Independent control of respiration in cytochrome c oxidase vesicles by pH and electrical gradients - PubMed

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Independent control of respiration in cytochrome c oxidase vesicles by pH and electrical gradients

L Gregory et al. Biochemistry. 1989.

Abstract

The effects of altering the pH and electrical components of the membrane potential on the visible spectra and oxygen consumption rates of cytochrome oxidase vesicles were examined during steady-state respiration using cytochrome c as the substrate. Heme a was found to be 30-55% reduced in the presence of a membrane potential, becoming more reduced when the electrical gradient (delta psi) was abolished by valinomycin and more oxidized when the pH gradient (delta pH) was abolished by nigericin, with little increase (1.2-1.8-fold) in the rates of oxygen consumption in either case. When both gradients were eliminated, heme a reduction was close to initial levels, and activity was stimulated up to 8-fold. The magnitude of the changes in heme a reduction levels upon elimination of a gradient component was shown to be positively correlated with the magnitude of the respiratory control ratio of the vesicle preparation. Kinetic analysis of the dependence of oxidase activity on cytochrome c concentration indicated that changes in the Michaelis constant of the enzyme for its substrate are not a major factor in regulation by either delta pH or delta psi. These results suggest a dual mechanism for respiratory control in cytochrome oxidase vesicles under steady-state conditions, in which the electrical gradient predominantly affects electron transfer from cytochrome c to heme a, possibly by altering the reduction potential of heme a, while the pH gradient affects electron transfer from heme a (CuA) to heme a3 (CuB), possibly by a conformationally mediated change in the reduction potential of heme a3 or in the kinetics of the electron-transfer process.

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