title: The Qo-site inhibitor DBMIB favours the proximal position of the chloroplast Rieske protein and induces a pK-shift of the redox-linked proton.
abstract: The interaction of the inhibitor 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropylbenzoquinone (DBMIB) with the Rieske protein of the chloroplast b6f complex has been studied by EPR. All three redox states of DBMIB were found to interact with the iron-sulphur cluster. The presence of the oxidised form of DBMIB altered the equilibrium distribution of the Rieske protein's conformational substates, strongly favouring the proximal position close to heme bL. In addition to this conformational effect, DBMIB shifted the pK-value of the redox-linked proton involved in the iron-sulphur cluster's redox transition by about 1.5 pH units towards more acidic values. The implications of these results with respect to the interaction of the native quinone substrate and the Rieske cluster in cytochrome bc complexes are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines (UPR 9036), Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schoepp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brugna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riedel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nitschke
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D045346:Cytochrome b6f Complex; D003991:Dibromothymoquinone / Q000378:metabolism*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011522:Protons
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D011522:Protons; C037989:Rieske iron-sulfur protein; D003991:Dibromothymoquinone; D045346:Cytochrome b6f Complex; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III; D001205:Ascorbic Acid