Evidence for a two proton dependent redox equilibrium in an archaeal Rieske iron-sulfur cluster

Stefan Anemüller*, Christian L. Schmidt, Günter Schäfer, Eckart Bill, Alfred X. Trautwein, Miguel Teixeira

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Abstract

The recently detected Rieske iron - sulfur center in the membrane of the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius (Anemuller et al., 1993, FEBS Lett. 318, 61 - 64) was further characterized by EPR spectroscopy, coupled to redox - potentiometry and functional studies. The reduction potential is pH - dependent above pH 6, revealing the influence of two ionization equilibria in the oxidized form, with pKa ox - values of 6.2 and 8.5. Above pH 9, the slope of the curve is - 120 mV/pH - unit. A partially purified fraction exerted a ubiquinol - cytochrome c oxidoreductase activity. To our knowledge, for the first time, in a membrane bound Rieske iron - sulfur protein, unequivocal evidence for a two proton dependent redox equilibrium is presented.

Original languageEnglish
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume202
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)252-257
Number of pages6
ISSN0006-291X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15.07.1994

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