title: Correspondence of minor subunits of plant mitochondrial F1ATPase to F1F0ATPase subunits of other organisms.
abstract: In addition to two major alpha- and beta-subunits, the soluble oligomycin-insensitive F1ATPase purified from sweet potato root mitochondria contains four different minor subunits of gamma (Mr = 35,500), delta (Mr = 27,000), delta' (Mr = 23,000), and epsilon (Mr = 12,000) (Iwasaki, Y., and Asashi, T. (1983) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 227, 164-173). Among these minor subunits, the delta-subunit specifically cross-reacted with an antibody against the delta-subunit of maize mitochondrial F1 which contains only three minor gamma-, delta- and epsilon-subunits like F1ATPases from other organisms, indicating that the delta'-subunit is an extra subunit of sweet potato F1 which is absent in the maize F1. All of the four minor subunits of sweet potato F1 were purified and their N-terminal amino acid sequences of 30-36 residues were determined. The N-terminal sequence of gamma-subunit was homologous to those of the gamma-subunits of bacterial F1 and mammalian mitochondrial F1. The N-terminal sequence of the delta-subunit was homologous to those of the delta-subunits of bacterial F1, chloroplast CF1, and oligomycin sensitivity conferring protein of bovine mitochondrial F1F0. A sequence homology was also observed between the sweet potato epsilon-subunit and the epsilon-subunit of bovine mitochondrial F1. The N-terminal sequence of the delta'-subunit did not show any significant sequence homology to known protein sequences. These subunit correspondences place plant mitochondrial F1 at an unique position in the evolution of F1ATPase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kajiura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asahi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000201:enzymology; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009840:Oligomycins / Q000494:pharmacology; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014675:Vegetables; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: D009840:Oligomycins; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases