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Bacillus subtilis F0F1 ATPase: DNA sequence of the atp operon and characterization of atp mutants.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 176 ·No. 22 ·1994-11-00 ·Pages 6802-11

Santana M, Ionescu MS, Vertes A, Longin R, Kunst F, Danchin A, Glaser P

Abstract

We cloned and sequenced an operon of nine genes coding for the subunits of the Bacillus subtilis F0F1 ATP synthase. The arrangement of these genes in the operon is identical to that of the atp operon from Escherichia coli and from three other Bacillus species. The deduced amino acid sequences of the nine subunits are very similar to their counterparts from other organisms. We constructed two B. subtilis strains from which different parts of the atp operon were deleted. These B. subtilis atp mutants were unable to grow with succinate as the sole carbon and energy source. ATP was synthesized in these strains only by substrate-level phosphorylation. The two mutants had a decreased growth yield (43 and 56% of the wild-type level) and a decreased growth rate (61 and 66% of the wild-type level), correlating with a twofold decrease of the intracellular ATP/ADP ratio. In the absence of oxidative phosphorylation, B. subtilis increased ATP synthesis through substrate-level phosphorylation, as shown by the twofold increase of by-product formation (mainly acetate). The increased turnover of glycolysis in the mutant strain presumably led to increased synthesis of NADH, which would account for the observed stimulation of the respiration rate associated with an increase in the expression of genes coding for respiratory enzymes. It therefore appears that B. subtilis and E. coli respond in similar ways to the absence of oxidative phosphorylation.

MeSH Terms
Adenosine Diphosphate/analysis Adenosine Triphosphate/analysis Amino Acid Sequence Bacillus subtilis/enzymology,genetics,growth & development Base Sequence Carbon/metabolism Cloning, Molecular Energy Metabolism/genetics Genes, Bacterial/genetics Glycolysis Molecular Sequence Data Mutagenesis Operon/genetics Oxidative Phosphorylation Oxidoreductases/genetics Proton-Translocating ATPases/biosynthesis,genetics Recombinant Fusion Proteins Restriction Mapping Sequence Analysis, DNA Sequence Deletion Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Transcription, Genetic
Chemicals
Recombinant Fusion Proteins Adenosine Diphosphate Carbon Adenosine Triphosphate Oxidoreductases Proton-Translocating ATPases
Authors & Affiliations
7 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Santana M
Unité de Régulation de l'Expression Génétique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Ionescu M S
Vertes A
Longin R
Kunst F
Danchin A
Glaser P
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.176.22.6802-6811.1994
Published
1994-11-00
Pages
6802-11
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC197047
Subset
IM
Databases
GENBANK
Z28592
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.22.6802-6811.1994 PMC Full Text View journal details
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