PMID- 21476580 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110801 LR - 20211020 IS - 1520-4995 (Electronic) IS - 0006-2960 (Print) IS - 0006-2960 (Linking) VI - 50 IP - 19 DP - 2011 May 17 TI - Combined genetic and metabolic manipulation of lipids in Rhodobacter sphaeroides reveals non-phospholipid substitutions in fully active cytochrome c oxidase. PG - 3891-902 LID - 10.1021/bi1017039 [doi] AB - A specific requirement for lipids, particularly cardiolipin (CL), in cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) has been reported in many previous studies using mainly in vitro lipid removal approaches in mammalian systems. Our accompanying paper shows that CcO produced in markedly CL-depleted Rhodobacter sphaeroides displays wild-type properties in all respects, likely allowed by quantitative substitution with other negatively charged lipids. To further examine the structural basis for the lipid requirements of R. sphaeroides CcO and the extent of interchangeability between lipids, we employed a metabolic approach to enhance the alteration of the lipid profiles of the CcO-expressing strains of R. sphaeroides in vivo using a phosphate-limiting growth medium in addition to the CL-deficient mutation. Strikingly, the purified CcO produced under these conditions still maintained wild-type function and characteristics, in spite of even greater depletion of cardiolipin compared to that of the CL-deficient mutant alone (undetectable by MS) and drastically altered profiles of all the phospholipids and non-phospholipids. The lipids in the membrane and in the purified CcO were identified and quantified by ESI and MALDI mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry. Comparison between the molecular structures of those lipids that showed major changes provides new insight into the structural rationale for the flexible lipid requirements of CcO from R. sphaeroides and reveals a more comprehensive interchangeability network between different phospholipids and non-phospholipids. FAU - Zhang, Xi AU - Zhang X AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States. FAU - Hiser, Carrie AU - Hiser C FAU - Tamot, Banita AU - Tamot B FAU - Benning, Christoph AU - Benning C FAU - Reid, Gavin E AU - Reid GE FAU - Ferguson-Miller, Shelagh M AU - Ferguson-Miller SM LA - eng GR - R01 GM026916/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 GM026916/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 GM026916-31/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM26916/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20110422 PL - United States TA - Biochemistry JT - Biochemistry JID - 0370623 RN - 0 (Membrane Lipids) RN - 0 (Phosphates) RN - 0 (Phospholipids) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation/genetics MH - Enzyme Stability/genetics MH - Membrane Lipids/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Phosphates/chemistry/metabolism MH - Phospholipids/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Rhodobacter sphaeroides/*enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization MH - Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry PMC - PMC3097905 MID - NIHMS291507 EDAT- 2011/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2011/08/02 06:00 PMCR- 2012/05/17 CRDT- 2011/04/12 06:00 PHST- 2011/04/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/08/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/05/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/bi1017039 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochemistry. 2011 May 17;50(19):3891-902. doi: 10.1021/bi1017039. Epub 2011 Apr 22.