Protein-protein interactions within the ensemble, eukaryotic V-ATPase, and its concerted interactions with cellular machineries

Asha Manikkoth Balakrishna, Malathy Sony Subramanian Manimekalai, Gerhard Grüber*

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Abstract

The V1VO-ATPase (V-ATPase) is the important proton-pump in eukaryotic cells, responsible for pH-homeostasis, pH-sensing and amino acid sensing, and therefore essential for cell growths and metabolism. ATP-cleavage in the catalytic A3B3-hexamer of V1 has to be communicated via several so-called central and peripheral stalk units to the proton-pumping VO-part, which is membrane-embedded.A unique feature of V1VO-ATPase regulation is its reversible disassembly of the V1 and VO domain. Actin provides a network to hold the V1 in proximity to the VO, enabling effective V1VO-assembly to occur. Besides binding to actin, the 14-subunit V-ATPase interacts with multi-subunit machineries to form cellular sensors, which regulate the pH in cellular compartments or amino acid signaling in lysosomes.Here we describe a variety of subunit-subunit interactions within the V-ATPase enzyme during catalysis and its protein-protein assembling with key cellular machineries, essential for cellular function.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)84-93
Number of pages10
JournalProgress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Volume119
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 1 2015
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biophysics
  • Molecular Biology

Keywords

  • Bioenergetics
  • Coupling
  • Molecular engine
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Structural biology
  • V-ATPase
  • Vacuolar ATPase

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