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Aberrant increase in cytochrome c oxidase subunit I precedes neuronal death after cerebral ischemia. Neuroreport 2013; 24:872-7. [DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Armstrong LC, Komiya T, Bergman BE, Mihara K, Bornstein P. Metaxin is a component of a preprotein import complex in the outer membrane of the mammalian mitochondrion. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:6510-8. [PMID: 9045676 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.10.6510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Metaxin, a novel gene located between the glucocerebrosidase and thrombospondin 3 genes in the mouse, is essential for survival of the postimplantation mouse embryo. In this study, the subcellular location, domain structure, and biochemical function of metaxin were investigated. Anti-recombinant metaxin antibodies recognized 35- and 70-kDa proteins in mitochondria from various tissues; the 35-kDa protein is consistent in size with the predicted translation product of metaxin cDNA. When metaxin cDNA was transfected into COS cells, immunofluorescence staining demonstrated that the protein is located in mitochondria. Metaxin contains a putative mitochondrial outer membrane signal anchor domain at its C terminus, and a truncated form of metaxin lacking this signal anchor domain had a reduced association with mitochondria. In addition, metaxin was highly susceptible to proteases in intact mitochondria. We therefore conclude that metaxin is a mitochondrial protein that extends into the cytosol while anchored into the outer membrane at its C terminus. In its N-terminal region, metaxin shows significant sequence identity to Tom37, a component of the outer membrane portion of the mitochondrial preprotein translocation apparatus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but important structural differences, including apparently different mechanisms of targeting to membranes, also exist between the two proteins. Given the similar subcellular locations of metaxin and Tom37, the possible role of metaxin in mitochondrial preprotein import was investigated. Antibodies against metaxin, when preincubated with mitochondria, partially inhibited the uptake of radiolabeled preadrenodoxin into mitochondria. Metaxin is therefore the second mammalian component of the protein translocation apparatus of the mitochondrial outer membrane to be characterized at the molecular level and the first for which an inherited mutation has been described. The early embryonic lethal phenotype of mice lacking metaxin demonstrates that efficient import of proteins into mitochondria is crucial for cellular survival. The characterization of metaxin provides an opportunity to elucidate similarities and possible differences in the mechanisms of protein import between fungi and mammals and in the phenotypes of fungi and mammals lacking mitochondrial import receptors.
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- L C Armstrong
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Jacob WA, Bakker A, Hertsens RC, Biermans W. Mitochondrial matrix granules: their behavior during changing metabolic situations and their relationship to contact sites between inner and outer mitochondrial membranes. Microsc Res Tech 1994; 27:307-18. [PMID: 8186449 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1070270406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Since their discovery in the early fifties mitochondrial granules have been the subject of many researches. Some twenty years ago two hypotheses on their function were introduced. Peachey thought that the granules were a sink of cations and that they would eventually regulate the concentrations of these ions. Alternatively, Barnard thought that the granules were precursors of the mitochondrial inner membrane. There are only a few data on organic constituents of the granules. Phospholipids (e.g., cardiolipin) glycoprotein or lipids, calcium precipitable lipoprotein, cytochrome c oxidase seem to be present in the granules. There has been much debate on whether calcium is present or not. Reports are mostly based on X-ray microanalysis, the result of which depends on preparation techniques. In heart muscle in stimulating situations the NMG (native matrix granules) move towards the inner membrane and are incorporated in it. They appear to create contact sites between inner and outer mitochondrial membranes in which enzymes can function efficiently. It is hypothetized that the system, NMG-contact sites, forms the structural basis of a regulatory mechanism, by which cells can cope with a high and sudden energy demand.
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- W A Jacob
- Department of Medicine, University of Antwerp (UIA), Antwerp-Wilrijk, Belgium
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Bjerrum OJ, Heegaard NH. Has immunoblotting replaced electroimmunoprecipitation? Examples from the analysis of autoantigens and transglutaminase-induced polymers of the human erythrocyte membrane. J Chromatogr A 1989; 470:351-67. [PMID: 2475516 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)83563-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The virtues and drawbacks of immunoblotting and electroimmunoprecipitation in the characterization of macromolecules in crude mixtures are presented. Interactions between autoantibodies and human erythrocyte membrane proteins were studied by means of crossed-affinoimmunoelectrophoresis with autologous immunoglobulins incorporated into the first dimension gel and by immunoblotting of sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis separated erythrocyte membrane proteins with autologous immunoglobulins as primary antibodies. Substrates for transglutaminase in calcium-activated human erythrocyte membranes were examined by immunoelectrophoretic and immunoblotting methods. The experiments concerning autoantibodies complemented each other and showed that epitopes on Band 3 protein, spectrin and ankyrin are recognized by circulating immunoglobulin autoantibodies in normal individuals. The polymer experiments showed the presence of spectrin, ankyrin, Band 3, Band 4.1, glucose transporter, actin and haemoglobin epitopes in the polymer (Mr 3.10(6)-5.10(6]. It is concluded that the two techniques complement each other. The most evident advantage of immunoblotting is its sensitivity and applicability while electroimmunoprecipitation in some instances allows an easier identification of distinct protein species and still has a role for quantification and certain monitoring purposes.
