Kinetics of oxidative phosphorylation in Paracoccus denitrificans. 2. Evidence for a kinetic and thermodynamic modulation of F0F1-ATPase by the activity of the respiratory chain

Biochemistry ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (46) ◽  
pp. 10518-10526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan A. Perez ◽  
Stuart J. Ferguson
2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (39) ◽  
pp. e2106950118
Author(s):  
Johannes F. Hevler ◽  
Riccardo Zenezeni Chiozzi ◽  
Alfredo Cabrera-Orefice ◽  
Ulrich Brandt ◽  
Susanne Arnold ◽  
...  

Combining mass spectrometry–based chemical cross-linking and complexome profiling, we analyzed the interactome of heart mitochondria. We focused on complexes of oxidative phosphorylation and found that dimeric apoptosis-inducing factor 1 (AIFM1) forms a defined complex with ∼10% of monomeric cytochrome c oxidase (COX) but hardly interacts with respiratory chain supercomplexes. Multiple AIFM1 intercross-links engaging six different COX subunits provided structural restraints to build a detailed atomic model of the COX-AIFM12 complex (PDBDEV_00000092). An application of two complementary proteomic approaches thus provided unexpected insight into the macromolecular organization of the mitochondrial complexome. Our structural model excludes direct electron transfer between AIFM1 and COX. Notably, however, the binding site of cytochrome c remains accessible, allowing formation of a ternary complex. The discovery of the previously overlooked COX-AIFM12 complex and clues provided by the structural model hint at potential roles of AIFM1 in oxidative phosphorylation biogenesis and in programmed cell death.


2006 ◽  
Vol 291 (6) ◽  
pp. C1172-C1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Benard ◽  
B. Faustin ◽  
E. Passerieux ◽  
A. Galinier ◽  
C. Rocher ◽  
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To investigate the physiological diversity in the regulation and control of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, we determined the composition and functional features of the respiratory chain in muscle, heart, liver, kidney, and brain. First, we observed important variations in mitochondrial content and infrastructure via electron micrographs of the different tissue sections. Analyses of respiratory chain enzyme content by Western blot also showed large differences between tissues, in good correlation with the expression level of mitochondrial transcription factor A and the activity of citrate synthase. On the isolated mitochondria, we observed a conserved molar ratio between the respiratory chain complexes and a variable stoichiometry for coenzyme Q and cytochrome c, with typical values of [1–1.5]:[30–135]:[3]:[9–35]:[6.5–7.5] for complex II:coenzyme Q:complex III:cytochrome c:complex IV in the different tissues. The functional analysis revealed important differences in maximal velocities of respiratory chain complexes, with higher values in heart. However, calculation of the catalytic constants showed that brain contained the more active enzyme complexes. Hence, our study demonstrates that, in tissues, oxidative phosphorylation capacity is highly variable and diverse, as determined by different combinations of 1) the mitochondrial content, 2) the amount of respiratory chain complexes, and 3) their intrinsic activity. In all tissues, there was a large excess of enzyme capacity and intermediate substrate concentration, compared with what is required for state 3 respiration. To conclude, we submitted our data to a principal component analysis that revealed three groups of tissues: muscle and heart, brain, and liver and kidney.


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