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Rates and Equilibrium of CuA to Heme a Electron Transfer in Paracoccus denitrificans Cytochrome c Oxidase

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Grell,  Ernst
Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max Planck Society;

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Farver, O., Grell, E., Ludwig, B., Michel, H., & Pecht, I. (2006). Rates and Equilibrium of CuA to Heme a Electron Transfer in Paracoccus denitrificans Cytochrome c Oxidase. Biophysical Journal, 90, 2131-2137. doi:10.1529/biophysj.105.075440.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0024-D932-5
Abstract
Intramolecular electron transfer between CuA and heme a in solubilized bacterial (Paracoccus denitrificans) cytochrome c oxidase was investigated by pulse radiolysis. CuA, the initial electron acceptor, was reduced by 1-methylnicotinamide radicals in a diffusion-controlled reaction, as monitored by absorption changes at 825 nm, followed by partial restoration of the absorption and paralleled by an increase in the heme a absorption at 605 nm. The latter observations indicate partial reoxidation of the CuA center and the concomitant reduction of heme a. The rate constants for heme a reduction and CuA reoxidation were identical within experimental error and independent of the enzyme concentration and its degree of reduction, demonstrating that a fast intramolecular electron equilibration is taking place between CuA and heme a. The rate constants for CuA → heme a ET and the reverse heme a → CuA process were found to be 20,400 s−1 and 10,030 s−1, respectively, at 25°C and pH 7.5, which corresponds to an equilibrium constant of 2.0. Thermodynamic and activation parameters of these intramolecular ET reactions were determined. The significance of the results, particularly the low activation barriers, is discussed within the framework of the enzyme’s known three-dimensional structure, potential ET pathways, and the calculated reorganization energies.