Yeast Sco1, a protein essential for cytochrome c oxidase function is a Cu(I)-binding protein |
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Authors: | Nittis T George G N Winge D R |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA. |
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Abstract: | Sco1 is a conserved essential protein, which has been implicated in the delivery of copper to cytochrome c oxidase, the last enzyme of the electron transport chain. In this study, we show for the first time that the purified C-terminal domain of yeast Sco1 binds one Cu(I)/monomer. X-ray absorption spectroscopy suggests that the Cu(I) is ligated via three ligands, and we show that two cysteines, present in a conserved motif CXXXC, and a conserved histidine are involved in Cu(I) ligation. The mutation of any one of the conserved residues in Sco1 expressed in yeast abrogates the function of Sco1 resulting in a non-functional cytochrome c oxidase complex. Thus, the function of Sco1 correlates with Cu(I) binding. Data obtained from size-exclusion chromatography experiments with mitochondrial lysates suggest that full-length Sco1 may be oligomeric in vivo. |
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