Transient accumulation of elastic energy in proton translocating ATP synthase
Autor(en): | Cherepanov, DA Mulkidjanian, AY Junge, W |
Stichwörter: | ATP synthase; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biophysics; Cell Biology; CF0CF1-ATP SYNTHASE; CHLOROPLASTS; elastic energy; F-ATPASE; F1-ATPASE; H+/ATP COUPLING RATIO; kinetic model; MOTOR; ROTATION; SINGLE ACTIN-FILAMENTS; SUBUNIT; TRANSDUCTION | Erscheinungsdatum: | 1999 | Herausgeber: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Journal: | FEBS LETTERS | Volumen: | 449 | Ausgabe: | 1 | Startseite: | 1 | Seitenende: | 6 | Zusammenfassung: | ATP synthase is conceived as a rotatory engine with tno reversible drives, the proton-transporting membrane portion, F-0, and the catalytic peripheral portion, F-1, They are mounted on a central shaft (subunit gamma) and held together by an eccentric bearing. It is established that the hydrolysis of three molecules of ATP in F-1 drives the shaft over a full circle in three steps of 1200 each. Proton flow through F-0 probably generates a 12-stepped rotation of the shaft so that four proton-translocating steps of 30 degrees each drive the synthesis of one molecule of ATP, We addressed the elasticity of the transmission between F-0 and F-1 in a model where the four smaller steps in F-0 load a torsional spring which is only released under liberation of ATP from F-1, The kinetic model of an elastic ATP synthase described a wealth of published data on the synthesis/hydrolysis of ATP by F0F1 and on proton conduction by F-0 as function of the pH and the protonmotive force. The pK values of the proton-carrying group interacting with the acidic and basic sides of the membrane were estimated as 5.3-6.4 and 8.0-8.3, respectively. (C) 1999 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. |
ISSN: | 00145793 | DOI: | 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00386-5 |
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