Protonmotive Functions of Cytochrome C Oxidase in Reconstituted Vesicles. Influence of Turnover Rate on 'proton Translocation'

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Journal Biochem J

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1983 Jan 15

PMID 6303310

Citations 23

Authors

G Proteau

J M Wrigglesworth

P Nicholls

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Abstract

1. Oxidation of ferrocytochrome c by cytochrome c oxidase incorporated into proteoliposomes induces a transient acidification of the external medium. This change is dependent on the presence of valinomycin and can be abolished by carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone or by nigericin. The H+/e- ratio for the initial acidification varies with the internal buffering capacity of the vesicles, and under suitable conditions approaches + 1, the pulse slowly decaying to give a net alkalinity change with H+/e- value approaching -1. 2. Inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase turnover by ferricytochrome c or by azide addition results in ferrocytochrome c-dependent H+ pulses with decreasing H+/e- ratios. The rate of the initial H+ production remains higher than the rate of equilibration of the pH gradient, indicating an intrinsic dependence of the H+/e- ratio on enzyme turnover. The final net alkalinity changes are relatively unaffected by turnover inhibition.

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