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- O J Bjerrum
- Immuno Technology, Novo Industri A/S, DK-2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark
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- D I Stott
- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Zeviani M, Sakoda S, Sherbany AA, Nakase H, Rizzuto R, Samitt CE, DiMauro S, Schon EA. Sequence of cDNAs encoding subunit Vb of human and bovine cytochrome c oxidase. Gene X 1988; 65:1-11. [PMID: 2840351 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(88)90411-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We have isolated a full-length human fetal muscle cDNA clone specifying the nuclear-encoded subunit Vb of the human mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme, cytochrome c oxidase (COX; EC 1.9.3.1), and a partial-length brain cDNA clone specifying the analogous bovine subunit. The two cDNAs are 85% identical at the nucleotide level. Similar to other proteins imported into mitochondria, the deduced human COX Vb protein contains a presequence, 31 amino acids long, rich in basic residues. We find no evidence for tissue-specific transcripts for subunit Vb of human COX, as Northern analysis of total RNA from human muscle, liver, and brain showed a single, identically sized transcript in each cell type, while partial-length cDNA clones isolated from human muscle and endothelial cell cDNA libraries were identical in sequence to the fetal muscle cDNA.
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- M Zeviani
- H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Disorders, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032
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Prochaska LJ, Fink PS. On the role of subunit III in proton translocation in cytochrome c oxidase. J Bioenerg Biomembr 1987; 19:143-66. [PMID: 2884216 DOI: 10.1007/bf00762722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Mammalian mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase catalyzes the transfer of electrons from ferrocytochrome c to molecular oxygen in the respiratory chain, while conserving the energy released during its electron transfer reactions by the vectorial movement of protons across the inner membrane of the mitochondrion. The protein domain that translocates the protons across the membrane is currently unknown. Recent research efforts have investigated the role of one of the transmembrane subunits of the enzyme (III, Mr 29,884) in the vectorial proton translocation reaction. The data that favor subunit III as integral in vectorial proton translocation as well as the data that support a more peripheral role for subunit III in proton translocation are reviewed. Possible experimental approaches to clarify this issue are presented and a general model discussed.
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Structure of Cytochrome-c Oxidase. CURRENT TOPICS IN BIOENERGETICS - STRUCTURE, BIOGENESIS, AND ASSEMBLY OF ENERGY TRANSDUCING ENZYME SYSTEMS 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-152515-6.50008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Zeviani M, Nakagawa M, Herbert J, Lomax MI, Grossman LI, Sherbany AA, Miranda AF, DiMauro S, Schon EA. Isolation of a cDNA clone encoding subunit IV of human cytochrome c oxidase. Gene X 1987; 55:205-17. [PMID: 2444497 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(87)90281-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We have isolated a full-length human liver cDNA clone specifying the nuclear-encoded subunit IV of the human mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme, cytochrome c oxidase (COX; EC 1.9.3.1). The human cDNA clone is highly homologous to its bovine counterpart in the coding regions for both the mature polypeptide and the presequence, and the gene is evolving more slowly than that of any of the three mitochondrially encoded COX subunit genes. We find no preliminary evidence for tissue-specific isoforms of COX subunit IV, as Northern analysis of muscle, liver, and HeLa cell RNA shows an identically sized transcript in each cell type.
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- M Zeviani
- H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Disorders, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032
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Evolution of a Regulatory Enzyme: Cytochrome-c Oxidase (Complex IV). CURRENT TOPICS IN BIOENERGETICS - STRUCTURE, BIOGENESIS, AND ASSEMBLY OF ENERGY TRANSDUCING ENZYME SYSTEMS 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-152515-6.50009-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Recent works on the structure and the function of cytochrome-c oxidase are reviewed. The subunit composition of the mitochondrial enzyme depends on the species and is comprised of between 5 and 13 subunits. It is reduced to 1 to 3 subunits in prokaryotes. The complete amino acid composition has been derived from protein sequencing. Gene sequences are partially known in several eukaryote species. Metal centers are only located in subunits I and II. The mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase is Y-shaped; the arms of the Y cross the inner membrane, the stalk protrudes into the intermembrane space. The bacterial enzyme has a simpler, elongated shape. A number of data have been accumulated on the subunit topology and on their location within the protein. All available spectrometric techniques have been used to investigate the environment of the metal centers as well as their interactions. From the literature, attention must be paid to what may be considered or not as an active form. The steady improvement of the instrumentation has yielded evidence for different kinds of heterogeneities which could reflect the in vivo situation. The 'pulsed' and 'resting' conformers have been well characterized. The 'oxygenated' form has been identified as a peroxide derivative of the fully oxidized cytochrome-c oxidase. The mammalian enzyme has been isolated in fully active monomeric form which does not preclude the initially suggested dimeric behavior in situ. The role of the lipids is still largely investigated, mainly through reconstitution experiments. Kinetic studies of electron transfer between cytochrome c and cytochrome-c oxidase lead to a single catalytic site model to account for the multiphasic kinetics. Results related to the low temperature investigation of the intermediate steps in the reaction between oxygen and cytochrome-c oxidase received a sound confirmation by the resolution of compound A at room temperature. It is also pointed out that the so-called mixed valence state might not be a transient state in the catalytic reduction of oxygen. The functioning of cytochrome-c oxidase as a proton pump has been supported by a number of experimental results. Subunit III would be involved in this process. The redox link to the proton pump has been suggested to be at the Fea-CuA site. The molecular mechanism responsible for the proton pumping is still unknown.
