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Energy coupling factor as target of colicin K: characterization of a colicin K-insensitive ecf mutant of Escherichia coli.

We isolated a colicin K-insensitive energy uncoupled mutant of Escherichia coli. This mutant was presumed to be an ecf mutant as evidenced by its similarity to a known ecf mutant (M. A. Lieberman and J.-S. Hong, 1974) with respect to the mutational site, reversion pattern, and defects in transport and growth. The mutation conferring the colicin K-insensitivity resided in the ecf gene as the majority of the secondary mutations overcoming the ecf phenotype reverted the colicin K-insensitive phenotype to colicin K-sensitive. The insensitivity of the mutant to colicin K was not due to either a defect in adsorption or to a lack of the energized membrane state. The defect was most probably due to the inability of colicin K molecules to interact with their target. Our previous studies concerning the role of the ecf gene product in energy coupling to active transport and oxidative phosphorylation support the contention that the ECF protein is itself the direct target of colicin K.

Bacterial Proteins↗

Purification and properties of the latent F1-APTase of Micrococcus lysodeikticus.

The latent coupling factor (F1)-ATPase of Micrococcus lysodeikticus has been purified to homogeneity as determined by a number of criteria including, nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, crossed immunoelectrophoresis and analytical ultracentrifugation. By inclusion of 1 mM phenylmethyl sulfonyl fluoride, a serine protease inhibitor, in the shock-wash step of release of F1 from the membranes, the spontaneous activation of both crude and purified ATPase by endogenous membrane protease(s) can be prevented, thereby yielding a highly latent ATPase preparation. Equilibrium ultracentrifugation of the latent ATPase gave a molecular weight of 400 000. The ATPase contained five different subunits alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and espsilon and their molecular weights determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis were 60 000, 54 000, 37 000, 27 000 and 9000, respectively. The subunit composition was determined with 14C-labelled, F1-ATPase prepared from cells grown on medium containing [U-14C]-labelled algal protein hydrolysate. Within the limitations of this method the results tentatively suggest a subunit composition of 3 : 3 : 1 : 1 : 3.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Purification and properties of reconstitutively active and inactive adenosinetriphosphatase from Escherichia coli.

The Mg(2+)- and Ca(2+)-stimulated ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3; ATP phosphohydrolase) (bacterial coupling factor) was purified from two strains of E. coli by two different procedures: (a) method of Nelson, Kanner, and Gutnick [Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA (1974) 71, 2720-2724] and (b) a modified procedure described in this paper. The ATPase purified from E. coli K12 (lambda) by the first procedure had 4 subunits (alpha, beta, gamma, and epsilon). It did not bind to a deficient membrane, nor did it reconstitute ATP-driven transhydrogenase activity. Our modified procedure (b) yielded 5 subunits (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon). This ATPase could bind to a deficient membrane and reconstitute ATP-driven transhydrogenase. This finding suggests that the delta subunit is required for the reaction with the membrane. The molecular weight of the 4-subunit ATPase was significantly lower than that of the 5-subunit ATPase, as judged by equilibrium centrifugation. The specific ATPase activities of both preparations were about the same. These two procedures were also applied to E. coli ML308-225.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Amino acid sequence of bovine heart coupling factor 6.

The amino acid sequence of bovine heart mitochondrial coupling factor 6 (F6) has been determined by automated Edman degradation of the whole protein and derived peptides. Preparations based on heat precipitation and ethanol extraction showed allotypic variation at three positions while material further purified by HPLC yielded only one sequence that also differed by a Phe-Thr replacement at residue 62. The mature protein contains 76 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 9006 and a pI of approximately equal to 5, in good agreement with experimentally measured values. The charged amino acids are mainly clustered at the termini and in one section in the middle; these three polar segments are separated by two segments relatively rich in nonpolar residues. Chou-Fasman analysis suggests three stretches of alpha-helix coinciding (or within) the high-charge-density sequences with a single beta-turn at the first polar-nonpolar junction. Comparison of the F6 sequence with those of other proteins did not reveal any homologous structures.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Interactions of inorganic phosphate with spinach coupling factor 1. Effects on ATPase and ADP binding activities.

