Interconversions of P and F intermediates of cytochrome c oxidase from Paracoccus denitrificans

von der Hocht, Iris, van Wonderen, Jessica H., Hilbers, Florian, Angerer, Heike, MacMillan, Fraser ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2410-4790 and Michel, Hartmut (2011) Interconversions of P and F intermediates of cytochrome c oxidase from Paracoccus denitrificans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 108 (10). pp. 3964-3969. ISSN 1091-6490

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Abstract

Cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) is the terminal enzyme of the respiratory chain. This redox-driven proton pump catalyzes the four-electron reduction of molecular oxygen to water, one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Elucidation of the intermediate structures in the catalytic cycle is crucial for understanding both the mechanism of oxygen reduction and its coupling to proton pumping. Using CcO from Paracoccus denitrificans, we demonstrate that the artificial F state, classically generated by reaction with an excess of hydrogen peroxide, can be converted into a new P state (in contradiction to the conventional direction of the catalytic cycle) by addition of ammonia at pH 9. We suggest that ammonia coordinates directly to CuB in the binuclear active center in this P state and discuss the chemical structures of both oxoferryl intermediates F and P. Our results are compatible with a superoxide bound to CuB in the F state.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017)
Depositing User:	Rachel Smith
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2011 11:25
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 09:00
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/26986
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.1100950108

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