title: The small molecular mass ubiquinone-binding protein (QPc-9.5 kDa) in mitochondrial ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase: isolation, ubiquinone-binding domain, and immunoinhibition.
abstract: The small molecular mass ubiquinone-binding protein (QPc-9.5 kDa) was purified to homogeneity from 3-azido-2-methyl-5-methoxy-6-(3,7-dimethyl[3H]octyl)-1,4-benzoquinol+ ++- labeled bovine heart mitochondrial ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the isolated protein is Gly-Arg-Gln-Phe-Gly-His-Leu-Thr-Arg-Val-Arg-His-, which is identical with that of a Mr = 9500 protein in the reductase [Borchart et al. (1986) FEBS Lett. 200, 81-86]. A ubiquinone-binding peptide was prepared from [3H]azidoubiquinol-labeled QPc-9.5 kDa protein by trypsin digestion followed by HPLC separation. The partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of this peptide, Val-Ala-Pro-Pro-Phe-Val-Ala-Phe-Tyr-Leu-, corresponds to amino acid residues 48-57 in the reported Mr = 9500 protein. According to the proposed structural model for the Mr = 9500 protein, the azido-Q-labeled peptide is located in the membrane on the matrix side. These results confirm our previous assessment that the Mr = 13,400 subunit is not the small molecular weight Q-binding protein. Purified antibodies against QPc-9.5 kDa have a high titer with isolated QPc-9.5 kDa protein and complexes that contain it. Although antibodies against QPc-9.5 kDa do not inhibit intact succinate- and ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductases, a decrease of 85% and 20% in restoration of succinate- and ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductases, respectively, is observed when delipidated succinate- or ubiquinol-cytochrome reductases are incubated with antibodies prior to reconstitution with ubiquinone and phospholipid, indicating that epitopes at the catalytic site of QPc-9.5 kDa are buried in the phospholipid environment.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, OAES, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013384:Succinate Cytochrome c Oxidoreductase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C027208:ubiquinone-binding proteins; D014451:Ubiquinone; D013384:Succinate Cytochrome c Oxidoreductase; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III