Expression and function of cytochrome c oxidase subunit isologues. Modulators of cellular energy production?
Expression and function of cytochrome c oxidase subunit isologues. Modulators of cellular energy production?
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细胞色素c氧化酶亚基同系物的表达和功能。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb35344.x
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Farrell,LE
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作者:
Poyton,RO;Trueblood,CE;Wright,RM;Farrell,LE
Attempts to understand the regulation of cellular energy production in nonphotosynthetic eukaryotic cells have focused on the components of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and its three sites of energy conservation. Although a number of factors could interact to affect the rate of mitochondrial respiration and oxidative phosphorylation, recent studies have led to the proposal that cytochrome c oxidase is a key enzyme in the overall regulation of cellular energy production in eukaryotes.’.’This hypothesis is supported by a number of findings. First, the redox reactions between NADH and cytochrome c in the mitochondrial respiratory chain (ie, those that include the first two sites of oxidative phosphorylation) are near equilibrium3-” whereas the redox reactions between cytochrome c and 0,, which are catalyzed by cytochrome c oxidase, are essentially irreversible.’Second, the application of control to oxidative phosphorylation has revealed that cytochrome c oxidase is one of two major steps that have significant “control strength” in mitochondria from both higher eukaryotes (eg rat liverf4) and lower eukaryotes (eg Saccharomyces cerevisiae”). Third, cytochromes aa, can be limiting in amount with respect to other respiratory chain components in some organisms (eg, Candida parapsilosis, 5 ‘. cerevisiaeI6) and tissues (eg bovine liver”). Fourth, ATP (and other anions) has a marked effect on the kinetic properties of cytochrome c oxidase from a variety of eukaryotes”-” by binding to subunits that are thought not to carry the redox centers of the holoenzyme. 22 Together these findings suggest that one, or more, of the reactions catalyzed by cytochrome c oxidase is equivalent to the committed step in a metabolic pathway. As such, it is an important control point that somehow matches the level of respiration and oxidative phosphorylation to cellular energy requirements. At present, it is unclear how eukaryotic cells alter their cytochrome c oxidase activity levels in response to changes in energy demand. In principle, two general types of regulation are possible: short term and long term. These two types of regulation are distinguishable by response time and by a requirement for protein synthesis and/or turnover. Short-term regulation is immediate, could be affected by allosteric regulation (via ATP and/or other metabolitesz3), and does not require protein synthesis or turnover. Long-term regulation would be affected by changing the number of