Asymmetric binding of the high-affinity Q(H)(center dot-) ubisemiquinone in quinol oxidase (bo(3)) from Escherichia coli studied by multifrequency electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

Grimaldi, S., Ostermann, T., Weiden, N., Mogi, T., Miyoshi, H., Ludwig, B., Michel, H., Prisner, T.F. and MacMillan, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2410-4790 (2003) Asymmetric binding of the high-affinity Q(H)(center dot-) ubisemiquinone in quinol oxidase (bo(3)) from Escherichia coli studied by multifrequency electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Biochemistry, 42 (19). 5632–5639. ISSN 0006-2960

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Abstract

Ubiquinone-2 (UQ-2) selectively labeled with C (I = 1/2) at either the position 1- or the 4-carbonyl carbon is incorporated into the ubiquinol oxidase bo from Escherichia coli in which the native quinone (UQ-8) has been previously removed. The resulting stabilized anion radical in the high-affinity quinone-binding site (Q) is investigated using multifrequency (9, 34, and 94 GHz) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The corresponding spectra reveal dramatic differences in C hyperfine couplings indicating a strongly asymmetric spin density distribution over the quinone headgroup. By comparison with previous results on labeled ubisemiquinones in proteins as well as in organic solvents, it is concluded that Q is most probably bound to the protein via a one-sided hydrogen bond or a strongly asymmetric hydrogen-bonding network. This observation is discussed with regard to the function of Q in the enzyme and contrasted with the information available on other protein-bound semiquinone radicals.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017) 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 > Chemistry of Light and Energy
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2015 11:28
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 00:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/51834
DOI:	10.1021/bi034010z

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