Abstract
The antibiotics venturicidin, oligomycin and ossamycin were investigated as potential inhibitors of the Escherichia coli H+-ATPase. It was found that venturicidin strongly inhibited ATP-driven proton transport and ATP hydrolysis, while oligomycin weakly inhibited these functions. Inhibition of the H+-ATPase by venturicidin and oligomycin was correlated with inhibition of F0-mediate proton transport. Both inhibitors were found to interfere with the covalent reaction between dicyclohexyl[14C]carbodiimide and the F0 subunit c (uncE protein). Ossamycin had no direct inhibitory effect on E. coli F0 or F1; rather, it was found to uncouple ATP hydrolysis from proton transport.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 238-244 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | BBA - Bioenergetics |
| Volume | 807 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 31 1985 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
Keywords
- (E. coli)
- H-ATPase
- Oligomycin
- Ossamycin
- Proton translocation
- Venturicidin
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