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  • Title: The ATPase of Bacillus alcalophilus. Reconstitution of energy-transducing functions.
    Author: Hoffmann A, Dimroth P.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1991 Mar 14; 196(2):493-7. PubMed ID: 1826099.
    Abstract:
    The purified ATPase of Bacillus alcalophilus (F1F0) was reconstituted into proteoliposomes by gradual removal of the detergent Triton X-100 with Amberlite XAD-2. The reconstitution was apparently highly asymmetric with nearly 100% of the F1 portion of the ATPase becoming oriented to the outside. Similar to results obtained with the soluble enzyme, the membrane-bound ATPase required Mg2+ and methanol for maximum activity. With Ca2+ or Mg2+ without methanol, 25% and 1%, respectively, of the maximum activity were observed. The ATPase was unable to pump Na+ ions but catalyzed the translocation of protons into the reconstituted proteoliposomes. Optimum proton translocation required the presence of Mg2+, not Ca2+, as divalent metal ion. The proton pump was inhibited by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, venturicidin and NaN3. On incubation of the reconstituted ATPase with [14C]dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, subunit c of the enzyme complex became specifically labeled. The proteoliposomes catalyzed the Mg2(+)-dependent incorporation of [32P]phosphate into ATP by ATP/[32P]phosphate exchange. This exchange was little affected by monensin, but was completely abolished by the uncoupler carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone. Protons and not Na+ are thus the coupling ions of the ATPase of B. alcalophilus.
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