ATP6V1A explained

V-type proton ATPase catalytic subunit A is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ATP6V1A gene.^{[1] [2]}

This gene encodes a component of vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase), a multisubunit enzyme that mediates acidification of eukaryotic intracellular organelles. V-ATPase dependent organelle acidification is necessary for such intracellular processes as protein sorting, zymogen activation, receptor-mediated endocytosis, and synaptic vesicle proton gradient generation. V-ATPase is composed of a cytosolic V1 domain and a transmembrane V0 domain. The V1 domain consists of three A and three B subunits, two G subunits plus the C, D, E, F, and H subunits. The V1 domain contains the ATP catalytic site. The V0 domain consists of five different subunits: a, c, c', c", and d. Additional isoforms of many of the V1 and V0 subunit proteins are encoded by multiple genes or alternatively spliced transcript variants. This encoded protein is one of two V1 domain A subunit isoforms and is found in all tissues. Transcript variants derived from alternative polyadenylation exist.

Further reading

• Finbow ME, Harrison MA . The vacuolar H+-ATPase: a universal proton pump of eukaryotes . Biochem. J. . 324 . Pt 3. 697–712 . 1997 . 9210392 . 10.1042/bj3240697. 1218484 .
• Stevens TH, Forgac M . Structure, function and regulation of the vacuolar (H+)-ATPase . Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. . 13 . 779–808 . 1998 . 9442887 . 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.13.1.779 .
• Nelson N, Harvey WR . Vacuolar and plasma membrane proton-adenosinetriphosphatases . Physiol. Rev. . 79 . 2 . 361–85 . 1999 . 10221984 . 10.1152/physrev.1999.79.2.361. 1477911 .
• Forgac M . Structure and properties of the vacuolar (H+)-ATPases . J. Biol. Chem. . 274 . 19 . 12951–4 . 1999 . 10224039 . 10.1074/jbc.274.19.12951 . free .
• Kane PM . Introduction: V-ATPases 1992-1998 . J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. . 31 . 1 . 3–5 . 1999 . 10340843 . 10.1023/A:1001884227654 .
• Wieczorek H, Brown D, Grinstein S . Animal plasma membrane energization by proton-motive V-ATPases . BioEssays . 21 . 8 . 637–48 . 1999 . 10440860 . 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199908)21:8<637::AID-BIES3>3.0.CO;2-W . 23505139 . etal.
• Nishi T, Forgac M . The vacuolar (H+)-ATPases--nature's most versatile proton pumps . Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. . 3 . 2 . 94–103 . 2002 . 11836511 . 10.1038/nrm729 . 21122465 . free .
• Kawasaki-Nishi S, Nishi T, Forgac M . Proton translocation driven by ATP hydrolysis in V-ATPases . FEBS Lett. . 545 . 1 . 76–85 . 2003 . 12788495 . 10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00396-X . 10507213 .
• Morel N . Neurotransmitter release: the dark side of the vacuolar-H+ATPase . Biol. Cell . 95 . 7 . 453–7 . 2004 . 14597263 . 10.1016/S0248-4900(03)00075-3 . 17519696 . free .
• van Hille B, Richener H, Green JR, Bilbe G . The ubiquitous VA68 isoform of subunit A of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase is highly expressed in human osteoclasts . Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. . 214 . 3 . 1108–13 . 1995 . 7575517 . 10.1006/bbrc.1995.2400 .
• Hu RM, Han ZG, Song HD . Gene expression profiling in the human hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and full-length cDNA cloning . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 97 . 17 . 9543–8 . 2000 . 10931946 . 10.1073/pnas.160270997 . 16901 . 2000PNAS...97.9543H . etal. free .
• Chang SY, Park SG, Kim S, Kang CY . Interaction of the C-terminal domain of p43 and the alpha subunit of ATP synthase. Its functional implication in endothelial cell proliferation . J. Biol. Chem. . 277 . 10 . 8388–94 . 2002 . 11741979 . 10.1074/jbc.M108792200 . free .

Notes and References

1. van Hille B, Richener H, Evans DB, Green JR, Bilbe G . Identification of two subunit A isoforms of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase in human osteoclastoma . J Biol Chem . 268 . 10 . 7075–80 . May 1993 . 10.1016/S0021-9258(18)53147-1 . 8463241 . free .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: ATP6V1A ATPase, H+ transporting, lysosomal 70kDa, V1 subunit A.