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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 17, 8022-8026, Jun, 1987

Directed mutagenesis of the beta-subunit of F1-ATPase from Escherichia coli

D Parsonage, S Wilke-Mounts and AE Senior

Oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis was used to generate six mutant strains of Escherichia coli which had the following specific amino acid substitutions in the beta-subunit of F1-ATPase: (i) Lys-155----Gln; (ii) Lys-155----Glu; (iii) Gly-149----Ile; (iv) Gly-154----Ile; (v) Tyr- 297----Phe;(vi) Tyr-354----Phe. The effects of each mutation on growth of cells on succinate plates or limiting (3 mM) glucose and on cell membrane ATPase activity and ATP-driven pH gradient formation were studied. The results showed Lys-155 to be essential for catalysis, as has been predicted previously from sequence homology and structural considerations; however, the results appear to contradict the hypothesis that Lys-155 interacts with one of the substrate phosphate groups because the Lys-155----Glu mutation was less detrimental than Lys-155----Gln. Gly-149 and Gly-154 have been predicted to be involved in essential conformational changes in F1-ATPase by virtue of their position in a putative glycine-rich flexible loop structure. The mutation of Gly-154----Ile caused strong impairment of catalysis, but the Gly-149----Ile mutation produced only moderate impairment. The two tyrosine residues chosen for mutation were residues which have previously received much attention due to their being the sites of reaction of the inactivating chemical modification reagents 4-chloro-7- nitrobenzofurazan (Tyr-297) and p-fluorosulfonylbenzoyl-5'-adenosine (Tyr-354). We found that mutation of Tyr-297----Phe caused only minor impairment of catalysis, and mutation of Tyr-354----Phe produced no impairment. Therefore, a direct role for either of these tyrosine residues in catalysis is unlikely.
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