PMID:17050691
| Citation |
Zhang, J, Frerman, FE and Kim, JJ (2006) Structure of electron transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase and electron transfer to the mitochondrial ubiquinone pool. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103:16212-7 |
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| Abstract |
Electron transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (ETF-QO) is a 4Fe4S flavoprotein located in the inner mitochondrial membrane. It catalyzes ubiquinone (UQ) reduction by ETF, linking oxidation of fatty acids and some amino acids to the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Deficiencies in ETF or ETF-QO result in multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, a human metabolic disease. Crystal structures of ETF-QO with and without bound UQ were determined, and they are essentially identical. The molecule forms a single structural domain. Three functional regions bind FAD, the 4Fe4S cluster, and UQ and are closely packed and share structural elements, resulting in no discrete structural domains. The UQ-binding pocket consists mainly of hydrophobic residues, and UQ binding differs from that of other UQ-binding proteins. ETF-QO is a monotopic integral membrane protein. The putative membrane-binding surface contains an alpha-helix and a beta-hairpin, forming a hydrophobic plateau. The UQ-flavin distance (8.5 A) is shorter than the UQ-cluster distance (18.8 A), and the very similar redox potentials of FAD and the cluster strongly suggest that the flavin, not the cluster, transfers electrons to UQ. Two possible electron transfer paths can be envisioned. First, electrons from the ETF flavin semiquinone may enter the ETF-QO flavin one by one, followed by rapid equilibration with the cluster. Alternatively, electrons may enter via the cluster, followed by equilibration between centers. In both cases, when ETF-QO is reduced to a two-electron reduced state (one electron at each redox center), the enzyme is primed to reduce UQ to ubiquinol via FAD. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC1637562 Online version:10.1073/pnas.0604567103 |
| Keywords |
Animals; Cell Membrane/metabolism; Electron Transport; Electron-Transferring Flavoproteins/chemistry; Electron-Transferring Flavoproteins/metabolism; Iron/chemistry; Iron/metabolism; Iron-Sulfur Proteins/chemistry; Iron-Sulfur Proteins/metabolism; Mitochondria, Liver/enzymology; Models, Molecular; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors/chemistry; Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors/metabolism; Protein Binding; Protein Structure, Quaternary; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Static Electricity; Sulfur/chemistry; Sulfur/metabolism; Swine; Ubiquinone/chemistry; Ubiquinone/metabolism |
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