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ATPase activity associated with the magnesium chelatase H-subunit of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway is an artefact

Sirijovski, Nick LU ; Olsson, Ulf LU ; Lundqvist, Joakim LU ; Al-Karadaghi, Salam LU ; Willows, Robert D. and Hansson, Mats LU (2006) In Biochemical Journal 400. p.477-484
Abstract
Magnesium chelatase inserts Mg2+ into protoporphyrin IX and is the first unique enzyme of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway. It is a heterotrimeric enzyme, composed of I- (40 kDa), D- (70 kDa) and H- (140 kDa) subunits. The I- and D-proteins belong to the family of AAA(+) (ATPases associated with various cellular activities), but only I-subunit hydrolyses ATP to ADP. The D-subunits provide a platform for the assembly of the I-subunits, which results in a two-tiered hexameric ring complex. However, the D-subunits are unstable in the chloroplast unless ATPase active I-subunits are present. The H-subunit binds protoporphyrin and is suggested to be the catalytic subunit. Previous studies have indicated that the H-subunit also has ATPase... (More)
Magnesium chelatase inserts Mg2+ into protoporphyrin IX and is the first unique enzyme of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway. It is a heterotrimeric enzyme, composed of I- (40 kDa), D- (70 kDa) and H- (140 kDa) subunits. The I- and D-proteins belong to the family of AAA(+) (ATPases associated with various cellular activities), but only I-subunit hydrolyses ATP to ADP. The D-subunits provide a platform for the assembly of the I-subunits, which results in a two-tiered hexameric ring complex. However, the D-subunits are unstable in the chloroplast unless ATPase active I-subunits are present. The H-subunit binds protoporphyrin and is suggested to be the catalytic subunit. Previous studies have indicated that the H-subunit also has ATPase activity, which is in accordance with an earlier suggested two-stage mechanism of the reaction. In the present study, we demonstrate that gel filtration chromatography of affinity-purified Rhodobacter capsulatus H-subunit produced in Escherichia coli generates a high- and a low-molecular-mass fraction. Both fractions were dominated by the H-subunit, but the ATPase activity was only found in the high-molecular-mass fraction and magnesium chelatase activity was only associated with the low-molecular-mass fraction. We demonstrated that light converted monomeric low-molecular-mass H-subunit into high-molecular-mass aggregates. We conclude that ATP utilization by magnesium chelatase is solely connected to the I-subunit and suggest that a contaminating E. coli protein, which binds to aggregates of the H-subunit, caused the previously reported ATPase activity of the H-subunit. (Less)
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Rhodobacter, capsulatus, protoporphyrin IX, magnesium chelatase, chlorophyll, ATPases associated with various cellular activities (AAA(+)), bchH
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Biochemical Journal
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400
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477 - 484
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Portland Press
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0264-6021
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10.1042/BJ20061103
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English
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  author       = {{Sirijovski, Nick and Olsson, Ulf and Lundqvist, Joakim and Al-Karadaghi, Salam and Willows, Robert D. and Hansson, Mats}},
  issn         = {{0264-6021}},
  keywords     = {{Rhodobacter; capsulatus; protoporphyrin IX; magnesium chelatase; chlorophyll; ATPases associated with various cellular activities (AAA(+)); bchH}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{477--484}},
  publisher    = {{Portland Press}},
  series       = {{Biochemical Journal}},
  title        = {{ATPase activity associated with the magnesium chelatase H-subunit of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway is an artefact}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BJ20061103}},
  doi          = {{10.1042/BJ20061103}},
  volume       = {{400}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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