Regulatory assembly of the vacuolar proton pump VOV1-ATPase in yeast cells by FLIM-FRET

Stefan Ernst, Claire Batisse, Nawid Zarrabi, Bettina Boettcher, Michael Boersch

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We investigate the reversible disassembly of VOV1-ATPase in life yeast cells by time resolved confocal FRET imaging. VOV1-ATPase in the vacuolar membrane pumps protons from the cytosol into the vacuole. VOV1-ATPase is a rotary biological nanomotor driven by ATP hydrolysis. The emerging proton gradient is used for secondary transport processes as well as for pH and Ca2+ homoeostasis in the cell. The activity of the VOV1-ATPase is regulated through assembly / disassembly processes. During starvation the two parts of VOV1-ATPase start to disassemble. This process is reversed after addition of glucose. The exact mechanisms are unknown. To follow the disassembly / reassembly in vivo we tagged two subunits C and E with different fluorescent proteins. Cellular distributions of C and E were monitored using a duty cycle-optimized alternating laser excitation scheme (DCO-ALEX) for time resolved confocal FRET-FLIM measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES X
EditorsA Periasamy, PTC So, K Konig
Place of PublicationBELLINGHAM
PublisherSPIE
Pages-
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)978-0-8194-7965-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
EventConference on Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences X - San Francisco
Duration: 24 Jan 201026 Jan 2010

Conference

ConferenceConference on Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences X
CitySan Francisco
Period24/01/1026/01/10

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