title: Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex patterns from Acanthamoeba castellanii and Lycopersicon esculentum: comparative analysis by BN-PAGE and evidence of protein-protein interaction between alternative oxidase and complex III.
abstract: We have previously shown that a kinetic interplay exists between the cytochrome pathway and the alternative oxidase in mitochondria from amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii . Native interaction analyses using blue native gel electrophoresis coupled to denaturating electrophoresis and immunodetection have indicated associations between alternative oxidase and oxidative phosphorylation complexes in both amoeba and tomato mitochondria. These associations are dependent on the expression level of alternative oxidase according to the physiological state in both organisms. Alternative oxidase associates broadly with large complexes of the respiratory chain when it is expressed in large amount, i.e., in ripe tomato and exponentially growing amoeba. On the contrary, alternative oxidase interacts specifically with complex III even if expression of the oxidase is low, i.e., in green tomato and stationary phase amoeba. This specific interaction represents a higher level of regulation driven by protein-protein interactions leading to a direct kinetic interplay between the cytochrome pathway and alternative oxidase in both plant and amoeba mitochondria.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Department of Life Sciences, Institute of Chemistry B6c, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Navet
authors.forename: Wieslawa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jarmuszkiewicz
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Douette
authors.forename: Claudine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sluse-Goffart
authors.forename: Francis E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Sluse
mesh_terms: D048248:Acanthamoeba castellanii / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III / Q000378:metabolism*; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D013045:Species Specificity; D000099188:Alternative Oxidase
chemical_list: D014450:Electron Transport Complex III; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000099188:Alternative Oxidase