Abstract
The experiments presented in this study address the problem of how the cytoplasmic surface (proton-input side) of cytochromecoxidase interacts with protons in the bulk. For this purpose, the cytoplasmic surface of the enzyme was labeled with a fluorescein (Flu) molecule covalently bound to Cys223 of subunit III. Using the Flu as a proton-sensitive marker on the surface and φOH as a soluble excited-state proton emitter, the dynamics of the acid-base equilibration between the surface and the bulk was measured in the time-resolved domain. The results were analyzed by using a rigorous kinetic analysis that is based on numeric integration of coupled nonliner differential rate equations in which the rate constants are used as adjustable parameters. The analysis of 11 independent measurements, carried out under various initial conditions, indicated that the protonation of the Flu proceeds through multiple pathways involving diffusion-controlled reactions and proton exchange among surface groups. The surface of the protein carries an efficient system made of carboxylate and histidine moieties that are sufficiently close to each other as to form a proton-collecting antenna. It is the passage of protons among these sites that endows cytochromecoxidase with the capacity to pick up protons from the buffered cytoplasmic matrix within a time frame compatible with the physiological turnover of the enzyme.
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Created | 23 years ago (July 26, 2002, 10:39 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 4, 2024, 12:01 a.m.) |
Indexed | 11 months, 2 weeks ago (Sept. 9, 2024, 10:44 a.m.) |
Issued | 27 years, 1 month ago (July 21, 1998) |
Published | 27 years, 1 month ago (July 21, 1998) |
Published Online | 27 years, 1 month ago (July 21, 1998) |
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@article{Marantz_1998, title={The proton collecting function of the inner surface of cytochromecoxidase fromRhodobacter sphaeroides}, volume={95}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.15.8590}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.95.15.8590}, number={15}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Marantz, Yael and Nachliel, Esther and Aagaard, Anna and Brzezinski, Peter and Gutman, Menachem}, year={1998}, month=jul, pages={8590–8595} }