TY - BOOK AU - Baltscheffsky,M. AU - Schultz,A. AU - Baltscheffsky,H. TI - H.-proton-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatase: a tightly membrane-bound family KW - H.-PROTON-PUMPING INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE KW - H.-PROTON-PUMPING INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE KW - H.-ATPASE KW - H.-ATP SYNTHASE KW - AMINO ACID SEQUENCE KW - EVOLUTION KW - ENZYME FAMILY N2 - The earliest known H+-proton-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatase, the integrally membrane-bound H+-protonpumping inorganic pyrophosphate synthase from Rhodospirillum rubrum, is still the only alternative to H+-ATP synthase in biological electron transport phosphorylation. Cloning of several higher plant vacuolar H+-proton-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatase genes has led to the recognition that the corresponding proteins form a family of extremely similar proton-pumping enzymes. The bacterial H+-proton-pumping inorganic pyrophosphate synthase and two algal vacuolar H+-proton-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatases are homologous with this family, as deduced from their cloned genes. The prokaryotic and algal homologues differ more than the H+-proton-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatases from higher plants, facilitating recognition of functionally significant entities. Primary structures of H+- proton-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatases are reviewed and compared with H+-ATPases and soluble proton-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatases UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RYlPQ2iM4UE6yeqozv1iMBym1cLY_jik/view?usp=drivesdk ER -