PMID- 17430883 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070925 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 282 IP - 24 DP - 2007 Jun 15 TI - Evidence for a pro-oxidant intermediate in the assembly of cytochrome oxidase. PG - 17442-9 AB - The hydrogen peroxide sensitivity of cells lacking two proteins, Sco1 and Cox11, important in the assembly of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO), is shown to arise from the transient accumulation of a pro-oxidant heme A-Cox1 stalled intermediate. The peroxide sensitivity of these cells is abrogated by a reduction in either Cox1 expression or heme A formation but exacerbated by either enhanced Cox1 expression or heme A production arising from overexpression of COX15. Sco1 and Cox11 are implicated in the formation of the Cu(A) and Cu(B) sites of CcO, respectively. The respective wild-type genes suppress the peroxide sensitivities of sco1Delta and cox11Delta cells, but no cross-complementation is seen with noncognate genes. Copper-binding mutant alleles of Sco1 and Cox11 that are nonfunctional in promoting the assembly of CcO are functional in suppressing the peroxide sensitivity of their respective null mutants. Likewise, human Sco1 that is nonfunctional in yeast CcO assembly is able to suppress the peroxide sensitivity of yeast sco1Delta cells. Thus, a disconnect exists between the respiratory capacity of cells and hydrogen peroxide sensitivity. Hydrogen peroxide sensitivity of sco1Delta and cox11Delta cells is abrogated by overexpression of a novel mitochondrial ATPase Afg1 that promotes the degradation of CcO mitochondrially encoded subunits. Studies on the hydrogen peroxide sensitivity in CcO assembly mutants reveal new aspects of the CcO assembly process. FAU - Khalimonchuk, Oleh AU - Khalimonchuk O AD - University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Department of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA. FAU - Bird, Amanda AU - Bird A FAU - Winge, Dennis R AU - Winge DR LA - eng GR - ES03817/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20070412 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (COX11 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Proteins) RN - 0 (Oxidants) RN - 0 (Protein Subunits) RN - 0 (SCO1 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 18535-39-2 (heme a) RN - 42VZT0U6YR (Heme) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Adenosine Triphosphatases) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Afg1 protein, S cerevisiae) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics/metabolism MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Heme/analogs & derivatives/chemistry/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen Peroxide/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Models, Molecular MH - Oxidants/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Protein Subunits/genetics/metabolism MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2007/04/14 09:00 MHDA- 2007/09/26 09:00 CRDT- 2007/04/14 09:00 PHST- 2007/04/14 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/09/26 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/04/14 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(20)69046-9 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M702379200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2007 Jun 15;282(24):17442-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M702379200. Epub 2007 Apr 12.