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Quinol-cytochrome c Oxidoreductase and Cytochrome c4 Mediate Electron Transfer during Selenate Respiration in Thauera selenatis

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Elisabeth Lowe, Elizabeth Dridge, Charles Debieux, Dr Ian Singleton, Professor Rick Lewis, Dr Clive Butler

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Abstract

Selenatereductase(SER) from Thaueraselenatis is a periplasmic enzyme that has been classified as a type II molybdoenzyme. The enzyme comprises three subunits SerABC, where SerC is an unusual b-heme cytochrome. In the present work the spectropotentiometric characterization of the SerC component and the identification of redox partners to SER are reported. The mid-point redox potential of the b-heme was determined by optical titration (E-m + 234 +/- 10 mV). A profile of periplasmic c-type cytochromes expressed in T. selenatis under selenate respiring conditions was undertaken. Two c-type cytochromes were purified (similar to 24 and similar to 6 kDa), and the 24-kDa protein (cytc-Ts4) was shown to donate electrons to SerABC in vitro. Protein sequence of cytc-Ts4 was obtained by N-terminal sequencing and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis, and based upon sequence similarities, was assigned as a member of cytochrome c(4) family. Redox potentiometry, combined with UV-visible spectroscopy, showed that cytc-Ts4 is a diheme cytochrome with a redox potential of + 282 +/- 10 mV, and both hemes are predicted to have His-Met ligation. To identify the membrane-bound electron donors to cytc-Ts4, growth of T. selenatis in the presence of respiratory inhibitors was monitored. The specific quinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase (QCR) inhibitors myxothiazol and antimycin A partially inhibited selenate respiration, demonstrating that some electron flux is via the QCR. Electron transfer via a QCR and a diheme cytochrome c(4) is a novel route for a member of the DMSO reductase family of molybdoenzymes.


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Author(s): Lowe EC, Bydder S, Hartshorne RS, Tape HLU, Dridge EJ, Debieux CM, Paszkiewicz K, Singleton I, Lewis RJ, Santini JM, Richardson DJ, Butler CS

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry

Year: 2010

Volume: 285

Issue: 24

Pages: 18433-18442

Print publication date: 11/06/2010

ISSN (print): 0021-9258

ISSN (electronic): 1083-351X

Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.115873

DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.115873


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Systems Biology Theme, University of Exeter
La Trobe University
BB/D00781X/1BBSRC/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
BBS/B/10110Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
P17219Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

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