期刊
EMBO JOURNAL
卷 36, 期 3, 页码 291-300出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201695021
关键词
cytochrome c; cytochrome c oxidase; electron transfer complex; protein-protein interaction; X-ray crystallography
资金
- JST, CREST
- JSPS KAKENHI [26291033, 25287099]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25287099, 15K18493, 26291033] Funding Source: KAKEN
Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) transfers electrons from cytochrome c (Cyt. c) to O-2 to generate H2O, a process coupled to proton pumping. To elucidate the mechanism of electron transfer, we determined the structure of the mammalian Cyt.c-CcO complex at 2.0- resolution and identified an electron transfer pathway from Cyt.c to CcO. The specific interaction between Cyt.c and CcO is stabilized by a few electrostatic interactions between side chains within a small contact surface area. Between the two proteins are three water layers with a long inter-molecular span, one of which lies between the other two layers without significant direct interaction with either protein. Cyt.c undergoes large structural fluctuations, using the interacting regions with CcO as a fulcrum. These features of the protein-protein interaction at the docking interface represent the first known example of a new class of protein-protein interaction, which we term soft and specific. This interaction is likely to contribute to the rapid association/ dissociation of the Cyt.c-CcO complex, which facilitates the sequential supply of four electrons for the O-2 reduction reaction.
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