Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10795400 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics | 2015 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Here we analyze the role of the two Sco homologues termed ScoA and ScoB, along with two other copper chaperones, on the biogenesis of the cytochrome c oxidase in the bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans by deleting each of the four genes individually or pairwise, followed by assessing the functionality of the assembled oxidase both in intact membranes and in the purified enzyme complex. Copper starvation leads to a drastic decrease of oxidase activity in membranes from strains involving the scoB deletion. This loss is shown to be of dual origin, (i) a severe drop in steady-state oxidase levels in membranes, and (ii) a diminished enzymatic activity of the remaining oxidase complex, traced back to a lower copper content, specifically in the CuA site of the enzyme. Neither of the other proteins addressed here, ScoA or the two PCu proteins, exhibit a direct effect on the metallation of the CuA site in P. denitrificans, but are discussed as potential interaction partners of ScoB.
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Authors
Banaja Priyadarshini Dash, Melanie Alles, Freya Alena Bundschuh, Oliver-M.H. Richter, Bernd Ludwig,