title: A revised model of the active site of alternative oxidase.
abstract: The plant mitochondrial protein alternative oxidase catalyses dioxygen dependent ubiquinol oxidation to yield ubiquinone and water. A structure of this protein has previously been proposed based on an assumed structural homology to the di-iron carboxylate family of proteins. However, these authors suggested the protein has a very different topology than the known structures of di-iron carboxylate proteins. We have re-examined this model and based on comparison of recent sequences and structural data on di-iron carboxylate proteins we present a new model of the alternative oxidase which allows prediction of active site residues and a possible membrane binding motif.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nordlund
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D000099188:Alternative Oxidase
chemical_list: D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010940:Plant Proteins; D014451:Ubiquinone; D000099188:Alternative Oxidase; C003741:ubiquinol