Regulation of V-ATPases by reversible disassembly
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F1FO ATPase Vesicle Preparation and Technique for Performing Patch Clamp Recordings of Submitochondrial Vesicle Membranes
Published on: May 4, 2013
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Health Science Center, 750 E. Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. kanepm@hscyr.edu
Abstract:
V-ATPases consist of a complex of peripheral subunits containing catalytic sites for ATP hydrolysis, the V(1) sector, attached to several membrane subunits containing a proton pore, the V(0) sector. ATP-driven proton transport requires structural and functional coupling of the two sectors, but in vivo, the interaction between the V(1) and V(0) sectors is dynamic and is regulated by extracellular conditions. Dynamic instability appears to be a general characteristic of V-ATPases and, in yeast cells, the assembly state of V-ATPases is governed by glucose availability. The structural and functional implications of reversible disassembly of V-ATPases are discussed.
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