In F-1-ATPase, the smallest known motor enzyme, unidirectional rotation of the central axis subunit gamma is coupled to ATP hydrolysis. In the present study, we report the redox switching of the rotation of this enzym...
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In F-1-ATPase, the smallest known motor enzyme, unidirectional rotation of the central axis subunit gamma is coupled to ATP hydrolysis. In the present study, we report the redox switching of the rotation of this enzyme. For this purpose, the switch region from the gamma subunit of the redox-sensitive chloroplast F-1-ATPase was introduced into the bacterial F-1-ATPase. The ATPase activity of the obtained complex was increased up to 3-fold upon reduction (Bald, D., Noji, H., Stumpp, M. T., Yoshida, M. & Hisabori, T. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275,12757-12762). Here, we successfully observed the modulation of rotation of gamma in this chimeric complex by changes in the redox conditions. In addition we revealed that the suppressed enzymatic activity of the oxidized F-1-ATPase complex was characterized by more frequent long pauses in the rotation of the gamma subunit. These findings obtained by the single molecule analysis therefore provide new insights into the mechanisms of enzyme regulation.
The F1F0-type ATP synthase is the smallest motor enzyme known. Previous studies had established that the central gamma and epsilon subunits of the F-1 part rotate relative to a stator of alpha (3)beta (3) and delta su...
The F1F0-type ATP synthase is the smallest motor enzyme known. Previous studies had established that the central gamma and epsilon subunits of the F-1 part rotate relative to a stator of alpha (3)beta (3) and delta subunits during catalysis. We now show that the ring of c subunits in the F-0 part moves along with the gamma and epsilon subunits. This was demonstrated by linking the three rotor subunits with disulfide bridges between cysteine residues introduced genetically at the interfaces between the gamma, epsilon, and c subunits. Essentially complete cross-linking of the gamma, epsilon, and c subunits was achieved by using CuCl2 to induce oxidation. This fixing of the three subunits together had no significant effect on ATP hydrolysis, proton translocation, or ATP synthesis, and each of these functions retained inhibitor sensitivity. These results unequivocally place the c subunit oligomer in the rotor part of this molecular machine.
This paper presents linguistic primitives for publish/subscribe programming using events and objects. We integrate our primitives into a strongly typed object-oriented language through four mechanisms: (1) serializati...
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This paper presents linguistic primitives for publish/subscribe programming using events and objects. We integrate our primitives into a strongly typed object-oriented language through four mechanisms: (1) serialization, (2) multiple subtyping, (3) closures, and (4) deferred code evaluation. We illustrate our primitives through Java, showing how we have overcome its respective lacks. A precompiler transforms statements based on our publish/subscribe primitives into calls to specifically generated typed adapters, which resemble the typed stubs and skeletons generated by the rmic precompiler for remote method invocations in Java.
Helical filaments driven by linear molecular motors are anticipated to rotate around their axis, but rotation consistent with the helical pitch has not been observed. 14S dynein(1) and non-claret disjunctional protein...
Helical filaments driven by linear molecular motors are anticipated to rotate around their axis, but rotation consistent with the helical pitch has not been observed. 14S dynein(1) and non-claret disjunctional protein (ncd)(2) rotated a microtubule more efficiently than expected for its helical pitch, and myosin rotated an actin filament only poorly(3). For DNA-based motors such as RNA polymerase, transcription-induced supercoiling of DNA(4) supports the general picture of tracking along the DNA helix(5). Here we report direct and real-time optical microscopy measurements of rotation rate that are consistent with high-fidelity tracking. Single RNA polymerase molecules attached to a glass surface rotated DNA for >100 revolutions around the right-handed screw axis of the double helix with a rotary torque of >5 pN nm. This real-time observation of rotation opens the possibility of resolving individual transcription steps.
Possible target proteins of chloroplast thioredoxin (Trx) have been investigated in the stroma lysate of spinach chloroplasts. For that purpose, we immobilized a mutant of m-type Trx in which an internal cysteine at t...
Possible target proteins of chloroplast thioredoxin (Trx) have been investigated in the stroma lysate of spinach chloroplasts. For that purpose, we immobilized a mutant of m-type Trx in which an internal cysteine at the active site was substituted with serine, on cyanogen bromide-activated resin. By using this resin, the target proteins in chloroplast were efficiently acquired when they formed the mixed-disulfide intermediates with the immobilized Trxs. We could acquire Rubisco activase (45 kDa) and 2-Cys-type peroxiredoxin (Prx), which were recently identified as targets of chloroplast Trxs. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and sedoheputulose 1,7-bisphosphatase, well-known thiol enzymes in the Calvin cycle, also were recognized among the collected proteins, suggesting the method is applicable for our purpose. Furthermore, four proteins were identified from a homology search of the NH2-terminal sequence of the acquired proteins: glutamine synthetase, a protein homologous to chloroplast cyclophilin, a homolog of Prx-Q, and the Rubisco small subunit. The Trx susceptibilities of the recombinant cyclophilin and Prx-Q of Arabidopsis thaliana were then examined. The method developed in the present study is thus applicable to investigate the various redox networks via Trxs and the related enzymes in the cell.
Conventional kinesin is a processive motor protein that keeps "walking" along a microtubule using chemical energy released by ATP hydrolysis. We previously studied the effects of temperature between 15 degre...
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Conventional kinesin is a processive motor protein that keeps "walking" along a microtubule using chemical energy released by ATP hydrolysis. We previously studied the effects of temperature between 15 degrees and 35 degreesC on the moving velocity, force, and processivity of single kinesin molecules using a bead assay [Kawaguchi and Ishiwata, 2000b: Biochem Biophys Res Commun 272:895-899]. However, we could not examine the effects of temperature higher than 35 degreesC because of the thermal damage to proteins. Here, using temperature pulse microscopy (TPM) [Kato et al., 1999: Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96:9602-9606], we could examine the temperature dependence of the gliding velocity of single kinesin molecules interacting with a microtubule above 35 degreesC up to 50 degreesC (instantaneously, similar to 60 degreesC), where the velocity reached 3.68 mum/s, the highest ever reported. The Arrhenius plot showed no breaks between 15 degrees and 50 degreesC with a unique activation energy of about 50 kJ/mol, suggesting that the molecular mechanism of kinesin motility is common over a broad temperature range including physiological temperature. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 49:41-47, 2001. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
FI-ATPase is a rotary motor enzyme in which a single ATP molecule drives a 120 degrees rotation of the central gamma subunit relative to the surrounding alpha (3)beta (3) ring. Here, we show that the rotation of F-1-A...
FI-ATPase is a rotary motor enzyme in which a single ATP molecule drives a 120 degrees rotation of the central gamma subunit relative to the surrounding alpha (3)beta (3) ring. Here, we show that the rotation of F-1-ATPase spontaneously lapses into long (approximate to 30 s) pauses during steady-state catalysis. The effects of ADP-Mg and mutation on the pauses, as well as kinetic comparison with bulk-phase catalysis, strongly indicate that the paused enzyme corresponds to the inactive state of F-1-ATPase previously known as the ADP-Mg inhibited form in which F-1-ATPase fails to release ADP-Mg from catalytic sites. The pausing position of the gamma subunit deviates from the ATP-waiting position and is most likely the recently found intermediate 90 degrees position.
This paper presents a formal approach for managing unanticipated software evolution. labelled typed nested graphs are used to represent arbitrarily complex software artifacts, and conditional graph rewriting is used f...
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This paper presents a formal approach for managing unanticipated software evolution. labelled typed nested graphs are used to represent arbitrarily complex software artifacts, and conditional graph rewriting is used for managing evolution of these artifacts. More specifically, we detect structural and behavioural inconsistencies when merging parallel evolutions of the same software artifact. The approach is domain-independent, in the sense that it can be customised to many different domains, such as software architectures, UML analysis and design models, and software code.
A mutant F-1-ATPase alpha(3)beta(3)gamma subcomplex from the thermophilic Bacillus PS3 was constructed, in which 111 amino acid residues (Val(92) to Phe(202)) from the central region of the gamma subunit were replaced...
A mutant F-1-ATPase alpha(3)beta(3)gamma subcomplex from the thermophilic Bacillus PS3 was constructed, in which 111 amino acid residues (Val(92) to Phe(202)) from the central region of the gamma subunit were replaced by the 148 amino acid residues of the homologous region from spinach chloroplast F-1-ATPase gamma subunit, including the regulatory stretch, and were designated as alpha(3)beta(3)gamma((TCT)) (Thermophilic-Chloroplast-Thermophilic). By the insertion of this regulatory region into the gamma subunit of thermophilic F-1, we could confer the thiol modulation property to the thermophilic alpha(3)beta(3)gamma subcomplex. The overexpressed alpha(3)beta(3)gamma((TCT)) was easily purified in large scale, and the ATP hydrolyzing activity of the obtained complex was shown to increase up to 3-fold upon treatment with chloroplast thioredoxin-f and dithiothreitol. No loss of thermostability compared with the wild type subcomplex was found, and activation by dithiothreitol was functional at temperatures up to 80 degrees C. alpha(3)beta(3)gamma((TCT)) was inhibited by the epsilon subunit from chloroplast F-1-ATPase but not by the one from the thermophilic F-1-ATPase, indicating that the introduced amino acid residues from chloroplast F-1-gamma subunit are important for functional interaction with the epsilon subunit.
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