F
IPR006721

ATP synthase, F1 complex, epsilon subunit, mitochondrial

InterPro entry
Short nameATP_synth_F1_esu_mt
Overlapping
homologous
superfamilies
 

Description

Transmembrane ATPases are membrane-bound enzyme complexes/ion transporters that use ATP hydrolysis to drive the transport of protons across a membrane. Some transmembrane ATPases also work in reverse, harnessing the energy from a proton gradient, using the flux of ions across the membrane via the ATPase proton channel to drive the synthesis of ATP.

F-ATPases (also known as ATP synthases, F1F0-ATPase, or H(+)-transporting two-sector ATPase) (
7.1.2.2
) are composed of two linked complexes: the F1 ATPase complex is the catalytic core and is composed of 5 subunits (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon), while the F0 ATPase complex is the membrane-embedded proton channel that is composed of at least 3 subunits (A-C), with additional subunits in mitochondria. Both the F1 and F0 complexes are rotary motors that are coupled back-to-back. In the F1 complex, the central gamma subunit forms the rotor inside the cylinder made of the α(3)β(3) subunits, while in the F0 complex, the ring-shaped C subunits forms the rotor. The two rotors rotate in opposite directions, but the F0 rotor is usually stronger, using the force from the proton gradient to push the F1 rotor in reverse in order to drive ATP synthesis
[3]
. These ATPases can also work in reverse in bacteria, hydrolysing ATP to create a proton gradient.

This family constitutes the mitochondrial ATP synthase epsilon subunit, which is distinct from the bacterial epsilon subunit (the latter being homologous to the mitochondrial delta subunit,
IPR001469
). The mitochondrial epsilon subunit is located in the stalk region of the F1 complex, and acts as an inhibitor of the ATPase catalytic core. The epsilon subunit can assume two conformations, contracted and extended, where the latter inhibits ATP hydrolysis. The conformation of the epsilon subunit is determined by the direction of rotation of the gamma subunit, and possibly by the presence of ADP. The extended epsilon subunit is thought to become extended in the presence of ADP, thereby acting as a safety lock to prevent wasteful ATP hydrolysis
[4]
.

In Drosophila, the protein Stunted which activates the G-protein coupled receptor Methuselah in vitro, leading to increased intracellular calcium ion levels, is embryonically lethal
[1, 2]
.

References

1.The Drosophila G protein-coupled receptor, Methuselah, exhibits a promiscuous response to peptides. Ja WW, Carvalho GB, Madrigal M, Roberts RW, Benzer S. Protein Sci. 18, 2203-8, (2009). View articlePMID: 19672878

2.The endogenous ligand Stunted of the GPCR Methuselah extends lifespan in Drosophila. Cvejic S, Zhu Z, Felice SJ, Berman Y, Huang XY. Nat. Cell Biol. 6, 540-6, (2004). View articlePMID: 15133470

3.Resolution of distinct rotational substeps by submillisecond kinetic analysis of F1-ATPase. Yasuda R, Noji H, Yoshida M, Kinosita K Jr, Itoh H. Nature 410, 898-904, (2001). View articlePMID: 11309608

4.Regulation of the F0F1-ATP synthase: the conformation of subunit epsilon might be determined by directionality of subunit gamma rotation. Feniouk BA, Junge W. FEBS Lett. 579, 5114-8, (2005). View articlePMID: 16154570

Further reading

5. F-and V-ATPases in the genus Thermus and related species. Radax C, Sigurdsson O, Hreggvidsson GO, Aichinger N, Gruber C, Kristjansson JK, Stan-Lotter H. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 21, 12-22, (1998). PMID: 9741106

6. F-type or V-type? The chimeric nature of the archaebacterial ATP synthase. Schafer G, Meyering-Vos M. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1101, 232-5, (1992). PMID: 1385979

7. New insights into structure-function relationships between archeal ATP synthase (A1A0) and vacuolar type ATPase (V1V0). Gruber G, Marshansky V. Bioessays 30, 1096-109, (2008). View articlePMID: 18937357

8. Regulation and isoform function of the V-ATPases. Toei M, Saum R, Forgac M. Biochemistry 49, 4715-23, (2010). View articlePMID: 20450191

9. Mechanisms of ATPases--a multi-disciplinary approach. Rappas M, Niwa H, Zhang X. Curr. Protein Pept. Sci. 5, 89-105, (2004). View articlePMID: 15078220

10. The evolution of A-, F-, and V-type ATP synthases and ATPases: reversals in function and changes in the H+/ATP coupling ratio. Cross RL, Muller V. FEBS Lett. 576, 1-4, (2004). View articlePMID: 15473999

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