ZINC IONS INHIBIT THE Q(P) CENTER OF BOVINE HEART MITOCHONDRIAL BC(1) COMPLEX BY BLOCKING A PROTONATABLE GROUP
ZINC IONS INHIBIT THE Q(P) CENTER OF BOVINE HEART MITOCHONDRIAL BC(1) COMPLEX BY BLOCKING A PROTONATABLE GROUP
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.270.42.25001
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发表时间:
1995-10-20
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
VONJAGOW, G
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作者:
LINK, TA;VONJAGOW, G
Bovine heart bc(1) complex is reversibly inhibited by zinc ions with an inhibition constant K-I of 10(-7) M at pH greater than or equal to 7.0. Binding of zinc is at least a factor of 10 tighter than binding of any other metal ion tested. Essentially complete inhibition of ubihydroquinonecytochrome c oxidoreductase activity is observed at concentrations of [Zn2+] > 5 mu M. Zinc does not affect the K-m for the substrates, ubihydroquinone or cytochrome c, but zinc inhibits reduction of the cytochromes by ubihydroquinone through the Q(P) center. A radioactive binding assay using Zn-65 revealed one high affinity binding site per bc(1) complex with K-D less than or equal to 10(-7) M at pH = 7.0 and 3-4 additional low affinity binding sites (K-D > 2 x 10(-6) M). Zinc binding does not depend on the redox state of the high potential chain (iron sulfur protein and cytochrome c(1)). Zinc binds 3 times tighter to Fe-S-depleted bc(1) complex indicating that the zinc binding site is not on the ''Rieske'' iron-sulfur protein in contrast to a recent report by Lorusso et al, (Lorusso, M,, Cocco, T., Sardanella, A. M., Minuto, M., Bonomi, F., and Papa, S. (1991) Eur. J. Biochem. 197, 555-561). Zinc binds to a site which has the same affinity for zinc as for protons. We conclude that the zinc binding site is close to a protonatable group of the bc(1) complex with pK(a) = 7.2 which has not been identified previously. We propose that this group is part of the proton channel at the hydroquinone oxidation center of the bc(1) complex.