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Soluble CuA domain of cyanobacterial cytochrome c oxidase
Authors:Paumann Martina  Lubura Borjana  Regelsberger Günther  Feichtinger Markus  Köllensberger Gunda  Jakopitsch Christa  Furtmüller Paul G  Peschek Günter A  Obinger Christian
Institution:Institute of Physical Chemistry, Molecular Bioenergetics Group, University of Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:The genomes of several cyanobacteria show the existence of gene clusters encoding subunits I, II, and III of aa(3)-type cytochrome c oxidase. The enzyme occurs on both plasma and thylakoid membranes of these oxygenic phototrophic prokaryotes. Here we report the expression and purification of a truncated subunit II copper A (Cu(A)) domain (i.e. the electron entry and donor binding site) of cytochrome c oxidase from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 in high yield. The water-soluble purple redox-active bimetallic center displays a relatively low standard reduction potential of 216 mV. Its absorption spectrum at pH 7 is similar to that of other soluble fragments from aa(3)-type oxidases, but the insensitivity of both absorbance and circular dichroism spectra to pH suggests that it is less exposed to the aqueous milieu compared with other Cu(A) domains. Oxidation of horse heart cytochrome c by the bimetallic center follows monophasic kinetics. At pH 7 and low ionic strength the bimolecular rate constant is (2.1 +/- 0.3) x 10(4) m-1 s(-1), and the rates decrease upon the increase of ionic strength. Sequence alignment and modeling of cyanobacterial Cu(A) domains show several peculiarities such as: (i) a large insertion located between the second transmembrane region and the putative hydrophobic cytochrome c docking site, (ii) the lack of acidic residues shown to be important in the interaction between cytochrome c and Paracoccus Cu(A) domain, and (iii) an extended C terminus similar to Escherichia coli ubiquinol oxidase.
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