{"title":"Structural and functional mechanisms of cytochrome c oxidase","authors":"Denis L. Rousseau, Izumi Ishigami, Syun-Ru Yeh","doi":"10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112730","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cytochrome <em>c</em> oxidase (C<em>c</em>O) is the terminal enzyme in the electron transfer chain in mitochondria. It catalyzes the four-electron reduction of O<sub>2</sub> to H<sub>2</sub>O and harnesses the redox energy to drive unidirectional proton translocation against a proton electrochemical gradient. A great deal of research has been conducted to comprehend the molecular properties of C<em>c</em>O. However, the mechanism by which the oxygen reduction reaction is coupled to proton translocation remains poorly understood. Here, we review the chemical properties of a variety of key oxygen intermediates of bovine C<em>c</em>O (bC<em>c</em>O) revealed by time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy and the structural features of the enzyme uncovered by serial femtosecond crystallography, an innovative technique that allows structural determination at room temperature without radiation damage. The implications of these data on the proton translocation mechanism are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016201342400254X","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) is the terminal enzyme in the electron transfer chain in mitochondria. It catalyzes the four-electron reduction of O2 to H2O and harnesses the redox energy to drive unidirectional proton translocation against a proton electrochemical gradient. A great deal of research has been conducted to comprehend the molecular properties of CcO. However, the mechanism by which the oxygen reduction reaction is coupled to proton translocation remains poorly understood. Here, we review the chemical properties of a variety of key oxygen intermediates of bovine CcO (bCcO) revealed by time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy and the structural features of the enzyme uncovered by serial femtosecond crystallography, an innovative technique that allows structural determination at room temperature without radiation damage. The implications of these data on the proton translocation mechanism are discussed.
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The Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry is an established international forum for research in all aspects of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. Original papers of a high scientific level are published in the form of Articles (full length papers), Short Communications, Focused Reviews and Bioinorganic Methods. Topics include: the chemistry, structure and function of metalloenzymes; the interaction of inorganic ions and molecules with proteins and nucleic acids; the synthesis and properties of coordination complexes of biological interest including both structural and functional model systems; the function of metal- containing systems in the regulation of gene expression; the role of metals in medicine; the application of spectroscopic methods to determine the structure of metallobiomolecules; the preparation and characterization of metal-based biomaterials; and related systems. The emphasis of the Journal is on the structure and mechanism of action of metallobiomolecules.
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