Definition of the Interaction Domain for Cytochrome con Cytochrome c Oxidase

Kefei Wang,Y. Zhen,R. Sadoski,Susan Grinnell,L. Geren,S. Ferguson-Miller,B. Durham,F. Millett

Published 1999 in Journal of Biological Chemistry

ABSTRACT

The reaction between cytochrome c(Cc) and Rhodobacter sphaeroides cytochrome coxidase (CcO) was studied using a cytochrome c derivative labeled with ruthenium trisbipyridine at lysine 55 (Ru-55-Cc). Flash photolysis of a 1:1 complex between Ru-55-Cc and CcO at low ionic strength results in electron transfer from photoreduced heme c to CuA with an intracomplex rate constant ofk a = 4 × 104 s−1, followed by electron transfer from CuA to heme a with a rate constant of k b = 9 × 104s−1. The effects of CcO surface mutations on the kinetics follow the order D214N > E157Q > E148Q > D195N > D151N/E152Q ≈ D188N/E189Q ≈ wild type, indicating that the acidic residues Asp214, Glu157, Glu148, and Asp195 on subunit II interact electrostatically with the lysines surrounding the heme crevice of Cc. Mutating the highly conserved tryptophan residue, Trp143, to Phe or Ala decreased the intracomplex electron transfer rate constant k a by 450- and 1200-fold, respectively, without affecting the dissociation constant K D . It therefore appears that the indole ring of Trp143 mediates electron transfer from the heme group of Cc to CuA. These results are consistent with steady-state kinetic results (Zhen, Y., Hoganson, C. W., Babcock, G. T., and Ferguson-Miller, S. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 38032–38041) and a computational docking analysis (Roberts, V. A., and Pique, M. E. (1999) J. Biol. Chem.274, 38051–38060).

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