PMID:7559511
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Akiyama, Y, Yoshihisa, T and Ito, K (1995) FtsH, a membrane-bound ATPase, forms a complex in the cytoplasmic membrane of Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 270:23485-90 |
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| Abstract |
The FtsH (HflB) protein of Escherichia coli is integrated into the membrane with two N-terminally located transmembrane segments, while its large cytoplasmic domain is homologous to the AAA family of ATPases. The previous studies on dominant negative ftsH mutants raised a possibility that FtsH functions in multimeric states. We found that FtsH was eluted at fractions corresponding to a larger molecular weight than expected from monomeric structure in size-exclusion chromatography. Moreover, treatment of membranes or their detergent extracts with a cross-linker, dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate), yielded cross-linked products of FtsH. To dissect possible FtsH complex, we constructed an FtsH derivative with c-Myc epitope at its C terminus (FtsH-His6-Myc). When membranes prepared from cells in which FtsH-His6-Myc was overproduced together with the normal FtsH were treated with the cross-linker, intact FtsH and in vitro degradation products of FtsH-His6-Myc without the tag were cross-linked with the tagged FtsH protein. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments confirmed the interaction between the FtsH molecules. To identify regions of FtsH required or sufficient for this interaction, we constructed chimeric proteins between FtsH and EnvZ, a protein with a similar topological arrangement, by exchanging their corresponding domains. We found that only the FtsH-EnvZ hybrid protein with an FtsH-derived membrane anchoring domain and an EnvZ-derived cytoplasmic domain caused a dominant ftsH phenotype and was cross-linked with FtsH. We suggest that the N-terminal transmembrane region of FtsH mediates directly the interaction between the FtsH subunits. |
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ATP-Dependent Proteases; Adenosine Triphosphatases/chemistry; Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics; Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism; Amino Acid Sequence; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/chemistry; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Base Sequence; Binding Sites; Cell Membrane/metabolism; Cross-Linking Reagents; Cytoplasm/metabolism; DNA Primers/genetics; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; Epitopes/chemistry; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins; Membrane Proteins/chemistry; Membrane Proteins/genetics; Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Structure; Multienzyme Complexes; Phenotype; Precipitin Tests; Protein Conformation; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism |
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