The TF1-ATPase from the thermophilic bacterium, PS3, is inactivated by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD). This inactivation is stimulated by ADP and other specific nucleotides and is inhibited by Mg2+. When the inactivation is carried out with [14C]DCCD, about 2 g atoms of 14C are bound/mol of TF1 when the enzyme is nearly completely inactivated. The isolated subunits from TF1 inactivated with [14C]DCCD contain the following amounts of 14C/mol: alpha, 0.12 g atom; beta, 0.47 g atom; gamma, approximately 0.04 g atom; delta, none; and epsilon, 0.05 g atom. Fractionation of tryptic digests have shown that the 14C bound to the alpha subunit is nonspecifically associated with several peptides, and that the 14C bound to the beta subunit is associated with a single tryptic peptide with the amino acid sequence Ala-Gly-Val-Gly-Glu-Arg, where Glu represents the N-gamma-glutamyl derivative of dicyclohexyl[14C]urea.
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