title: Identification of subunit g of yeast mitochondrial F1F0-ATP synthase, a protein required for maximal activity of cytochrome c oxidase.
abstract: By means of a yeast genome database search, we have identified an open reading frame located on chromosome XVI of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that encodes a protein with 53% amino acid similarity to the 11.3-kDa subunit g of bovine mitochondrial F1F0-ATP synthase. We have designated this ORF ATP20, and its product subunit g. A null mutant strain, constructed by insertion of the HIS3 gene into the coding region of ATP20, retained oxidative phosphorylation function. Assembly of F1F0-ATP synthase in the atp20-null strain was not affected in the absence of subunit g and levels of oligomycin-sensitive ATP hydrolase activity in mitochondria were normal. Immunoprecipitation of F1F0-ATP synthase from mitochondrial lysates prepared from atp20-null cells expressing a variant of subunit g with a hexahistidine motif indicated that this polypeptide was associated with other well-characterized subunits of the yeast complex. Whilst mitochondria isolated from the atp20-null strain had the same oxidative phosphorylation efficiency (ATP : O) as that of the control strain, the atp20-null strain displayed approximately a 30% reduction in both respiratory capacity and ATP synthetic rate. The absence of subunit g also reduced the activity of cytochrome c oxidase, and altered the kinetic control of this complex as demonstrated by experiments titrating ATP synthetic activity with cyanide. These results indicate that subunit g is associated with F1F0-ATP synthase and is required for maximal levels of respiration, ATP synthesis and cytochrome c oxidase activity in yeast.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Roucou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nagley
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Devenish
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prescott
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D017931:DNA Primers; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases