Coupled electron and proton transfer reactions during the O 鈫?#xa0;E transition in bovine cytochrome c oxidase

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• 作者：Dragan M. Popovi膰 ^{dpopovic@ucdavis.edu} ; Alexei A. Stuchebrukhov ; ^{stuchebr@chem.ucdavis.edu}
• 关键词：CcO ; cytochrome c oxidase ; DFT ; density functional theory ; QM ; quantum-mechanical ; PBE ; Poisson&ndash ; Boltzmann Equation ; SCRF ; self-consistent reaction field ; Em ; midpoint potential ; ATP ; adenosine-5&prime ; -triphosphate ; BNC ; binuclear center ; PLS ; proto
• 刊名：Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Bioenergetics
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：13_00052728
• 类别：bio
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：1817
• 期：4
• 页码：506-517
• 文件大小：980 K

摘要

A combined DFT/electrostatic approach is employed to study the coupling of proton and electron transfer reactions in cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) and its proton pumping mechanism. The coupling of the chemical proton to the internal electron transfer within the binuclear center is examined for the O 鈫?#xA0;E transition. The novel features of the His291 pumping model are proposed, which involve timely well-synchronized sequence of the proton-coupled electron transfer reactions. The obtained pK_as and E_ms of the key ionizable and redox-active groups at the different stages of the O 鈫?#xA0;E transition are consistent with available experimental data. The PT step from E242 to H291 is examined in detail for various redox states of the hemes and various conformations of E242 side-chain. Redox potential calculations of the successive steps in the reaction cycle during the O 鈫?#xA0;E transition are able to explain a cascade of equilibria between the different intermediate states and electron redistribution between the metal centers during the course of the catalytic activity. All four electrometric phases are discussed in the light of the obtained results, providing a robust support for the His291 model of proton pumping in CcO. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Respiratory oxidases.