title: Functional role of charged residues in the transmembrane segments of the yeast plasma membrane H+-ATPase.
abstract: As defined by hydropathy analysis, the membrane-spanning segments of the yeast plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase contain seven negatively charged amino acids (Asp and Glu) and four positively charged amino acids (Arg and His). To explore the functional role of these residues, site-directed mutants at all 11 positions and at Glu-288, located near the cytoplasmic end of M3, have been constructed and expressed in yeast secretory vesicles. Substitutions at four of the positions (Glu-129, Glu-288, Asp-833, and Arg-857) had no significant effect on ATP hydrolysis or ATP-dependent proton pumping, substitutions at five additional positions (Arg-695, His-701, Asp-730, Asp-739, and Arg-811) led to misfolding of the ATPase and blockage at an early stage of biogenesis, and substitutions of Asp-143 allowed measurable biogenesis but nearly abolished ATP hydrolysis and proton transport. Of greatest interest were mutations of Glu-703 in M5 and Glu-803 in M8, which altered the apparent coupling between hydrolysis and transport. Three Glu-703 mutants (E703Q, E703L, E703D) showed significantly reduced pumping over a wide range of hydrolysis values and thus appeared to be partially uncoupled. At Glu-803, by contrast, one mutant (E803N) was almost completely uncoupled, while another (E803Q) pumped protons at an enhanced rate relative to the rate of ATP hydrolysis. Both Glu-703 and Glu-803 occupy positions at which amino acid substitutions have been shown to affect transport by mammalian P-ATPases. Taken together, the results provide growing evidence that residues in membrane segments 5 and 8 of the P-ATPases contribute to the cation transport pathway and that the fundamental mechanism of transport has been conserved throughout the group.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Genetics and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 05610, USA.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Padmanabha
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Nakamoto
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Slayman
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D017510:Protein Folding; D017494:Proton Pumps / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D055672:Static Electricity; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D015003:Yeasts / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D017494:Proton Pumps; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D014357:Trypsin; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases