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  • Title: The C-terminal region of subunit 4 (subunit b) is essential for assembly of the F0 portion of yeast mitochondrial ATP synthase.
    Author: Paul MF, Guerin B, Velours J.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1992 Apr 01; 205(1):163-72. PubMed ID: 1532552.
    Abstract:
    The role of the C-terminal part of yeast ATP synthase subunit 4 (subunit b) in the assembly of the whole enzyme was studied by using nonsense mutants generated by site-directed mutagenesis. The removal of at least the last 10 amino-acid residues promoted mutants which were unable to grow with glycerol or lactate as carbon source. These mutants were devoid of subunit 4 and of another F0 subunit, the mitochondrially encoded subunit 6. The removal of the last eight amino-acid residues promoted a temperature-sensitive mutant (PVY161). At 37 degrees C this strain showed the same phenotype as above. When grown at permissive temperature (30 degrees C) with lactate as carbon source, PVY161 and the wild-type strain both displayed the same generation time and growth yield. Furthermore, the two strains showed identical cellular respiration rates at 30 degrees C and 37 degrees C. However, in vitro the ATP hydrolysis of PVY161 mitochondria exhibited a low sensitivity to F0 inhibitors, while ATP synthesis displayed the same oligomycin sensitivity as wild-type mitochondria. It is concluded that, in this mutant, the assembly of the truncated subunit 4 in PVY161 ATP synthase is thermosensitive and that, once a functional F0 is formed, it is stable. On the other hand, the removal of the last eight amino-acid residues promoted in vitro a proton leak between the site of action of oligomycin and F1.
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