Structure and orientation of cytochrome c oxidase in crystalline membranes. Studies by electron microscopy and by labeling with subunit-specific antibodies.
Structure and orientation of cytochrome c oxidase in crystalline membranes. Studies by electron microscopy and by labeling with subunit-specific antibodies.
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晶体膜中细胞色素 C 氧化酶的结构和方向。
DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9258(17)34732-4
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发表时间:
1978
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通讯作者:
G. Schatz
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作者:
T. Frey;S. Chan;G. Schatz
The structure and the orientation of cytochrome c oxidase molecules in crystalline cytochrome c oxidase membranes (Vanderkooi, G., Senior, A.E., Capaldi, R.A., and Hayashi, H. (1972) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 274, 38-48) were studied by image analysis of electron micrographs and by reacting the crystalline preparations with immune gamma-globulins against individual cytochrome c oxidase subunits. Binding of gamma-globulins to the membranes was detected by the following two methods: (a) electrophoretic identification of gamma-globulin polypeptides in the washed membranes; (b) electron microscopic examination of the negatively stained membranes. The membranes bound immune gamma-globulins against subunit IV (which faces the matrix side in intact mitochondria) but failed to bind immune gamma-globulins against subunits II + III (which face the outer side of the inner membrane in intact mitochondria). In contrast, solubilized cytochrome c oxidase bound either of the two immune gamma-globulins. All cytochrome c oxidase molecules in the crystalline membranes are thus asymmetrically arranged so that subunit IV faces outward and subunits II + III face toward the interior. This orientation is opposite to that found with intact mitochondria. The data also suggest that the crystalline membranes form closed vesicles which are impermeable to externally added gamma-globulins.