PMID- 23723073 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130927 LR - 20211021 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 288 IP - 28 DP - 2013 Jul 12 TI - The protein effect in the structure of two ferryl-oxo intermediates at the same oxidation level in the heme copper binuclear center of cytochrome c oxidase. PG - 20261-6 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M113.468488 [doi] AB - Identification of the intermediates and determination of their structures in the reduction of dioxygen to water by cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) are particularly important to understanding both O2 activation and proton pumping by the enzyme. In this work, we report the products of the rapid reaction of O2 with the mixed valence form (CuA(2+), heme a(3+), heme a3(2+)-CuB(1+)) of the enzyme. The resonance Raman results show the formation of two ferryl-oxo species with characteristic Fe(IV)=O stretching modes at 790 and 804 cm(-1) at the peroxy oxidation level (PM). Density functional theory calculations show that the protein environment of the proximal H-bonded His-411 determines the strength of the distal Fe(IV)=O bond. In contrast to previous proposals, the PM intermediate is also formed in the reaction of Y167F with O2. These results suggest that in the fully reduced enzyme, the proton pumping nu(Fe(IV)=O) = 804 cm(-1) to nu(Fe(IV)=O) = 790 cm(-1) transition (P-->F, where P is peroxy and F is ferryl) is triggered not only by electron transfer from heme a to heme a3 but also by the formation of the H-bonded form of the His-411-Fe(IV)=O conformer in the proximal site of heme a3. The implications of these results with respect to the role of an O=Fe(IV)-His-411-H-bonded form to the ring A propionate of heme a3-Asp-399-H2O site and, thus, to the exit/output proton channel (H2O) pool during the proton pumping P-->F transition are discussed. We propose that the environment proximal to the heme a3 controls the spectroscopic properties of the ferryl intermediates in cytochrome oxidases. FAU - Pinakoulaki, Eftychia AU - Pinakoulaki E AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, P. O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus. FAU - Daskalakis, Vangelis AU - Daskalakis V FAU - Ohta, Takehiro AU - Ohta T FAU - Richter, Oliver-Matthias H AU - Richter OM FAU - Budiman, Kerstin AU - Budiman K FAU - Kitagawa, Teizo AU - Kitagawa T FAU - Ludwig, Bernd AU - Ludwig B FAU - Varotsis, Constantinos AU - Varotsis C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130530 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 0 (Oxygen Isotopes) RN - 0 (Peroxides) RN - 42VZT0U6YR (Heme) RN - 4QD397987E (Histidine) RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Copper/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Heme/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Histidine/chemistry/metabolism MH - Hydrogen Bonding MH - Iron/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxygen/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Oxygen Isotopes MH - Paracoccus denitrificans/enzymology MH - Peroxides/chemistry/metabolism MH - Spectrum Analysis, Raman PMC - PMC3711293 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bioenergetics OT - Computation OT - Cytochrome Oxidase OT - Heme OT - Raman Spectroscopy EDAT- 2013/06/01 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/28 06:00 PMCR- 2014/07/12 CRDT- 2013/06/01 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/06/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/07/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)45597-8 [pii] AID - M113.468488 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M113.468488 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2013 Jul 12;288(28):20261-6. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.468488. Epub 2013 May 30.