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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 283, Issue 18, Pages 12365-12372Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M800901200
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM23105] Funding Source: Medline
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Rotary catalysis in F1F0 ATP synthase is powered by proton translocation through the membrane-embedded F-0 sector. Proton binding and release occurs in the middle of the membrane at Asp-61 on transmembrane helix 2 of subunit c. Previously, the reactivity of cysteines substituted into F0 subunit a revealed two regions of aqueous access, one extending from the periplasm to the middle of the membrane and a second extending from the middle of the membrane to the cytoplasm. To further characterize aqueous accessibility at the subunit a-c interface, we have substituted Cys for residues on the cytoplasmic side of transmembrane helix 2 of subunit c and probed the accessibility to these substituted positions using thiolate-reactive reagents. The Cys substitutions tested were uniformly inhibited by Ag+ treatment, which suggested widespread aqueous access to this generally hydrophobic region. Sensitivity to N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) and methanethiosulfonate reagents was localized to a membrane-embedded pocket surrounding Asp-61. The cG58C substitution was profoundly inhibited by all the reagents tested, including membrane impermeant methanethiosulfonate reagents. Further studies of the highly reactive cG58C substitution revealed that NEM modification of a single c subunit in the oligomeric c-ring was sufficient to cause complete inhibition. In addition, NEMmodification of subunit c was dependent upon the presence of subunit a. The results described here provide further evidence for an aqueous-accessible region at the interface of subunits a and c extending from the middle of the membrane to the cytoplasm.
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