Article: Ligand binding reveals protonation events at the active site of cytochrome c oxidase; is the K-pathway used for the transfer of H(+) or OH(-)?
Journal of inorganic biochemistry
2002 Volume 88, Issue 3-4, Page(s) 335–342
Abstract: We have investigated the CO-recombination kinetics after flash photolysis of CO from the "half-reduced" cytochrome c oxidase as a function of pH. In addition, the reaction was investigated in mutant enzymes in which Lys(I-362) and Ser(I-299), located ... ...
| Abstract | We have investigated the CO-recombination kinetics after flash photolysis of CO from the "half-reduced" cytochrome c oxidase as a function of pH. In addition, the reaction was investigated in mutant enzymes in which Lys(I-362) and Ser(I-299), located approximately in the middle of the K-pathway and near the enzyme surface, respectively, were modified. Laser-flash induced dissociation of CO is followed by rapid internal electron transfer from heme a(3) to a. At pH>7 this electron transfer is associated with proton release to the bulk solution (tau congruent with 1 ms at pH 8). Thus, the CO-recombination kinetics reflects protonation events at the catalytic site. In the wild-type enzyme, below pH approximately 7, the main component in the CO-recombination displayed a rate of approximately 20 s(-1). Above pH approximately 7, a slow CO-recombination component developed with a rate that decreased from approximately 8 s(-1) at pH 8 to approximately 1 s(-1) at pH 10. This slow component was not observed with KM(I-362), while with the SD(I-299)/SG(I-299) mutant enzymes at each pH it was slower than with the wild-type enzyme. The results are interpreted in terms of proton release from H(2)O in the catalytic site after CO dissociation, followed by OH(-) binding to the oxidized heme a(3). The CO-recombination kinetics is proposed to be determined by the protonation rate of OH(-) and not dissociation of OH(-), i.e. the K-pathway transfers protons and not OH(-). With the KM(I-362) mutant enzyme the proton is not released, i.e. OH(-) is not formed. With the SD(I-299)/SG(I-299) mutant enzymes the proton is released, but both the release and uptake are slowed by the mutations. During reaction of the reduced enzyme with O(2), the H(2)O at the binuclear center is most likely involved as a proton donor in the O-O cleavage reaction. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Binding Sites ; Carbon Monoxide/chemistry ; Carbon Monoxide/metabolism ; Catalytic Domain ; Electron Transport Complex IV/chemistry ; Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics ; Electron Transport Complex IV/metabolism ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Kinetics ; Ligands ; Models, Molecular ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Photolysis ; Protons ; Rhodobacter sphaeroides/enzymology |
| Chemical Substances | Ligands ; Protons ; Carbon Monoxide (7U1EE4V452) ; Electron Transport Complex IV (EC 1.9.3.1) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2002-02 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
| ZDB-ID | 162843-4 |
| ISSN | 1873-3344 ; 0162-0134 |
| ISSN (online) | 1873-3344 |
| ISSN | 0162-0134 |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0162-0134(01)00348-8 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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