PMID:11004471
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Dunn, SD, Bi, Y and Revington, M (2000) A re-examination of the structural and functional consequences of mutation of alanine-128 of the b subunit of Escherichia coli ATP synthase to aspartic acid. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1459:521-7 |
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| Abstract |
The effects of mutation of residue Ala-128 of the b subunit of Escherichia coli ATP synthase to aspartate on the structure of the subunit and its interaction with the F(1) sector were analyzed. Determination of solution molecular weights by sedimentation equilibrium ultracentrifugation revealed that the A128D mutation had little effect on dimerization in the soluble b construct, b(34-156). However, the mutation caused a structural perturbation detected through both a 12% reduction in the sedimentation coefficient and also a reduced tendency to form intersubunit disulfide bonds between cysteine residues inserted at position 132. Unlike the wild-type sequence, the A128D mutant was unable to interact with F(1)-ATPase. These results indicate that the A128D mutation caused a structural change in the C-terminal region of the protein, preventing the binding to F(1) but having little or no effect on the dimeric nature of b. |
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Alanine/chemistry; Aspartic Acid/chemistry; Dimerization; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Molecular Structure; Molecular Weight; Plasmids; Point Mutation; Protein Structure, Quaternary; Proton-Translocating ATPases/chemistry; Proton-Translocating ATPases/genetics |
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