title: The proton pumping stoichiometry of purified mitochondrial complex I reconstituted into proteoliposomes.
abstract: NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) is the largest and most complicated enzyme of aerobic electron transfer. The mechanism how it uses redox energy to pump protons across the bioenergetic membrane is still not understood. Here we determined the pumping stoichiometry of mitochondrial complex I from the strictly aerobic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. With intact mitochondria, the measured value of 3.8H(+)/2e indicated that four protons are pumped per NADH oxidized. For purified complex I reconstituted into proteoliposomes we measured a very similar pumping stoichiometry of 3.6H(+)/2e . This is the first demonstration that the proton pump of complex I stayed fully functional after purification of the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Universität Frankfurt, Fachbereich Medizin, Zentrum der Biologischen Chemie, Molekulare Bioenergetik, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 26, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galkin
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dröse
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brandt
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D004579:Electron Transport; D042967:Electron Transport Complex I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D011510:Proteolipids; D017494:Proton Pumps / Q000378:metabolism*; D025062:Yarrowia / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D011510:Proteolipids; D017494:Proton Pumps; C020485:proteoliposomes; D042967:Electron Transport Complex I