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Evolutionary aspects of cytochromec oxidase

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The presence of additional subunits in cytochrome oxidase distinguish the multicellular eukaryotic enzyme from that of a simple unicellular bacterial enzyme. The number of these additional subunits increases with increasing evolutionary stage of the organism. Subunits I–III of the eukaryotic enzyme are related to the three bacterial subunits, and they are encoded on mito-chondrial DNA. The additional subunits are nuclear encoded. Experimental evidences are presented here to indicate that the lower enzymatic activity of the mammalian enzyme is due to the presence of nuclear-coded subunits. Dissociation of some of the nuclear-coded subunits (e.g., VIa) by laurylmaltoside and anions increased the activity of the rat liver enzyme to a value similar to that of the bacterial enzyme. Further, it is shown that the intraliposomal nucleotides influence the kinetics of ferrocytochromec oxidation by the reconstituted enzyme from bovine heart but not fromP. denitrificans. The regulatory function attributed to the nuclear-coded subunits of mammalian cytochromec oxidase is also demonstrated by the tissue-specific response of the reconstituted enzyme from bovine heart but not from bovine liver to intraliposomal ADP. These enzymes from bovine heart and liver differ in the amino acid sequences of subunits VIa, VIIa, and VIII. The results presented here are taken to indicate a regulation of cytochromec oxidase activity by nuclear-coded subunits which act like receptors for allosteric effectors and influence the catalytic activity of the core enzyme via conformational changes.

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Kadenbach, B., Stroh, A., Hüther, F.J. et al. Evolutionary aspects of cytochromec oxidase. J Bioenerg Biomembr 23, 321–334 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00762225

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