Illumination of chloroplast thylakoid membranes results in both the release of adenine nucleotides from the tight nucleotide binding site(s) on chloroplast coupling factor 1 (CF1) and the activation of a light-triggered ATPase activity of CF1. Because inorganic phosphate stabilizes the light-triggered ATPase activity of CF1 in the dark, the effects of Pi on the rebinding of ADP to CF1 and on the light-triggered ATPase activity have been studied. Pi appears to be a partial noncompetitive inhibitor, with respect to ADP, of adenine nucleotide binding to the tight nucleotide binding site(s) on CF1 and induces negative cooperativity. The latter result suggests the existence of heterogeneous ADP binding sites in the presence of Pi. However, even under conditions where Pi causes a 50% reduction of tightly bound ADP, the ADP-induced dark decay of the ATPase activity is still complete. It was found that Pi inhibition of the light-induced dark binding of ADP can be reversed by the removal of the Pi. Removal of Pi also induces a small but significant ATPase activity. A model for the roles of the adenine nucleotide tight binding site(s) and Pi in the modulation of the spinach CF1 ATPase activity is proposed.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗

Chloroplast membranes and coupling factor conformations.

The demonstrated role of proton translocation and resulting electrochemical activity gradients (protonmotive force) in ATP synthesis by chloroplasts is noted. Evidence for the participation of conformational changes in the terminal ATPase (coupling factor, or CF1) is reviewed. Hydrogen exchange into ordinarily cyptic groups of the molecule occurs only when the subtending membranes are put under the stress of a protonmotive force. Since up to 100 hydrogen atoms per mole are involved in the energy-dependent exchange the conformational change permitting tham access to the medium must be a major one. Chemical reagents are beginning to be used to attack groups on CF1 that are exposed only when the membranes are energized. N-ethylmaleimide binds covalently, sulfate causes as yet unspecified damage, and permanganate leads to oxidative damage to CF1 under energized conditions. The last two reagents are analogues of phosphate, and ADP must be added for them to inhibit. On the basis of this and other differences between the conditions needed for inhibition by permanganate or sulfate, and that by N-ethylmaleimide or the hydrogen exchange, a somewhat complex scheme involving several successive or alternative conformations of CF1 can be postulated. Questions are raised as to the way in which a conformational change in a bound protein could be caused by a proton activity gradient across its supporting membrane, and as to whether the altered conformations might constitute a part of the energy transformations leading to ATP synthesis.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Troglitazone and 15-deoxy-delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J2 inhibit shear-induced coupling factor 6 release in endothelial cells.

OBJECTIVE: We previously showed that mitochondrial coupling factor 6 (CF6), an endogenous inhibitor of prostacyclin synthesis and a vasoconstrictor, is present on the surface of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and is released outside of the cells by shear stress. We investigated the intracellular signaling mechanism for shear-induced release of CF6 in HUVEC and the effects of troglitazone and 15-deoxy-delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J2 (15d-PGJ2), both peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma ligands, on it. METHODS AND RESULTS: The release and gene expression of CF6 in HUVEC were enhanced by shear stress at 25 dyn/cm2, measured by radioimmunoassay and real-time RT-PCR, respectively. The intracellular content of CF6 was decreased after exposure to shear stress at 25 dyn/cm2. Transfection experiments with deletional and mutational CF6 promoter constructs, and with dominant negative mutant IkappaB kinase alpha (K44M) demonstrated that shear-induced CF6 transcription was dependent on nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) activation. Pretreatment with troglitazone or 15d-PGJ2 inhibited the shear-induced release and gene expression of CF6, whereas fenofibric acid, a PPAR-alpha ligand, had no influence on them. Western blot and immunostaining showed that troglitazone and 15d-PGJ2 inhibited the shear-induced, reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated activation of NF-kappaB at the level of IkappaB protein. CONCLUSIONS: The shear-induced gene expression and release of CF6 in HUVEC are mediated by the ROS-related activation of NF-kappaB signaling pathway. Troglitazone and 15d-PGJ2 inhibit them at the IkappaB protein level.

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Subunit interaction in the mitochondrial H+-translocating ATPase. The role of oligomycin sensitivity conferral protein and coupling factor 6 in ATPase binding and Pi-ATP exchange in mitochondrial membranes.

Oligomycin sensitivity conferral protein, in the absence of coupling factor 6 (F6), is able to bind the ATPase to mitochondrial membranes with an apparent association constant of 10(6) M-1. The F6-dependent ATPase binding has an apparent association constant 1 to 2 orders of magnitude lower than that obtained with oligomycin sensitivity conferral protein. The oligomycin sensitivity conferral protein-dependent, membrane-bound ATPase activity is sensitive to rutamycin while the F6-dependent, membrane-bound ATPase activity is insensitive to rutamycin. F1-ATPase and Type II ATPase require F6 in addition to oligomycin sensitivity conferral protein and FB to reconstitute 32Pi-ATP exchange activity in silicotungstic acid particles. This F6 requirement for the 32Pi-ATP exchange is not related to the F6 effect on the ATPase binding. The Type I ATPase and therefore the 26,500-dalton subunit associated with it requires F6 and FB to reconstitute 32Pi-ATP exchange activity in silicotungstic acid particles. Oligomycin sensitivity conferral protein can be interchanged with the 26,500-dalton ATPase binding protein in the binding of the ATPase and the 32Pi-ATP exchange.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Energy-dependent exchange of adenine nucleotides on chloroplast coupling factor (CF1).

1. [14C]ADP is incorporated into washed broken chloroplasts in the light. The bound labelled nucleotides which cannot be removed by washing are almost exclusively related to coupling factor CF1. [14C]ADP binding exhibits a monophasic concentration curve with a Km of 2 micronM. 2. By illumination of the chloroplasts, previously incorporated labelled nucleotides are released. A fast release is obtained in the presence of unlabelled ADP and ATP, indicating an energy-dependent exchange. A slow and incomplete release is induced by light in the absence of unlabelled adenine nucleotides. Obviously, under those conditions, an adenine nucleotide depleted CF1 conformation is established. 3. Re-binding of [14C]ADP by depleted membranes is an energy-independent process. Even after solubilization of adenylate-depleted CF1, [14C]ADP is incorporated into the protein. By re-binding of ADP in the dark, CF1 is converted to a non-exchangeable form. 4. Energy-dependent adenine nucleotide exchange on CF1 is suggested to include three different conformational states of the enzyme: (1) a stable, non-exchangeable form which contains firmly bound nucleotides, is converted to (2), an unstable form containing loosely bound adenine nucleotides. This conformation allows adenylate exchange; it is in equilibrium with (3) a metastable, adenylate-depleted form. The transition from state (1) to state (2) is the energy-requiring step.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗

Thiols in oxidative phosphorylation: inhibition and energy-potentiated uncoupling by monothiol and dithiol modifiers.

