Fo-driven Rotation in the ATP Synthase Direction Against the Force of F1 ATPase in the FoF1 ATP Synthase

Overview

Journal J Biol Chem

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2015 Feb 26

PMID 25713065

Citations 11

Authors

James Martin

Jennifer Hudson

Tassilo Hornung

Wayne D Frasch

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Abstract

Living organisms rely on the FoF1 ATP synthase to maintain the non-equilibrium chemical gradient of ATP to ADP and phosphate that provides the primary energy source for cellular processes. How the Fo motor uses a transmembrane electrochemical ion gradient to create clockwise torque that overcomes F1 ATPase-driven counterclockwise torque at high ATP is a major unresolved question. Using single FoF1 molecules embedded in lipid bilayer nanodiscs, we now report the observation of Fo-dependent rotation of the c10 ring in the ATP synthase (clockwise) direction against the counterclockwise force of ATPase-driven rotation that occurs upon formation of a leash with Fo stator subunit a. Mutational studies indicate that the leash is important for ATP synthase activity and support a mechanism in which residues aGlu-196 and cArg-50 participate in the cytoplasmic proton half-channel to promote leash formation.

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