Purification and Properties of the F1Fo ATPase of Ilyobacter tartaricus, a Sodium Ion Pump

AUTOR(ES)

Neumann, Sandra

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The ATPase of Ilyobacter tartaricus was solubilized from the bacterial membranes and purified. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified enzyme revealed the usual subunit pattern of a bacterial F1Fo ATPase. The polypeptides with apparent molecular masses of 56, 52, 35, 16.5, and 6.5 kDa were identified as the α, β, γ, ɛ, and c subunits, respectively, by N-terminal protein sequencing and comparison with the sequences of the corresponding subunits from the Na+-translocating ATPase of Propionigenium modestum. Two overlapping sequences were obtained for the polypeptides moving with an apparent molecular mass of 22 kDa (tentatively assigned as b and δ subunits). No sequence could be determined for the putative a subunit (apparent molecular mass, 25 kDa). The c subunits formed a strong aggregate with the apparent molecular mass of 50 kDa which required treatment with trichloroacetic acid for dissociation. The ATPase was inhibited by dicyclohexyl carbodiimide, and Na+ ions protected the enzyme from this inhibition. The ATPase was specifically activated by Na+ or Li+ ions, markedly at high pH. After reconstitution into proteoliposomes, the enzyme catalyzed the ATP-dependent transport of Na+, Li+, or H+. Proton transport was specifically inhibited by Na+ or Li+ ions, indicating a competition between these alkali ions and protons for binding and translocation across the membrane. These experiments characterize the I. tartaricus ATPase as a new member of the family of FS-ATPases, which use Na+ as the physiological coupling ion for ATP synthesis.

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