplast membranes are nonrandomly distributed between appressed grana and nonappressed stroma membrane regions. It is now generally assumed that thylakoid membranes contain five major functional complexes, each of which can give rise to an intramembrane particle of a defined size. These are the photosystem II complex, the photosystem I complex, the cytochrome f/b6 complex, the chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complex, and the CF0 -CF1 ATP synthetase complex. By mapping the distribution of the different categories of intramembrane particles, information on the lateral organization of functional membrane units of thylakoid membranes can be determined. In this review, we present a brief summary of the evidence supporting the correlation of specific categories of intramembrane particles with known biochemical entities. In addition, we discuss studies showing that ions and phosphorylation of the membrane adhesion factor, the chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complex, can affect the lateral organization of chloroplast membrane components and thereby regulate membrane function.

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