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Kadenbach B. Regulation of respiration and ATP synthesis in higher organisms: hypothesis. J Bioenerg Biomembr 1986; 18:39-54. [PMID: 3009427 DOI: 10.1007/bf00743611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The present view on the regulation of respiration and ATP synthesis in higher organisms implies only Michaelis-Menten type kinetics and respiratory control as regulatory principles. Recent experimental observations, suggesting further regulatory mechanisms at respiratory chain complexes, are reviewed. A new hypothesis is presented implying regulation of respiration and ATP synthesis in higher organisms mainly via allosteric modification of respiratory chain complexes, in particular of cytochrome c oxidase. The allosteric effectors, e.g., metabolites, cofactors, ions, hormones, and the membrane potential are suggested to change the activity and the coupling degree of cytochrome c oxidase by binding to specific sites at nuclear coded subunits. Recent results on the structure and activity of cytochrome c oxidase, supporting the hypothesis, are reviewed.
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Hertsens RC, Bernaert I, Joniau M, Jacob WA. Immunocytochemical investigation of native matrix granules of the rat heart mitochondrion. JOURNAL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE RESEARCH 1986; 94:1-15. [PMID: 3021876 DOI: 10.1016/0889-1605(86)90047-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We have examined the ultrastructure and the protein content of native matrix granules (NMG) in rat heart mitochondria, by postembedding immunocytochemistry. Cytochrome c oxidase was found to be present in these granules. It is believed that these granules contain incomplete inner mitochondrial membrane fractions, which can be incorporated in the membrane after stimulation of the metabolism.
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Capaldi RA, Zhang YZ. Structure of beef heart cytochrome-c oxidase obtained by combining studies of two-dimensional crystals with biochemical experiments. Methods Enzymol 1986; 126:22-31. [PMID: 2856129 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(86)26005-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Büge U, Kadenbach B. Effect of trypsin on the kinetic properties of reconstituted beef heart cytochrome c oxidase. J Bioenerg Biomembr 1985; 17:375-84. [PMID: 3007449 DOI: 10.1007/bf00743110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Isolated beef heart cytochrome c oxidase was reconstituted in liposomes by the cholate dialysis method with 85% of the binding site for cytochrome c oriented to the outside. Trypsin cleaved specifically subunit VIa and half of subunit IV from the reconstituted enzyme. The kinetic properties of the reconstituted enzyme were changed by trypsin treatment if measured by the spectrophotometric assay but not by the polarographic assay. It is concluded that subunit VIa and/or subunit IV participate in the electron transport activity of cytochrome c oxidase.
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Kuhn-Nentwig L, Kadenbach B. Orientation of rat liver cytochrome c oxidase subunits investigated with subunit-specific antisera. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 153:101-4. [PMID: 2998788 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb09273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The orientation of rat liver cytochrome c oxidase subunits in the inner mitochondrial membrane was investigated with monospecific antisera against subunit II and nine nuclear-coded subunits. Mitoplasts were incubated with the antisera and the amount of bound antibodies was determined either directly with fluorescein-conjugated protein A or indirectly by back-titration of unbound antibodies with a nitrocellulose immunoassay. All subunits were found oriented to the cytosolic side, except subunits VIb and VIIc which did not react with their corresponding antisera. Antisera against subunits I, III and Vb were not available.
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Jarausch J, Kadenbach B. Structure of the cytochrome c oxidase complex of rat liver. 1. Studies on nearest-neighbour relationship of polypeptides with cross-linking reagents. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 146:211-7. [PMID: 2981683 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb08640.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Isolated rat liver cytochrome c oxidase was cross-linked with the cleavable reagents dimethyl-3,3'-dithiobispropionimidate (DTBP), 3,3'-dithiobis(succinimidyl)propionate (DSP) and cupric di(1,10-phenanthroline) (CuP). The cross-linked products were separated by high-resolving two-dimensional dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis, which separates all thirteen polypeptides of the mammalian enzyme. With cupric di(1,10-phenanthroline) seven polypeptides (I-III, Va, Vb, VIIb and VIII) were cross-linked with each other and with itself, indicating the occurrence of free -SH groups in these polypeptides and a rearrangement of the native structure of the complex by cupric di(1,10-phenanthroline). With dimethyl-3,3'-dithiobispropionimidate or 3,3'-dithiobis(succinimidyl)propionate all nuclear-coded polypeptides, with the exception of polypeptide VIIa, formed cross-linked products with the three 'catalytic' polypeptides I-III, which are coded on mitochondrial DNA. Five additional cross-linked pairs were found between nuclear coded polypeptides. The close arrangement of nuclear coded polypeptides with the catalytic polypeptides suggests a regulatory function of these polypeptides.
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