title: Mitochondrial genome integrity mutations uncouple the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATP synthase.
abstract: The mitochondrial ATP synthase is a molecular motor, which couples the flow of protons with phosphorylation of ADP. Rotation of the central stalk within the core of ATP synthase effects conformational changes in the active sites driving the synthesis of ATP. Mitochondrial genome integrity (mgi) mutations have been previously identified in the alpha-, beta-, and gamma-subunits of ATP synthase in yeast Kluyveromyces lactis and trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei. These mutations reverse the lethality of the loss of mitochondrial DNA in petite negative strains. Introduction of the homologous mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae results in yeast strains that lose mitochondrial DNA at a high rate and accompanied decreases in the coupling of the ATP synthase. The structure of yeast F1-ATPase reveals that the mgi residues cluster around the gamma-subunit and selectively around the collar region of F1. These results indicate that residues within the mgi complementation group are necessary for efficient coupling of ATP synthase, possibly acting as a support to fix the axis of rotation of the central stalk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA.
authors.forename: Yamin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Mueller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017353:Gene Deletion; D016678:Genome; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010641:Phenotype; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases