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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
The cytochrome bf complex, which links electron transfer from photosystem II to photosystem I in oxygenic photosynthesis, has not been amenable to site-directed mutagenesis in cyanobacteria. Using the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, we have successfully modified the cytochrome b(6) subunit of the cytochrome bf complex. Single amino acid substitutions in cytochrome b(6) at the positions D148, A154, and S159 revealed altered binding of the quinol-oxidation inhibitors 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone (DBMIB), myxothiazol, and stigmatellin. Cytochrome bf and mitochondrial-type cytochrome bc(1) complexes are closely related in structure and function but exhibit quite different inhibitor specificities. Cytochrome bf complexes are insensitive to myxothiazol and sensitive to DBMIB, whereas cytochrome bc(1) complexes are sensitive to myxothiazol and relatively insensitive to DBMIB. Measurements of flash-induced and steady-state electron transfer rates through the cytochrome bf complex revealed increased resistance to DBMIB in the mutants A154G and S159A, increased resistance to stigmatellin in A154G, and created sensitivity to myxothiazol in the mutant D148G. Therefore these mutations made the cytochrome bf complex more like the cytochrome bc(1) complex. This work demonstrates that cyanobacteria can be used as effective models to investigate structure-function relationships in the cytochrome bf complex.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
1504
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
235-47
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Cyanobacteria, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Cytochrome b Group, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Cytochrome b6f Complex, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Cytochromes, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Cytochromes f, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Dibromothymoquinone, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Electron Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:11245788-Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Modification of inhibitor binding sites in the cytochrome bf complex by directed mutagenesis of cytochrome b(6) in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't