title: Evolution of cytochrome c oxidase.
abstract: The current view on the regulatory function of nuclear-encoded subunits of cytochrome c oxidase from higher evolved organisms is presented. The activity of monomeric laurylmaltoside-dissolved, but not of reconstituted cytochrome c oxidase, is strongly affected by anions accompanied by a conformational change of the enzyme, as shown by changed visible spectra. Addition of uncoupler to proteoliposomes induces the same anion sensitivity as obtained with the soluble enzyme, suggesting dissociation of the dimeric membrane-bound enzyme by uncoupler. Nucleotides are suggested to regulate cytochrome c oxidase activity at 3 different sites: 1) Interaction of ATP with a cytosolic site (outside) increases the Km for cytochrome c in the enzyme from bovine heart and Paracoccus denitrificans; 2) binding of ADP at a matrix site decreases, and 3) binding of ATP at another matrix site increases the Km for cytochrome c of the mammalian enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Fed. Rep. Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kadenbach
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reimann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stroh
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Hüther
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002417:Cattle; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D010231:Paracoccus denitrificans / Q000201:enzymology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV