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Insights into the ubiquinol/dioxygen binding and proton relay pathways of the alternative oxidase
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posted on 2023-06-07, 06:33 authored by Tomoo Shiba, Daniel Ken Inaoka, Gen Takahashia, Chiaka Tsuge, Yasutoshi Kido, Luke Young, Satoshi Ueda, Emmanuel Oluwadare Baloguna, Takeshi Narah, Teruki Honma, Akiko Tanaka, Masayuki Inoue, Hiroyuki Saimoto, Shigeharu Harada, Anthony Moore, Kiyoshi KitaThe alternative oxidase (AOX) is a monotopic diiron carboxylate protein which catalyzes the four-electron re-duction of dioxygen to water by ubiquinol. Although we have recently determined the crystal structure ofTrypanosoma bruceiAOX (TAO) in the presence and absence of ascofuranone (AF) derivatives (which are potent mixed type inhibitors) the mechanism by which ubiquinol and dioxygen binds to TAO remain inconclusive. In this article, ferulenol was identified as the first competitive inhibitor of AOX which has been used to probe thebinding of ubiquinol. Surface plasmon resonance reveals that AF is aquasi-irreversible inhibitor of TAO whilst ferulenol binding is completely reversible. The structure of the TAO-ferulenol complex, determined at 2.7 Å,provided insights into ubiquinol binding and has also identified a potential dioxygen molecule bound in aside-on conformation to the diiron center for the first time.
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Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Accepted version
Journal
BBA - BioenergeticsISSN
0005-2728Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
Issue
5Volume
1860Page range
375-382Department affiliated with
- Biochemistry Publications
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