title: F- and V-type ATPases in the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana.
abstract: Two gene clusters encoding F- or V-type ATPases were found in genomic DNA of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana. The subunit genes of each ATPase formed an operon. While the gene arrangement in the operon of the F-type ATPase resembled those in eukaryotic organelles and bacteria, that of the V-type ATPase was different from those reported for archaea, bacteria, or eukaryotes. Both ATPases were found to be expressed in the cells of T. neapolitana by Western blot analysis. Although V-type ATPase could not be rendered soluble, F-type ATPase was solubilized with 1% Triton X-100 and characterized. This is the first report of the coexistence of both F- and V-type ATPases in hyperthermophilic bacteria. It has recently been shown by a genome analysis that Thermotoga maritima has no V-type ATPase gene cluster but does have an F-type ATPase gene cluster; however, part of a gene for the D-subunit of the V-type ATPase gene has been reported in the T. maritima genome. Evolution of the two types of ATPases in Thermotoga is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Marine Biotechnology Institute, Heita, Kamaishi, Iwate 026-0001, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshii
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inatomi
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamagata
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016965:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D010802:Phylogeny; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012995:Solubility; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases