Accommodation of NO in the active site of mammalian and bacterial cytochrome c oxidase aa3.
Following different reports on the stoichiometry and configuration of NO binding to mammalian and bacterial reduced cytochrome c oxidase aa(3) (CcO), we investigated NO binding and dynamics in the active site of beef heart CcO as a function of NO concentration, using ultrafast transient absorption and EPR spectroscopy. We find that in the physiological range only one NO molecule binds to heme a(3), and time-resolved experiments indicate that even transient binding to Cu(B) does not occur. Only at very high (approximately 2 mM) concentrations a second NO is accommodated in the active site, although in a different configuration than previously observed for CcO from Paracoccus denitrificans [E. Pilet, W. Nitschke, F. Rappaport, T. Soulimane, J.-C. Lambry, U. Liebl and M.H. Vos. Biochemistry 43 (2004) 14118-14127], where we proposed that a second NO does bind to Cu(B). In addition, in the bacterial enzyme two NO molecules can bind already at NO concentrations of approximately 1 microM. The unexpected differences highlighted in this study may relate to differences in the physiological relevance of the CcO-NO interactions in both species.
Pilet
Eric
E
Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
Nitschke
Wolfgang
W
Liebl
Ursula
U
Vos
Marten H
MH
D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D002417:Cattle; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D021122:Protein Subunits; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV