title: Effects of energization and substrates on the reactivities of lysine residues of the chloroplast ATP synthase beta subunit.
abstract: The incubation of chloroplast thylakoids with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate for a short time (5 s) modified the lysine residues of the ATP synthase beta subunit. Except for lysine residues in the N-terminal and C-terminal regions, the glycine-rich P-loop (GGAGVGKT)-, Lys154-, and Lys167-containing peptide (P-peptide) exhibited high reactivity with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate. The energization of thylakoids or addition of substrates (ADP, Pi, ATP) affected the modifications of the P-peptide, Lys447, and Lys399. For the P-peptide, substrates inhibited the modification with 0.5 mM ADP inhibiting by 80%. Energization enhanced the inhibitory effects of substrates. For Lys447, substrates also inhibited the modification; 0.5 mM ADP inhibited by 60%. For Lys399, the reactivity depended on the transmembrane delta mu H+. With increasing delta mu H+, the reactivity decreased. These results suggest the existence of energy-dependent conformational changes at the catalytic nucleotide-binding site and around Lys399. The former increases the affinity of the site for substrates. Substrate binding at the catalytic site changes the conformation around Lys447.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komatsu-Takaki
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000201:enzymology*; D008239:Lysine; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases; D008239:Lysine