Three apparently different modifications of submitochondrial particles (SMP) or ATP synthase preparations (complex V) inhibit oxidative phosphorylation and ATP-32Pi exchange activities, all of which are reversible by addition of mono- or dithiols. (a) Triphenyltin chloride inhibits ATP synthesis and hydrolysis without uncoupling. The inhibition by triphenyltin chloride is reversible by addition of beta-mercaptoethanol, dithiothreitol, or dihydrolipoamide. (b) Factor B is a water-soluble protein of Mr (11-12) X 10(3), contains a vicinal dithiol, and is required for energy transfer to and from F1-ATPase when tested with SMP-rendered factor B deficient by extraction with ammonia-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) (AE-SMP). Treatment of factor B with mono- and dithiol modifiers, such as p-(chloromercuri)benzenesulfonate (PCMPS), Cd2+, or diazenedicarboxylic acid bis(dimethylamide) (diamide), inhibits factor B. This inhibition is reversed by addition to modified factor B of appropriate mono- and dithiol compounds. Preparations of AE-SMP are partially F1 deficient and partially uncoupled. The uncoupling can be repaired completely by addition of factor B or low levels of oligomycin, or to a large extent by addition of F1-ATPase + oligomycin sensitivity conferring protein. (c) SMP, AE-SMP, and complex V can be completely uncoupled by treatment at 30 degrees C with phenylarsine oxide, Cd2+, diamide, PCMPS, monobromobimane, and mono- and bifunctional maleimides. The uncoupling by these reagents is potentiated by membrane energization. Uncoupling by diamide is greater than or equal to 80% reversed by dihydrolipoamide or beta-mercaptoethanol, the former being much more potent. Dithiothreitol and dithioerythritol are poorly effective.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Animals↗

Isolation, purification, and characterization of coupling factor 1 from Chlamydomonas reinhardi.

Chloroplast thylakoid particles were prepared from wild-type Chlamydomonas reinhardi by gentle sonication. These particles catalyzed phenazine methosulfate dependent photophosphorylation with rates ranging from 300 to 700 mumol of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) formed (mg of chlorophyll)-1h-1. Photophosphorylation was not sensitive to tentoxin but was sensitive to an anticoupling factor 1 (CF1) antiserum preparation made against spinach CF1. The C. reinhardi chloroplast CF1 was isolated from thylakoid particles by either chloroform or ethylenediaminetraacetic acid extraction. The former enzyme appeared to be missing the gamma subunit and did not reconstitute with partially resolved thylakoid particles. The latter enzyme reconstituted with partially resolved particles and had a specific activity at 37 degrees C of 2-5 umol of ATP hydrolyzed (mg of protein)-1 min-1. The enzyme utilized both MnATP and MgATP. CaATP was a poor substrate, and SrATP was not hydrolyzed. The enzyme was not activated by heat or proteolysis but was stimulated approximately 2-fold by 50 mM dithiothreitol. Alcohols reversibly stimulated the ATPase activity of the enzyme 5-25-fold. Ethanol, 20%, dramatically lowered the temperature optimum from approximately 75 to approximately 45 degrees C and slightly lowered the pH optimum from 8.5 to 8.2. Ethanol had no effect on the activation energy of the ATPase reaction (17 +/- 1.7 kcal/mol). The kinetics of the ATPase reaction catalyzed by the C. reinhardi enzyme are complex. Both free divalent cations and divalent cation ATP inhibited the activity of the enzyme. The apparent Km for MgTAP (55 uM free Mg2+) was approximately 0.2 mM.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

On the functional role of coupling factor B in the mitochondrial H+ -ATPase.

Evidence for the presence of a functionally important vicinal dithiol in mitochondrial coupling factor B (FB) has been presented earlier (Sanadi, D. R. (1982) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 683, 39-56). FB was completely inactivated by 38 micron of copper o-phenanthroline or 0.63 mM iodosobenzoate, and the kinetics were consistent with intramolecular disulfide formation as were polyacrylamide gel patterns which showed that FB which had been treated with copper o-phenanthroline had a different mobility from that of untreated FB. ATP-Pi exchange activity and ATP-induced binding of bis[3-propyl-5-oxoisoxazol-4-yl]pentamethine oxonol (oxonol VI) to H+ -ATPase were also inhibited by the thiol oxidizing reagents, although oligomycin-sensitive ATPase activity was unaffected. F0 isolated from H+ -ATPase rebinds purified F1 with the restoration of ATP-induced oxonol-binding activity. Prior treatment of F0 (but not of F1) with copper o-phenanthroline abolished the oxonol-binding activity of reconstituted F0-F1. 115Cd binds tightly to H+ -ATPase and the bound protein can be recovered by gel electrophoresis in phosphate buffer in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate at a position corresponding to FB. Prior treatment of the H+ -ATPase with copper o-phenanthroline abolished 115Cd binding. The results indicate that the major effect of these inhibitors is on FB dithiol and leave little doubt that Cd2+ is indeed bound to a vicinal dithiol group.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

F1-ATPase from different submitochondrial particles.

