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Dynamics of the binuclear center of the quinol oxidase from Acidianus ambivalens.

Abstract：

:We have investigated the kinetic and thermodynamic properties of carbon monoxide binding to the fully reduced quinol oxidase (cytochrome aa(3)) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens. After flash photolysis of CO from heme a(3), the complex recombines with an apparent rate constant of approximately 3 s(-1), which is much slower than with the bovine cytochrome c oxidase (approximately 80 s(-1)). Investigation of the CO-recombination rate as a function of the CO concentration shows that the rate saturates at high CO concentrations, which indicates that CO must bind transiently to Cu(B) before binding to heme a(3). With the A. ambivalens enzyme the rate reached 50% of its maximum level (which reflects the dissociation constant of the Cu(B)(CO) complex) at approximately 13 microM CO, which is a concentration approximately 10(3) times smaller than for the bovine enzyme (approximately 11 mM). After CO dissociation we observed a rapid absorbance relaxation with a rate constant of approximately 1.4 x 10(4) s(-1), tentatively ascribed to a heme-pocket relaxation associated with release of CO after transient binding to Cu(B). The equilibrium constant for CO transfer from Cu(B) to heme a(3) was approximately 10(4) times smaller for the A. ambivalens than for the bovine enzyme. The approximately 10(3) times smaller Cu(B)(CO) dissociation constant, in combination with the approximately 10(4) times smaller equilibrium constant for the internal CO transfer, results in an apparent dissociation constant of the heme a(3)(CO) complex which is "only" about 10 times larger for the A. ambivalens ( approximately 4 x 10(-3) mM) than for the bovine (0.3 x 10(-3) mM) enzyme. In summary, the results show that while the basic mechanism of CO binding to the binuclear center is similar in the A. ambivalens and bovine (and R. sphaeroides) enzymes, the heme-pocket dynamics of the two enzymes are dramatically different, which is discussed in terms of the different structural details of the A. ambivalens quinol oxidase and adaptation to different living conditions.

journal_name

Biochemistry

journal_title

Biochemistry

authors

Aagaard A,Gilderson G,Gomes CM,Teixeira M,Brzezinski P

doi

10.1021/bi990473m

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-08-03 00:00:00

pages

10032-41

issue

eissn

0006-2960

issn

1520-4995

pii

bi990473m

journal_volume

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Dynamics of the binuclear center of the quinol oxidase from Acidianus ambivalens.