Friedl P, Bienhaus G, Hoppe J, Schairer H U
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981 Nov;78(11):6643-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.78.11.6643.
Bacteriophage Mu was inserted into the unc genes of Escherichia coli. The resulting mutation AS12 had a polar effect on the unc operon: membranes of the mutant AS12 contained the dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding protein c and the protein a as sole subunits of the ATP synthase. It was shown by peptide mapping and amino acid analysis of the fragments that protein c from mutant AS12 was identical with the wild-type protein c. The absence of subunit b in mutant AS12 drastically lowered the H+ conduction dependent on the membrane-integrated moiety (F0) of the ATP synthase. This suggests that both subunits b and c are necessary for an efficient expression of H+ conduction.
噬菌体Mu被插入到大肠杆菌的unc基因中。产生的突变体AS12对unc操纵子有极性效应:突变体AS12的膜中含有二环己基碳二亚胺结合蛋白c和蛋白a作为ATP合酶的唯一亚基。通过对片段的肽图谱分析和氨基酸分析表明,突变体AS12的蛋白c与野生型蛋白c相同。突变体AS12中缺少亚基b极大地降低了依赖于ATP合酶膜整合部分(F0)的H+传导。这表明亚基b和c对于H+传导的有效表达都是必需的。