2-9. ATP-driven energization of membrane vesicles prepared from uncF(b) gene m utants. ............. ...............101.... 2-10. NADH-driven acidification of membrane vesicles prepared from uncF(b) m utants ................. ...............102............. 2-11. Ni-resin purification ofF FoF ATP synthase treated with the cross-linker BS3.....106 2-12. Ni-resin purification ofF Fo ATP synthase expressing unequal length b subunits ........._... ...... ..... ...............108.... 2-13. Quantitation of b subunit heterodimeric F1Fo ................. ............................110 2-14. Interactions of b subunits of unequal lengths ...._.__... .... .._._.. ........_........112 3-1. Oligonucleotides for epitope tags and C-terminal truncation of uncF(b) ................1 19 3-2. Ni-resin purification ofF FoF ATP synthase incorporated with barg36 Subunit mutations ....._. ................ ................. 124.... 3-3. ATP-driven energization of membrane vesicles prepared from uncF(b) arg36 gene mutants ........... ..... .._ ...............127.. 3-4. Ni-resin purification ofF FoF ATP synthase containing a b subunit carboxyl- terminal truncation .............. ............... 129... 3-5. ATP-driven energization of membrane vesicles incorporated with F,Fo ATP synthase containing a b subunit carboxyl-terminal truncation................ .............13 3-6. Ni-resin purification of membranes incorporated with b+124-130-his subunit mutati on ................. ...............132................ 3-7. ATP-driven energization of membrane vesicles incorporated with a defective b+124-130 Subunit mutation ................. ...............133................ 3-8. Ni-resin purification ofF FoF ATP synthase incorporated with complementing defective b subunits ........._._. ._......_.. ...............136.... 3-9. ATP-driven energization of membrane vesicles incorporated with F Fo ATP synthase containing complementing defective b subunits .............. ...................137 3-10. Interactions of defective b subunit with wild type b subunits found in intact F1Fo ATP synthase complexes .............. ...............140.... 3-1 1. Model of F1Fo ATP synthase incorporated with complementing defective b subunits .............. ...............142....