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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 278, Issue 43, Pages 41908-41913Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M308026200
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 34928] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM034478, R37 GM034478, GM 34478] Funding Source: Medline
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Proton translocation by the vacuolar (H+)-ATPase (or V-ATPase) has been shown by mutagenesis to be dependent upon charged residues present within transmembrane segments of subunit a as well as the three proteolipid subunits (c, c', and c). Interaction between R735 in TM7 of subunit a and the glutamic acid residue in the middle of TM4 of subunits c and c' or TM2 of subunit c has been proposed to be essential for proton release to the luminal compartment. In order to determine whether the helical face of TM7 of subunit a containing R735 is capable of interacting with the helical face of TM4 of subunit c' containing the essential glutamic acid residue (Glu-145), cysteine-mediated crosslinking between these subunits in yeast has been performed. Cys-less forms of subunits a and c' as well as forms containing unique cysteine residues were constructed, introduced together into a strain disrupted in both endogenous subunits, and tested for growth at neutral pH, for assembly competence and for cross-linking in the presence of cupric-phenanthroline by SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis. Four different cysteine mutants of subunit a were each tested pairwise with ten different unique cysteine mutants of subunit c'. Strong cross-linking was observed for the pairs aS728C/c'I142C, aA731C/c'E145C, aA738C/c'F143C, aA738C/c'L147C, and aL739C/c'L147C. Partial cross-linking was observed for an additional 13 of 40 pairs analyzed. When arrayed on a helical wheel diagram, the results suggest that the helical face of TM7 of subunit a containing Arg-735 interacts with the helical face of TM4 of subunit c' centered on Val-146 and bounded by Glu-145 and Leu-147. The results are consistent with a possible rotational flexibility of one or both of these transmembrane segments as well as some flexibility of movement perpendicular to the membrane.
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