PMID- 28801051 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171130 LR - 20180917 IS - 0005-2728 (Print) IS - 0005-2728 (Linking) VI - 1858 IP - 11 DP - 2017 Nov TI - The mechanism for oxygen reduction in cytochrome c dependent nitric oxide reductase (cNOR) as obtained from a combination of theoretical and experimental results. PG - 884-894 LID - S0005-2728(17)30118-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.08.005 [doi] AB - Bacterial NO-reductases (NOR) belong to the heme-copper oxidase (HCuO) superfamily, in which most members are O(2)-reducing, proton-pumping enzymes. This study is one in a series aiming to elucidate the reaction mechanisms of the HCuOs, including the mechanisms for cellular energy conservation. One approach towards this goal is to compare the mechanisms for the different types of HCuOs, cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) and NOR, reducing the two substrates O(2) and NO. Specifically in this study, we describe the mechanism for oxygen reduction in cytochrome c dependent NOR (cNOR). Hybrid density functional calculations were performed on large cluster models of the cNOR binuclear active site. Our results are used, together with published experimental information, to construct a free energy profile for the entire catalytic cycle. Although the overall reaction is quite exergonic, we show that during the reduction of molecular oxygen in cNOR, two of the reduction steps are endergonic with high barriers for proton uptake, which is in contrast to oxygen reduction in CcO, where all reduction steps are exergonic. This difference between the two enzymes is suggested to be important for their differing capabilities for energy conservation. An additional result from this study is that at least three of the four reduction steps are initiated by proton transfer to the active site, which is in contrast to CcO, where electrons always arrive before the protons to the active site. The roles of the non-heme metal ion and the redox-active tyrosine in the active site are also discussed. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Blomberg, Margareta R A AU - Blomberg MRA AD - Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden. Electronic address: margareta.blomberg@su.se. FAU - Adelroth, Pia AU - Adelroth P AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170808 PL - Netherlands TA - Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg JT - Biochimica et biophysica acta. Bioenergetics JID - 101731706 RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - 42VZT0U6YR (Heme) RN - 9007-43-6 (Cytochromes c) RN - EC 1.- (Oxidoreductases) RN - EC 1.7.2.5 (nitric-oxide reductase) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Biocatalysis MH - Catalytic Domain MH - Cytochromes c/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Heme/chemistry/metabolism MH - Kinetics MH - Molecular Dynamics Simulation MH - Nitric Oxide/chemistry/metabolism MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxidoreductases/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Oxygen/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Paracoccus denitrificans/*chemistry/enzymology MH - Protein Conformation MH - Quantum Theory MH - Thermodynamics OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cellular energy conservation OT - Density functional theory OT - Electron transfer OT - Energy profile OT - Non-heme iron OT - Proton transfer EDAT- 2017/08/13 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/01 06:00 CRDT- 2017/08/13 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/08/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/08/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/08/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0005-2728(17)30118-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.08.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg. 2017 Nov;1858(11):884-894. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.08.005. Epub 2017 Aug 8.