Function of conserved acidic residues in the PSST homologue of complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) from Yarrowia lipolytica

  • Proton-translocating NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) is the largest and least understood enzyme of the respiratory chain. Complex I from bovine mitochondria consists of more than forty different polypeptides. Subunit PSST has been suggested to carry iron-sulfur center N-2 and has more recently been shown to be involved in inhibitor binding. Due to its pH-dependent midpoint potential, N-2 has been proposed to play a central role both in ubiquinone reduction and proton pumping. To obtain more insight into the functional role of PSST, we have analyzed site-directed mutants of conserved acidic residues in the PSST homologous subunit of the obligate aerobic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Mutations D136N and E140Q provided functional evidence that conserved acidic residues in PSST play a central role in the proton translocating mechanism of complex I and also in the interaction with the substrate ubiquinone. When Glu89, the residue that has been suggested to be the fourth ligand of iron-sulfur center N-2 was changed to glutamine, alanine, or cysteine, the EPR spectrum revealed an unchanged amount of this redox center but was shifted and broadened in the gzregion. This indicates that Glu89 is not a ligand of N-2. The results are discussedin the light of structural similarities to the homologous [NiFe] hydrogenases.

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Author:Pamela M. AhlersGND, Klaus ZwickerORCiD, Stefan Kerscher, Ulrich BrandtORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-758420
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M002074200
ISSN:0021-9258
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10811805
Parent Title (English):Journal of biological chemistry
Publisher:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Publications
Place of publication:Bethesda, Md
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/01/04
Date of first Publication:2000/08/04
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2023/09/20
Volume:275
Issue:31
Page Number:6
First Page:23577
Last Page:23582
HeBIS-PPN:513164324
Institutes:Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International