PMID- 22086149 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120510 LR - 20211021 IS - 0006-3002 (Print) IS - 0006-3002 (Linking) VI - 1817 IP - 4 DP - 2012 Apr TI - Coupled electron and proton transfer reactions during the O-->E transition in bovine cytochrome c oxidase. PG - 506-17 LID - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.10.013 [doi] AB - A combined DFT/electrostatic approach is employed to study the coupling of proton and electron transfer reactions in cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) and its proton pumping mechanism. The coupling of the chemical proton to the internal electron transfer within the binuclear center is examined for the O-->E transition. The novel features of the His291 pumping model are proposed, which involve timely well-synchronized sequence of the proton-coupled electron transfer reactions. The obtained pK(a)s and E(m)s of the key ionizable and redox-active groups at the different stages of the O-->E transition are consistent with available experimental data. The PT step from E242 to H291 is examined in detail for various redox states of the hemes and various conformations of E242 side-chain. Redox potential calculations of the successive steps in the reaction cycle during the O-->E transition are able to explain a cascade of equilibria between the different intermediate states and electron redistribution between the metal centers during the course of the catalytic activity. All four electrometric phases are discussed in the light of the obtained results, providing a robust support for the His291 model of proton pumping in CcO. CI - Copyright A(c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Popovic, Dragan M AU - Popovic DM AD - Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. dpopovic@ucdavis.edu FAU - Stuchebrukhov, Alexei A AU - Stuchebrukhov AA LA - eng GR - R01 GM054052/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R29 GM054052/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM054052/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Review DEP - 20111106 PL - Netherlands TA - Biochim Biophys Acta JT - Biochimica et biophysica acta JID - 0217513 RN - 0 (Protons) RN - 4QD397987E (Histidine) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport MH - Cattle MH - *Electron Transport MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Histidine/chemistry/metabolism MH - Kinetics MH - Models, Chemical MH - Models, Molecular MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - *Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - *Protons PMC - PMC4220735 MID - NIHMS337407 EDAT- 2011/11/17 06:00 MHDA- 2012/05/11 06:00 PMCR- 2014/11/05 CRDT- 2011/11/17 06:00 PHST- 2011/08/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/10/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/10/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/11/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/11/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/05/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/11/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0005-2728(11)00258-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.10.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Apr;1817(4):506-17. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.10.013. Epub 2011 Nov 6.