Redox-Bohr effect in electron/proton energy transduction: cytochrome c 3 coupled to hydrogenase works as a 'proton thruster' in Desulfovibrio vulgaris

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo O. Louro ◽  
Teresa Catarino ◽  
Jean LeGall ◽  
António V. Xavier



1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo O. Louro ◽  
Teresa Catarino ◽  
Carlos A. Salgueiro ◽  
Jean LeGall ◽  
António V. Xavier


1983 ◽  
Vol 258 (20) ◽  
pp. 12409-12412
Author(s):  
K Nakano ◽  
Y Kikumoto ◽  
T Yagi


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonor Morgado ◽  
Joana M. Dantas ◽  
Marta Bruix ◽  
Yuri Y. Londer ◽  
Carlos A. Salgueiro

The bacteriumGeobacter sulfurreducens (Gs)can grow in the presence of extracellular terminal acceptors, a property that is currently explored to harvest electricity from aquatic sediments and waste organic matter into microbial fuel cells. A family composed of five triheme cytochromes (PpcA-E) was identified inGs. These cytochromes play a crucial role by bridging the electron transfer from oxidation of cytoplasmic donors to the cell exterior and assisting the reduction of extracellular terminal acceptors. The detailed thermodynamic characterization of such proteins showed that PpcA and PpcD have an important redox-Bohr effect that might implicate these proteins in the e−/H+coupling mechanisms to sustain cellular growth. The physiological relevance of the redox-Bohr effect in these proteins was studied by determining the fractional contribution of each individual redox-microstate at different pH values. For both proteins, oxidation progresses from a particular protonated microstate to a particular deprotonated one, over specific pH ranges. The preferred e−/H+transfer pathway established by the selected microstates indicates that both proteins are functionally designed to couple e−/H+transfer at the physiological pH range for cellular growth.



2008 ◽  
Vol 1777 (12) ◽  
pp. 1528-1534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana A.L. Lobo ◽  
Claúdia C. Almeida ◽  
João N. Carita ◽  
Miguel Teixeira ◽  
Lígia M. Saraiva


2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-96
Author(s):  
Naoki Shibata ◽  
Kyoko Suto ◽  
Eiko Ichimura ◽  
Kazutaka Yoshimura ◽  
Kenji Muneo ◽  
...  


1998 ◽  
Vol 330 (1) ◽  
pp. 521-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Assonta LOMBARDI ◽  
Antonia LANNI ◽  
Maria MORENO ◽  
D. Martin BRAND ◽  
Fernando GOGLIA

We examined the effect of a single injection of 3,5-di-iodo-l-thyronine (3,5-T2) (150 μg/100 g body weight) on the rat liver mitochondrial energy-transduction apparatus. We applied ‘top-down’ elasticity analysis, which allows identification of the site of action of an effector within a metabolic pathway. This kinetic approach considers oxidative phosphorylation as two blocks of reactions: those generating the mitochondrial inner-membrane potential (Δψ; ‘substrate oxidation’) and those ‘consuming’ it (‘proton leak’ and ‘phosphorylating system’). The results show that 1 h after the injection of 3,5-T2, state 4 (respiratory state in which there is no ATP synthesis and the exogenous ADP added has been exhausted) and state 3 (respiratory state in which ATP synthesis is at maximal rate) of mitochondrial respiration were significantly increased (by approx. 30%). ‘Top-down’ elasticity analysis revealed that these increases were due to the stimulation of reactions involved in substrate oxidation; neither ‘proton leak’ nor the ‘phosphorylating system’ was influenced by 3,5-T2. Using the same approach we divided the respiratory chain into two blocks of reactions: cytochrome c reducers and cytochrome c oxidizers. We found that both cytochrome c reducers and cytochrome c oxidizers are targets for 3,5-T2. The rapidity with which 3,5-T2 acts in stimulating the mitochondrial respiration rate suggests to us that di-iodo-L-thyronine may play an important role in the physiological conditions in which rapid energy utilization is required, such as cold exposure or overfeeding.





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