1. F1-ATPase has been extracted by the diphosphatidylglycerol procedure from mitochondrial ATPase complexes that differ in ATPase activity, cold stability, ATPase inhibitor and magnesium content. 2. The ATPase activity of the isolated enzymes was dependent upon the activity of the original particles. In this respect, F1-ATPase extracted from submitochondrial particles prepared in ammonia (pH 9.2) and filtered through Sephadex G-50 was comparable to the enzyme purified by conventional procedures (Horstman, L.L. and Racker, E. (1970) J. Biol. Chem. 245, 1336--1344), whereas F1-ATPase extracted from submitochondrial particles prepared in the presence of magnesium and ATP at neutral pH was similar to factor A (Andreoli, T.E., Lam, K.W. and Sanadi, D.R. (1965) J. Biol. Chem. 240, 2644--2653). 3. No systematic relationship has been found in these F1-ATPase preparations between their ATPase inhibitor content and ATPase activity. Rather, a relationship has been observed between this activity and the efficiency of the ATPase inhibitor-F1-ATPase association within the membrane. 4. It is concluded that the ATPase activity of isolated F1-ATPase reflects the properties of original ATPase complex provided a rapid and not denaturing procedure of isolation is employed.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Effect of proteolytic digestion on the Ca2+-ATPase activity and subunits of latent and thiol-activated chloroplast coupling factor 1.

The activation by proteases of the Ca2+-dependent ATPase of chloroplast coupling factor 1 (CF1) has been investigated. Using low concentrations of papain and trypsin, the increase in ATPase activity and the degradation of the five subunits of CF1 were compared. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis of protease-treated CF1 revealed that the delta subunit was very rapidly degraded and that the alpha and beta subunits were clipped. The gamma and epsilon subunits were more resistant to digestion. The modification of the alpha subunit of latent CF1 most closely correlated with the activation of Ca2+-ATPase activity. Trypsin treatment of dithiothreitol-activated CF1 resulted in a very rapid increase in Ca2+-ATPase activity and a corresponding rapid cleavage of the gamma subunit to a 25,000-dalton species. With more prolonged treatment, the 25,000-dalton species was cleaved to fragments of 14,000 and 11,000-daltons. Dithiothreitol treatment did not alter the rate of attack on the other subunits. The gamma subunit of heat-activated CF1 was also more susceptible to protease digestion. The increased protease sensitivity of the gamma subunit of soluble CF1 after treatment with dithiothreitol or heat mimics the increased protease sensitivity of the gamma subunit of bound CF1 when thylakoids are treated with trypsin during illumination (Moroney, J. V., and McCarty, R. E. (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 257, 5915-5920). These results suggest that the conformational changes that occur when purified CF1 is exposed to dithiothreitol are similar to those that CF1 bound to thylakoid membranes undergoes under illumination.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

[Effect of redox and chelating agents on the properties of chloroplast ATPase].

The effect of redox and chelating reagents on the ATPase and ATP-synthetase activity in chloroplast membranes as well as the ATPase activity of isolated CF1-coupling factor from chloroplasts has been studied. The Mg2+-ATPase in thylakoid membranes and isolated Ca2+-ATPase is stimulated by dithionite. In the presence of reduced glutathione the effect of dithionite is similar to those of prolonged illumination or heating. Dichlorophenolindophenol partially inhibits this activity as well as citrate, tenoyltrifluoroacetone and the excess fo ATP. Photophosphorylation in chloroplast lamellae is inhibited with dithionite. It is suggested that the membrane bound ATPase from chloroplasts may be in two structural states which differ in their enzymic activity and in the coupling to electron transfer in membrane. The transitions between these states can be induced by redox reagents.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Isolation and purification of an active gamma-subunit of the F0.F1-ATP synthase from chromatophore membranes of Rhodospirillum rubrum. The role of gamma in ATP synthesis and hydrolysis as compared to proton translocation.

