Subunit interactions of the chloroplast F0F1-ATP synthase were studied using the yeast two-hybrid sys-tem. The coding sequences of all the nine subunits of spinach chloroplast ATP synthase were cloned in two-hybrid ve...Subunit interactions of the chloroplast F0F1-ATP synthase were studied using the yeast two-hybrid sys-tem. The coding sequences of all the nine subunits of spinach chloroplast ATP synthase were cloned in two-hybrid vectors. The vectors were transformed into the yeast strains HF7c and SFY526 by various pairwise combinations, and the protein interactions were analyzed by measuring the yeast growth on minimal SD medium without serine, lucine and histidine. Interactions of γ subunit with wild type or two truncated mutants of ε sununit, ε△N21 and ε△C45, which lose their abilities to inhibit the ATP hydrolysis, were also detected by in vitro and in vivo binding assay. The present results are largely accordant to the common structure model of F0F1-ATP synthase. Different from that in the E. coli F0F1-ATP synthase, the δ subunit of chloroplast ATP synthase could interact with β. γ, ε and all the CF0 subunits in the two-hybrid system. These results suggested that though the chloroplast ATP synthase展开更多
基金This work was supported by theState Key Basic Research and Development Plan (Grant No. G1998010100) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 39730040).
文摘Subunit interactions of the chloroplast F0F1-ATP synthase were studied using the yeast two-hybrid sys-tem. The coding sequences of all the nine subunits of spinach chloroplast ATP synthase were cloned in two-hybrid vectors. The vectors were transformed into the yeast strains HF7c and SFY526 by various pairwise combinations, and the protein interactions were analyzed by measuring the yeast growth on minimal SD medium without serine, lucine and histidine. Interactions of γ subunit with wild type or two truncated mutants of ε sununit, ε△N21 and ε△C45, which lose their abilities to inhibit the ATP hydrolysis, were also detected by in vitro and in vivo binding assay. The present results are largely accordant to the common structure model of F0F1-ATP synthase. Different from that in the E. coli F0F1-ATP synthase, the δ subunit of chloroplast ATP synthase could interact with β. γ, ε and all the CF0 subunits in the two-hybrid system. These results suggested that though the chloroplast ATP synthase