title: Failure to insert the iron-sulfur cluster into the Rieske iron-sulfur protein impairs both center N and center P of the cytochrome bc1 complex.
abstract: Mutation of a serine that forms a hydrogen bond to the iron-sulfur cluster of the Rieske iron-sulfur protein to a cysteine results in a respiratory-deficient yeast strain due to formation of iron-sulfur protein lacking the iron-sulfur cluster. The Rieske apoprotein lacking the iron-sulfur cluster is inserted into both monomers of the dimeric cytochrome bc(1) complex and processed to mature size, but the protein lacking iron-sulfur cluster is more susceptible to proteolysis. In addition, the protein environment of center P in one half of the dimer is affected by failure to insert the iron-sulfur cluster as indicated by the fact that only one molecule of myxothiazol can be bound to the cytochrome bc(1) dimer. Although the bc(1) complex lacking the Rieske iron-sulfur cluster cannot oxidize ubiquinol through center P, rates of reduction of cytochrome b by menaquinol through center N are normal. However, less cytochrome b is reduced through center N, and only one molecule of antimycin can be bound at center N in the bc(1) dimer lacking iron-sulfur cluster. These results indicate that failure to insert the [2Fe-2S] cluster impairs assembly of the Rieske protein into the bc(1) complex and that this interferes with proper assembly of both center P and center N in one half of the dimeric enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
authors.forename: Emma Berta
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Gutierrez-Cirlos
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Merbitz-Zahradnik
authors.forename: Bernard L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Trumpower
mesh_terms: D000968:Antimycin A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; C037989:Rieske iron-sulfur protein; C032456:antimycin; D000968:Antimycin A; D013455:Sulfur; D007501:Iron; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III