Probing molecular structure of dioxygen reduction site of bacterial quinol oxidases through ligand binding to the redox metal centers |
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Authors: | Tsubaki M Hori H Mogi T |
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Institution: | Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Akou-gun, Hyogo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Cytochromes bo and bd are structurally unrelated terminal ubiquinol oxidases in the aerobic respiratory chain of Escherichia coli. The high-spin heme o-CuB binuclear center serves as the dioxygen reduction site for cytochrome bo, and the heme b595-heme d binuclear center for cytochrome bd. CuB coordinates three histidine ligands and serves as a transient ligand binding site en route to high-spin heme o one-electron donor to the oxy intermediate, and a binding site for bridging ligands like cyanide. In addition, it can protect the dioxygen reduction site through binding of a peroxide ion in the resting state, and connects directly or indirectly Tyr288 and Glu286 to carry out redox-driven proton pumping in the catalytic cycle. Contrary, heme b595 of cytochrome bd participate a similar role to CuB in ligand binding and dioxygen reduction but cannot perform such versatile roles because of its rigid structure. |
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