PMID- 31532642 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200610 LR - 20200610 IS - 1520-4995 (Electronic) IS - 0006-2960 (Linking) VI - 58 IP - 40 DP - 2019 Oct 8 TI - Definition of the Interaction Domain and Electron Transfer Route between Cytochrome c and Cytochrome Oxidase. PG - 4125-4135 LID - 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00646 [doi] AB - The reaction between cytochrome c (Cc) and cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) was studied using horse cytochrome c derivatives labeled with ruthenium trisbipyridine at Cys 39 (Ru-39-Cc). Flash photolysis of a 1:1 complex between Ru-39-Cc and bovine CcO at a low ionic strength resulted in the electron transfer from photoreduced heme c to Cu(A) with an intracomplex rate constant of k(3) = 6 x 10(4) s(-1). The K13A, K72A, K86A, and K87A Ru-39-Cc mutants had nearly the same k(3) value but bound much more weakly to bovine CcO than wild-type Ru-39-Cc, indicating that lysines 13, 72, 86, and 87 were involved in electrostatic binding to CcO, but were not involved in the electron transfer pathway. The Rhodobacter sphaeroides (Rs) W143F mutant (bovine W104) caused a 450-fold decrease in k(3) but did not affect the binding strength with CcO or the redox potential of Cu(A). These results are consistent with a computational model for Cc-CcO (Roberts and Pique ( 1999 ) J. Biol. Chem. 274 , 38051 - 38060 ) with the following electron transfer pathway: heme c --> CcO-W104 --> CcO-M207 --> Cu(A). A crystal structure for the Cc-CcO complex with the proposed electron transfer pathway heme c --> Cc-C14 --> Cc-K13 --> CcO-Y105 --> CcO-M207 --> Cu(A) ( S. Shimada ( 2017 ) EMBO J. 36 , 291 - 300 ) is not consistent with the kinetic results because the K13A mutation had no effect on k(3). Addition of 40% ethylene glycol (as present during the crystal preparation) decreased k(3) significantly, indicating that it affected the conformation of the complex. This may explain the discrepancy between the current results and the crystallographic structure. FAU - Scharlau, Martha AU - Scharlau M AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , Arkansas 72701 , United States. FAU - Geren, Lois AU - Geren L AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , Arkansas 72701 , United States. FAU - Zhen, Eugene Y AU - Zhen EY AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States. FAU - Ma, Ling AU - Ma L AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , Arkansas 72701 , United States. FAU - Rajagukguk, Ray AU - Rajagukguk R AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , Arkansas 72701 , United States. FAU - Ferguson-Miller, Shelagh AU - Ferguson-Miller S AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States. FAU - Durham, Bill AU - Durham B AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , Arkansas 72701 , United States. FAU - Millett, Francis AU - Millett F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1352-5768 AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , Arkansas 72701 , United States. LA - eng GR - P30 GM103450/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20190926 PL - United States TA - Biochemistry JT - Biochemistry JID - 0370623 RN - 0 (Coordination Complexes) RN - 42VZT0U6YR (Heme) RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) RN - 7UI0TKC3U5 (Ruthenium) RN - 9007-43-6 (Cytochromes c) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) RN - FC72KVT52F (Ethylene Glycol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Coordination Complexes/chemistry MH - Copper/chemistry MH - Cytochromes c/*chemistry/genetics MH - Electron Transport MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/*chemistry MH - Ethylene Glycol/chemistry MH - Heme/chemistry MH - Horses MH - Mutation MH - Photolysis MH - Protein Domains MH - Ruthenium/chemistry/radiation effects EDAT- 2019/09/19 06:00 MHDA- 2020/06/11 06:00 CRDT- 2019/09/19 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/06/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/19 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00646 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochemistry. 2019 Oct 8;58(40):4125-4135. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00646. Epub 2019 Sep 26.