Observations concerning the quinol oxidation site of the cytochrome bc1 complex

FEBS Lett. 2003 Nov 27;555(1):13-20. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)01099-8.

Abstract

A direct hydrogen bond between ubiquinone/quinol bound at the QO site and a cluster-ligand histidine of the iron-sulfur protein (ISP) is described as a major determining factor explaining much experimental data on position of the ISP ectodomain, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) lineshape and midpoint potential of the iron-sulfur cluster, and the mechanism of the bifurcated electron transfer from ubiquinol to the high and low potential chains of the bc1 complex.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Cattle
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Electron Transport
  • Electron Transport Complex III / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Electron Transport Complex III / chemistry*
  • Electron Transport Complex III / metabolism
  • Histidine / chemistry
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Hydroquinones / chemistry
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Models, Molecular
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Protein Conformation
  • Static Electricity

Substances

  • Hydroquinones
  • Histidine
  • Electron Transport Complex III