We have earlier shown that extraction of Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores with LiCl removed completely the beta-subunit of their coupling factor ATPase complex leaving the other four subunits attached to the membrane (Philosoph, S., Binder, A., and Gromet-Elhanan, Z. (1977) J. Biol. Chem. 252, 8747-8752). Further treatment of these beta-less chromatophores with LiBr, under the described optimal conditions, resulted in specific removal of one additional subunit, the gamma-subunit, and both subunits were purified to homogeneity. The beta, gamma-less chromatophores as well as the beta-less ones lost their ATP-linked activities, but retained their light-induced proton uptake, resulting in the formation of an electrochemical gradient of protons composed of both a pH gradient and a membrane potential. These results indicate that the removed beta and gamma subunits cannot be an integral part of an H+ gate in the R. rubrum chromatophore membrane. Each of the removed subunits could bind to the beta, gamma-less chromatophores, but such separate reconstitution of either beta or gamma alone did not lead to restoration of any ATP-linked activity. ATP synthesis and hydrolysis could be restored to the same extent to these chromatophores by their reconstitution with both beta and gamma. It is thus concluded that the presence of both subunits is required for ATP synthesis as well as hydrolysis by the R. rubrum F0.F1 complex. The identical degree of elimination and restoration of ATP synthesis and hydrolysis upon removal and reconstitution of beta and gamma indicates that in R. rubrum at least, there seems to be no reason for suggesting the operation of different catalytic sites for the two activities.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Tumor necrosis factor alpha as an endogenous stimulator for circulating coupling factor 6.

OBJECTIVE: We recently showed that mitochondrial coupling factor 6 (CF6) is present as a pressor substance and a prostacyclin inhibitor in systemic circulation. However, the regulation mechanism for circulating CF6 is unknown. We investigated the role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in the generation and release of CF6. METHODS AND RESULTS: We used two kinds of cells, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and ECV-304. The concentration of CF6 in the medium increased with time in both ECV-304 and HUVEC. Treatment of ECV-304 and HUVEC with TNF-alpha enhanced the release of CF6 in a dose-dependent manner concomitantly with the decrease in CF6 content in the mitochondria at 24 h. The released CF6 was characterized to be an active full-length peptide by Western blot. The ratio of CF6 to GAPDH mRNA, measured by real-time polymerase chain reaction, was 1.7 fold increased at 1 h after exposure to TNF-alpha in ECV-304 and HUVEC. This enhanced gene expression and release was blocked or suppressed by 70% by stable transfection of dominant negative mutant I kappa B kinase alpha whose efficacy was confirmed by blockade of translocation of NF-kappa B p65 protein and of degradation of I kappa B alpha protein. Flow cytometry analysis revealed that the cell surface-associated CF6 was significantly increased at 24 h after TNF-alpha in a dose-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS: TNF-alpha stimulates the gene expression of CF6 via activation of NF-kappa B signaling pathway, and promotes the release of CF6 from ECV-304 and HUVEC.

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Bovine heart mitochondrial F6: HPLC purification, NH2-terminal sequence and the possible structural relatedness to other components of ATPase complexes.

The mitochondrial factor F6 has been purified by reverse-phase HPLC and the molecular weight (8500), amino acid composition and about 25% of the amino acid sequence determined. In the NH2-terminal sequence of the first 18 amino acids (NKELDPVQKLFVDKIREY), six identities with the NH2-terminal sequence of the oligomycin-sensitivity conferring protein (OSCP) are apparent, as well as less striking similarities with the OSCP related subunit delta of E. coli F1. The possibility that F6, OSCP and subunit delta of E. coli F1 could have evolved from a common ancestral gene is supported by apparent gene duplication within the OSCP and subunit delta sequences.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