Abstract
Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) binds covalently to an acidic amino acid located in the cd loop connecting membrane-spanning helices C and D of cytochrome b resulting in an inhibition of proton translocation in the cytochrome bc 1 complex with minimal effects on the steady state rate of electron transfer. Single turnover studies performed with the yeast cytochrome bc 1 complex indicated that the initial phase of cytochrome b reduction was inhibited 25–45% in the DCCD-treated cytochrome bc 1 complex, while the rate of cytochrome c 1 reduction was unaffected. Simulations by molecular modeling predict that binding of DCCD to glutamate 163 located in the cd2 loop of cytochrome b of chicken liver mitochondria results in major conformational changes in the protein. The conformation of the cd loop and the end of helix C appeared twisted with a concomitant rearrangement of the amino acid residues of both cd1 and cd2 loops. The predicted rearrangement of the amino acid residues of the cd loop results in disruptions of the hydrogen bonds predicted to form between amino acid residues of the cd and ef loops. Simultaneously, two new hydrogen bonds are predicted to form between glutamate 272 and two residues, aspartate 253 and tyrosine 272. Formation of these new hydrogen bonds would restrict the rotation and protonation of glutamate 272, which may be necessary for the release of the second electrogenic proton obtained during ubiquinol oxidation in the bc1 complex.
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Wang, Y., Beattie, D.S. Molecular Modeling Studies of the DCCD-Treated Cytochrome bc 1 Complex: Predicted Conformational Changes and Inhibition of Proton Translocation. J Bioenerg Biomembr 34, 81–88 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015132323939
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