title: F1 and F0 connections in the bovine mitochondrial ATP synthase: the role of the of alpha subunit N-terminus, oligomycin-sensitivity conferring protein (OCSP) and subunit d.
abstract: We have studied the functional effect of limited proteolysis by trypsin of the constituent subunits in the native and reconstituted F1F0 complex and isolated F1 of the bovine heart mitochondrial ATP synthase (EC 3.6.1.34). Chemical cross-linking of oligomycin-sensitivity conferring protein (OSCP) with other subunits of the ATP synthase and the consequent functional effects were also investigated. The results obtained show that the alpha subunit N-terminus is essential for the correct, functional connection of F1 to F0. The alpha-subunit N-terminus contacts OSCP which, in turn, contacts the F0I-PVP(b) and the F0-d subunits. The N-terminus of subunit alpha, OSCP, a segment of subunit d and the C-terminal and central region of F0I-PVP(b) subunits are peripherally located with respect to subunits gamma and delta which are completely shielded in the F1F0 complex against trypsin digestion. This qualifies the N-terminus of subunit alpha, OSCP, subunit d and F0I-PVP(b) as components of the lateral element of the stalk. These subunits, rather than being confined at one side of the complex which would leave most of the central part of the gamma subunit uncovered, surround the gamma and the delta subunits located in the central stalk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biology, and Centre for the Study of Mitochondria and Energy Metabolism, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zanotti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaballo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raho
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papa
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002417:Cattle; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D008081:Liposomes / Q000187:drug effects; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases; D009840:Oligomycins / Q000494:pharmacology; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D011522:Protons; D013997:Time Factors; D014357:Trypsin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008081:Liposomes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009840:Oligomycins; D011522:Protons; D014357:Trypsin; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases; C020439:oligomycin sensitivity-conferring protein