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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 266, Issue 30, 19958-19964, 10, 1991

Significance of the "Rieske" iron-sulfur protein for formation and function of the ubiquinol-oxidation pocket of mitochondrial cytochrome c reductase (bc1 complex)

U Brandt, U Haase, H Schagger and G von Jagow
Universitat Frankfurt, Zentrum der Biologischen Chemie, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany.

The binding of specific inhibitors to the ubiquinol oxidation pocket ("QP center") of cytochrome c reductase was analyzed before and after removal of bound phospholipid and the "Rieske" iron-sulfur protein using optical spectroscopy and fluorescence quench binding assays. The enzyme lacking iron-sulfur protein showed almost unchanged, tight binding of the E-beta-methoxyacrylate inhibitors oudemansin A and MOA- stilbene, whereas binding of the chromone inhibitor stigmatellin was almost completely abolished. The affinity of the weak inhibitor 3- undecyl-2-hydroxy-naphthoquinone was decreased. Oudemansin A binding to the defective pocket of the iron-sulfur protein-depleted enzyme was lowered by added phospholipid. It was deduced from these results that the QP center is a spacious pocket formed by domains of cytochrome b, bearing the E-beta-methoxcyacrylate binding site, and the iron-sulfur protein, bearing the stigmatellin binding site. Moreover, removal of the iron-sulfur protein leaves this pocket defective but essentially unchanged in its remaining binding capability. The affinity of three preparations of cytochrome c reductase, the complete, the delipidated, and the iron-sulfur depleted enzyme for E-beta-methoxyacrylate- stilbene, was analyzed for different redox states of the catalytic centers of cytochrome c reductase. The apparent Kd values for the different redox states were interpreted in terms of two conformational states. It is suggested that these changes reflect the two states of the "catalytic switch" proposed recently for the QP pocket of cytochrome c reductase (Brandt, U., and von Jagow, G. (1991) Eur. J. Biochem. 195, 163-170). According to the refined model presented in this work, changeover to the "b" state is triggered by reduction of the iron-sulfur cluster, and changeover back to the "FeS" state is triggered by electron transfer from the low potential onto the high potential heme b center. Our interpretation implies that the stability of the two states is affected by the redox states of the enzyme, but that additionally changing the redox states of the two centers is required for "switching" on a catalytic time scale.
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