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The Torque of Rotary F-ATPase Can Unfold Subunit Gamma If Rotor and Stator Are Cross-Linked

During ATP hydrolysis by F(1)-ATPase subunit γ rotates in a hydrophobic bearing, formed by the N-terminal ends of the stator subunits (αβ)(3). If the penultimate residue at the α-helical C-terminal end of subunit γ is artificially cross-linked (via an engineered disulfide bridge) with the bearing, t...

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Autores principales: Hilbers, Florian, Junge, Wolfgang, Sielaff, Hendrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23301103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053754
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Junge, Wolfgang
Sielaff, Hendrik
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description During ATP hydrolysis by F(1)-ATPase subunit γ rotates in a hydrophobic bearing, formed by the N-terminal ends of the stator subunits (αβ)(3). If the penultimate residue at the α-helical C-terminal end of subunit γ is artificially cross-linked (via an engineered disulfide bridge) with the bearing, the rotary function of F(1) persists. This observation has been tentatively interpreted by the unfolding of the α-helix and swiveling rotation in some dihedral angles between lower residues. Here, we screened the domain between rotor and bearing where an artificial disulfide bridge did not impair the rotary ATPase activity. We newly engineered three mutants with double cysteines farther away from the C-terminus of subunit γ, while the results of three further mutants were published before. We found ATPase and rotary activity for mutants with cross-links in the single α-helical, C-terminal portion of subunit γ (from γ285 to γ276 in E. coli), and virtually no activity when the cross-link was placed farther down, where the C-terminal α-helix meets its N-terminal counterpart to form a supposedly stable coiled coil. In conclusion, only the C-terminal singular α-helix is prone to unwinding and can form a swivel joint, whereas the coiled coil portion seems to resist the enzyme's torque.
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spelling pubmed-35366502013-01-08 The Torque of Rotary F-ATPase Can Unfold Subunit Gamma If Rotor and Stator Are Cross-Linked Hilbers, Florian Junge, Wolfgang Sielaff, Hendrik PLoS One Research Article During ATP hydrolysis by F(1)-ATPase subunit γ rotates in a hydrophobic bearing, formed by the N-terminal ends of the stator subunits (αβ)(3). If the penultimate residue at the α-helical C-terminal end of subunit γ is artificially cross-linked (via an engineered disulfide bridge) with the bearing, the rotary function of F(1) persists. This observation has been tentatively interpreted by the unfolding of the α-helix and swiveling rotation in some dihedral angles between lower residues. Here, we screened the domain between rotor and bearing where an artificial disulfide bridge did not impair the rotary ATPase activity. We newly engineered three mutants with double cysteines farther away from the C-terminus of subunit γ, while the results of three further mutants were published before. We found ATPase and rotary activity for mutants with cross-links in the single α-helical, C-terminal portion of subunit γ (from γ285 to γ276 in E. coli), and virtually no activity when the cross-link was placed farther down, where the C-terminal α-helix meets its N-terminal counterpart to form a supposedly stable coiled coil. In conclusion, only the C-terminal singular α-helix is prone to unwinding and can form a swivel joint, whereas the coiled coil portion seems to resist the enzyme's torque. Public Library of Science 2013-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3536650/ /pubmed/23301103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053754 Text en © 2013 Hilbers et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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The Torque of Rotary F-ATPase Can Unfold Subunit Gamma If Rotor and Stator Are Cross-Linked
title The Torque of Rotary F-ATPase Can Unfold Subunit Gamma If Rotor and Stator Are Cross-Linked
title_full The Torque of Rotary F-ATPase Can Unfold Subunit Gamma If Rotor and Stator Are Cross-Linked
title_fullStr The Torque of Rotary F-ATPase Can Unfold Subunit Gamma If Rotor and Stator Are Cross-Linked
title_full_unstemmed The Torque of Rotary F-ATPase Can Unfold Subunit Gamma If Rotor and Stator Are Cross-Linked
title_short The Torque of Rotary F-ATPase Can Unfold Subunit Gamma If Rotor and Stator Are Cross-Linked
title_sort torque of rotary f-atpase can unfold subunit gamma if rotor and stator are cross-linked
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23301103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053754
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