All three subunits are required for the reconstitution of an active proton channel (F0) of Escherichia coli ATP synthase (F1F0).
The membrane-integrated, proton-translocating F0 portion of the ATP synthase (F1F0) from Escherichia coli is built up from three kinds of subunits a, b and c with the proposed stoichiometry of 1:2:10 +/- 1. We have dissociated the F0 complex by treatment with trichloroacetate (3 M) at pH 8.0, in the presence of deoxycholate (1%) and N-tetradecyl-N, N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate (Zwittergent 3-14, 5%). The subunits were separated by gel filtration with trichloroacetate (1 M) included in the elution buffer. The homogeneity of the fractions was checked by rechromatography and SDS-gel electrophoresis. After integration into phospholipid vesicles each subunit alone as well as all possible combinations were tested for H+ translocating activity and binding of F1. A functional H+ channel could only be reconstituted by the combination a1b2c10 which corresponds to that of native F0.
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D003902:Detergents; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D007473:Ion Channels; D008081:Liposomes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D011522:Protons; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D003902:Detergents; D007473:Ion Channels; D008081:Liposomes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011522:Protons; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases