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Mutations of G158 and their second-site revertants in the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase gene (pma1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

A G158D mutation residing near the cytoplasmic end of transmembrane segment 2 of the H(+)-ATPase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae appears to alter electrogenic proton transport by the proton pump (Perlin et al. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 18118-18122.) The mutation confers upon whole cells a pronounced growth sensitivity to low pH and a resistance to the antibiotic hygromycin B. The isolated enzyme retains high activity (70% of wild type) but is inefficient at pumping protons in a reconstituted vesicle system, suggesting that this enzyme may be partially uncoupled (Perlin et al. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 21857-21864). In this study, the acid-sensitive growth phenotype of the pma1-D158 mutant was utilized to isolate second site suppressor mutations in an attempt to probe structural interactions involving amino acid 158. Site-directed mutagenesis of the G158 locus was also performed to explore its local environment. Nineteen independent revertants of pma1-G158D were selected as low pH-resistant colonies. Four were full phenotypic revertants showing both low pH resistance and hygromycin B sensitivity. Of three full revertants analyzed further, one restored the original glycine residue at position 158 while the other two carried compensatory mutations V336A or F830S, in transmembrane segments 4 and 7, respectively. Partial revertants, which could grow on low pH medium but still retained hygromycin B resistance, were identified in transmembrane segments 1 (V127A) and 2 (C148T, G156C), as well as in the cytoplasmic N-terminal domain (E110K) and in the cytoplasmic loop between transmembrane segments 2 and 3 (D170N, L275S). Relative to the G158D mutant, all revertants showed enhanced net proton transport in whole-cell medium acidification assays and/or improved ATP hydrolysis activity. Small polar amino acids (Asp and Ser) could be substituted for glycine at the 158 position to produce active, albeit somewhat defective, enzymes; larger hydrophobic residues (Leu and Val) produced more severe phenotypes. These results suggest that G158 is likely to reside in a tightly packed polar environment which interacts, either directly or indirectly, with transmembrane segments 1, 4 and 7. The revertant data are consistent with transmembrane segments 1 and 2 forming a conformationally sensitive helical hairpin structure.[1]

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  1. Mutations of G158 and their second-site revertants in the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase gene (pma1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Anand, S., Seto-Young, D., Perlin, D.S., Haber, J.E. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1995) [Pubmed]
 
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