The rate-limiting step in O2 reduction by cytochrome ba3 from Thermus thermophilus |
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Authors: | Tsuyoshi Egawa Ying Chen James A Fee Syun-Ru Yeh Denis L Rousseau |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA;2. Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, 92037 CA, USA |
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Abstract: | Cytochrome ba3 (ba3) of Thermus thermophilus (T. thermophilus) is a member of the heme–copper oxidase family, which has a binuclear catalytic center comprised of a heme (heme a3) and a copper (CuB). The heme–copper oxidases generally catalyze the four electron reduction of molecular oxygen in a sequence involving several intermediates. We have investigated the reaction of the fully reduced ba3 with O2 using stopped-flow techniques. Transient visible absorption spectra indicated that a fraction of the enzyme decayed to the oxidized state within the dead time (~ 1 ms) of the stopped-flow instrument, while the remaining amount was in a reduced state that decayed slowly (k = 400 s? 1) to the oxidized state without accumulation of detectable intermediates. Furthermore, no accumulation of intermediate species at 1 ms was detected in time resolved resonance Raman measurements of the reaction. These findings suggest that O2 binds rapidly to heme a3 in one fraction of the enzyme and progresses to the oxidized state. In the other fraction of the enzyme, O2 binds transiently to a trap, likely CuB, prior to its migration to heme a3 for the oxidative reaction, highlighting the critical role of CuB in regulating the oxygen reaction kinetics in the oxidase superfamily. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Respiratory Oxidases. |
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