IngentaConnect Structure of the C subunit of V-type ATPase from Thermus thermoph...

Authors: Numoto, Nobutaka; Kita, Akiko; Miki, Kunio

Source: Acta Crystallographica Section D, Volume 60, Number 5, May 2004 , pp. 810-815(6)

Abstract:

The V-type H⁺-ATPases are similar to the F-type ATP synthases in their structure and functional mechanism. They hydrolyze ATP coupled with proton translocation across a membrane, but in some archaea and eubacteria they also synthesize ATP in the reverse reaction. The C subunit is one of the components of the membrane-bound V₀ moiety of V-type ATPases. The C subunit of V-type H⁺-ATPase from Thermus thermophilus was crystallized in a monoclinic form and its crystal structure was determined at 1.85 Å resolution by the MAD method using selenomethionyl protein. The structure has a cone (tapered cylinder) shape consisting of only two types of helix (long and short) as secondary-structure elements. The molecule is divided into three similar domains, each of which has essentially the same topology. On the basis of the structural features and molecular-surface charge distribution, it is suggested that the bottom side of the C subunit is a possible binding site for the V₀ proteolipid L-subunit ring and that the C subunit might function as a spacer unit between the proteolipid L-subunit ring and the rotating V₁ central shaft.

Keywords: V0V1-ATPase; V-type H+-ATPase; C subunit; Thermus thermophilus

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1107/S0907444904003257

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Structure of the C subunit of V-type ATPase from Thermus thermophilus at 1.85 Å resolution