title: How the N-terminal domain of the OSCP subunit of bovine F1Fo-ATP synthase interacts with the N-terminal region of an alpha subunit.
abstract: The peripheral stalk of ATP synthase acts as a stator holding the alpha(3)beta(3) catalytic subcomplex and the membrane subunit a against the torque of the rotating central stalk and attached c ring. In bovine mitochondria, the N-terminal domain of the oligomycin sensitivity conferral protein (OSCP-NT; residues 1-120) anchors one end of the peripheral stalk to the N-terminal tails of one or more alpha subunits of the F(1) subcomplex. Here, we present an NMR characterisation of the interaction between OSCP-NT and a peptide corresponding to residues 1-25 of the alpha-subunit of bovine F(1)-ATPase. The interaction site contains adjoining hydrophobic surfaces of helices 1 and 5 of OSCP-NT binding to hydrophobic side-chains of the alpha-peptide.
authors.affiliation: MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK.
authors.forename: Rodrigo J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Carbajo
authors.forename: Fiona A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kellas
authors.forename: Ji-Chun
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Runswick
authors.forename: Martin G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neuhaus
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D021122:Protein Subunits; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases; C020439:oligomycin sensitivity-conferring protein