TY - JOUR
T1 - Ligand Binding in a Docking Site of Cytochrome c Oxidase
T2 - A Time-Resolved Step-Scan Fourier Transform Infrared Study
AU - Koutsoupakis, Constantinos
AU - Soulimane, Tewfik
AU - Varotsis, Constantinos
PY - 2003/12/3
Y1 - 2003/12/3
N2 - The description of reaction regulation in enzymes responsible for activating and catalyzing small molecules (O2, NO) requires identification of ligand movement into the binding site and out of the enzyme through specific channels and docking sites. We have used time-resolved step-scan Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy on CO-photolyzed cytochrome c oxidase ba3 from T. thermophilus, which is responsible for the activation and reduction of both O2 and NO, to gain insight into the structure of ligand-binding intermediates at ambient temperature. We show that, upon dissociation, the photolyzed CO becomes trapped within a ligand docking site located near the ring A proplonate of heme a3. The 2131 cm -1 mode of the "docked" CO we have detected corresponds to the B1 state of Mb and persists for 35 μs. The release of CO from the docking site is not followed by recombination to the heme a3 Fe. Our analysis indicates that this behavior reflects a mechanism in which the protein near ring A of heme a3 propionate reorganizes about the released CO from the docking site, and establishes a transient barrier that inhibits the recombination process to the heme a3 Fe for a few milliseconds. Rebinding to heme a3 occurs with k2 = 29.5 s-1. These results have implications for understanding the role of ligand binding/escape through docking sites and channels in heme-copper oxidases and, thus, in respiration.
AB - The description of reaction regulation in enzymes responsible for activating and catalyzing small molecules (O2, NO) requires identification of ligand movement into the binding site and out of the enzyme through specific channels and docking sites. We have used time-resolved step-scan Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy on CO-photolyzed cytochrome c oxidase ba3 from T. thermophilus, which is responsible for the activation and reduction of both O2 and NO, to gain insight into the structure of ligand-binding intermediates at ambient temperature. We show that, upon dissociation, the photolyzed CO becomes trapped within a ligand docking site located near the ring A proplonate of heme a3. The 2131 cm -1 mode of the "docked" CO we have detected corresponds to the B1 state of Mb and persists for 35 μs. The release of CO from the docking site is not followed by recombination to the heme a3 Fe. Our analysis indicates that this behavior reflects a mechanism in which the protein near ring A of heme a3 propionate reorganizes about the released CO from the docking site, and establishes a transient barrier that inhibits the recombination process to the heme a3 Fe for a few milliseconds. Rebinding to heme a3 occurs with k2 = 29.5 s-1. These results have implications for understanding the role of ligand binding/escape through docking sites and channels in heme-copper oxidases and, thus, in respiration.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja036107e
DO - 10.1021/ja036107e
M3 - Article
C2 - 14640647
AN - SCOPUS:0344961407
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 125
SP - 14728
EP - 14732
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 48
ER -