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Preliminary estimation of rotary torque produced by proton-motive force in fully functional F0F1-ATPase
Authors:Liu Xiaolong  Cui Yuanbo  Chen Chuanfang  Lai Bo  Yue Jiachang  Zhang Zhenxi
Institution:The Key Laboratory of Biomedial Information Engineering of Education Ministry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Abstract:F(0)F(1)-ATPase is a rotary molecular motor. It is well known that the rotary torque is generated by ATP hydrolysis in F(1) but little is known about how it produces the proton-motive force (PMF) in F(0). Here a cross-linking approach was used to estimate the rotary torque produced by PMF. Three mutant E. coli strains were used in this study: SWM92 (deltaW28L F(0)F(1), as control), MM10 (alphaP280CgammaA285C F(0)F(1)) and PP2 (alphaA334C/gammaL262C F(0)F(1)). The oxidized inner membranes from mutant MM10 having a disulfide bridge in the top of gamma subunit exhibited good ATP synthesis activity, while the oxidized PP2 inner membranes having a disulfide bridge in the middle of gamma subunit synthesized ATP very poorly. We conclude that the rotary torque generated by PMF is sufficient to uncoil the alpha-helix in the top of gamma subunit (MM10) and to overcome the Ramachandran activation barriers (25-30 kJ/mol, i.e. about 40-50pNnm), but cannot cleave the disulfide bond in the middle of the gamma subunit (200 kJ/mol, i.e. 330pNnm) (PP2). Consequently a preliminary estimation is that the rotary torque generated by PMF in the fully functional F(0)F(1) motor is greater than 40-50pNnm but less than 330pNnm.
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