PMID- 17309257 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070409 LR - 20181113 IS - 0002-7863 (Print) IS - 1520-5126 (Electronic) IS - 0002-7863 (Linking) VI - 129 IP - 10 DP - 2007 Mar 14 TI - Storage of an excess proton in the hydrogen-bonded network of the d-pathway of cytochrome C oxidase: identification of a protonated water cluster. PG - 2910-3 AB - The mechanism of proton transport in the D-pathway of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) is further elucidated through examining a protonated water/hydroxyl cluster inside the channel. The second generation multi-state empirical valence bond (MS-EVB2) model was employed in a molecular dynamics study based on a high-resolution X-ray structure to simulate the interaction of the excess proton with the channel environment. Our results indicate that a hydrogen-bonded network consisting of about 5 water molecules surrounded by three side chains and two backbone groups (S197, S200, S201, F108) is involved in storage and translocation of an excess proton to the extracellular side of CcO. FAU - Xu, Jiancong AU - Xu J AD - Department of Chemistry and Center for Biophysical Modeling and Simulation, 315 South 1400 East Room 2020, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, USA. FAU - Sharpe, Martyn A AU - Sharpe MA FAU - Qin, Ling AU - Qin L FAU - Ferguson-Miller, Shelagh AU - Ferguson-Miller S FAU - Voth, Gregory A AU - Voth GA LA - eng GR - GM26916/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM053148/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM053148/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 GM026916-29/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM053148-13/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 GM026916/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM026916/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM053148-05/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20070220 PL - United States TA - J Am Chem Soc JT - Journal of the American Chemical Society JID - 7503056 RN - 0 (Protons) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Computer Simulation MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Hydrogen Bonding MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Structure MH - *Protons MH - Rhodobacter sphaeroides/enzymology MH - Water/*chemistry PMC - PMC2556150 MID - NIHMS62058 EDAT- 2007/02/21 09:00 MHDA- 2007/04/10 09:00 PMCR- 2008/09/29 CRDT- 2007/02/21 09:00 PHST- 2007/02/21 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/04/10 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/02/21 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/09/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/ja067360s [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Mar 14;129(10):2910-3. doi: 10.1021/ja067360s. Epub 2007 Feb 20.