title: Identification of a 14-kDa subunit associated with the catalytic sector of clathrin-coated vesicle H+-ATPase.
abstract: The clathrin-coated vesicle H+-ATPase is composed of a peripheral catalytic sector (VC) and an integral membrane proton channel (VB), both of which are multiple subunit complexes. This study was conducted to determine if subunit F, previously identified in vacuolar proton pumps of tobacco hornworm and yeast, was present in mammalian pumps. Using a polymerase chain reaction-based strategy, we have isolated and sequenced cDNA clones from bovine and rat brain cDNA libraries. A full-length clone from rat brain encodes a 119-amino acid polypeptide with a predicted molecular mass of 13, 370 Da and with approximately 72 and 49% identity to subunit F of tobacco hornworm and yeast, respectively. Southern and Northern blot analyses indicate that the protein is encoded by a single gene. An anti-peptide antibody, directed against deduced protein sequence, was affinity-purified and shown to react with a 14-kDa polypeptide that is present in a highly purified pump prepared from clathrin-coated vesicles and also isolated VC. When stripped clathrin-coated vacuolars and purified chromaffin granule membranes were treated with KI in the presence of ATP, the 14-kDa subunit was released from both membranes, further indicating that it is part of the peripheral catalytic sector. In addition, direct sequencing of this 14-kDa component of the coated vacuolar proton pump confirmed its identity as a subunit F homologue.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Transport, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235-9121, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Crider
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: X S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000201:enzymology; D002417:Cattle; D002837:Chromaffin Granules / Q000201:enzymology; D002966:Clathrin / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003034:Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane / Q000201:enzymology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000201:enzymology; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000201:enzymology; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009036:Moths / Q000201:enzymology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D002966:Clathrin; D017931:DNA Primers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases