Structure of the Rotor of the Vacuolar-Type Na- ATPase from Enterococcus Hirae
Murata, T., Yamato, I., Kakinuma, Y., Leslie, A.G.W., Walker, J.E.(2005) Science 308: 654
- PubMed: 15802565 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1110064
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2BL2 - PubMed Abstract: 
The membrane rotor ring from the vacuolar-type (V-type) sodium ion-pumping adenosine triphosphatase (Na+-ATPase) from Enterococcus hirae consists of 10 NtpK subunits, which are homologs of the 16-kilodalton and 8-kilodalton proteolipids found in other V-ATPases and in F1Fo- or F-ATPases, respectively. Each NtpK subunit has four transmembrane alpha helices, with a sodium ion bound between helices 2 and 4 at a site buried deeply in the membrane that includes the essential residue glutamate-139. This site is probably connected to the membrane surface by two half-channels in subunit NtpI, against which the ring rotates. Symmetry mismatch between the rotor and catalytic domains appears to be an intrinsic feature of both V- and F-ATPases.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Medical Research Council Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK.