Complex III of Electron Transport Chain
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| - | <applet load='1kyo' size='400' color='black' frame='true' align='right' scene ='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Sma_cyto_b1/2' name='second'/>Each <font color='#0000CD'>cytochrome c1</font> contains <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1/4'>a heme</scene>. Viewing <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1_top/3' target='second'>cyto c1 in spacefill</scene> as it would be seen from the intermembrane space, there is an opening in the center of the dimeric c1 through which one can see the gray hemes of the cyto b's. Also seen in this view is the gray heme embedded in each of the cyto c1's showing that the heme is located in a crevice which is open to the intermembrane space and to the <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1_side_open/2'>side facing the Rieske protein</scene> (heme oxygens are seen). These openings of the crevice permits the cyto c1 heme to make contact with the Rieske protein and with cytochrome c when it binds to the <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1_top/3'>surface of cyto c1</scene>. There are <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1_neg_res/2'>negatively charged acidic residues</scene> which attrack the complementary positive charges on cytochrome c, a basic protein. Cytochrome c</scene> <font color='cyan'>(colored cyan)</font> bound to one cyto c1 as viewed from intermembrane space and from slice through membrane <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c/4'>showing that the hemes</scene> of the two cytochromes are in close contact. The <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c_transparent/2'>two hemes</scene> seen through transparent spacefill. | + | <applet load='1kyo' size='400' color='black' frame='true' align='right' scene ='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Sma_cyto_b1/2' name='second'/>Each <font color='#0000CD'>cytochrome c1</font> contains <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1/4'>a heme</scene>. Viewing <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1_top/3' target='second'>cyto c1 in spacefill</scene> as it would be seen from the intermembrane space, there is an opening in the center of the dimeric c1 through which one can see the gray hemes of the cyto b's. Also seen in this view is the gray heme embedded in each of the cyto c1's showing that the heme is located in a crevice which is open to the intermembrane space and to the <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1_side_open/2'>side facing the Rieske protein</scene> (heme oxygens are seen). These openings of the crevice permits the cyto c1 heme to make contact with the Rieske protein and with cytochrome c when it binds to the <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1_top/3'>surface of cyto c1</scene>. There are <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c1_neg_res/2'>negatively charged acidic residues</scene> which attrack the complementary positive charges on cytochrome c, a basic protein. <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Cyto_c_2/1'>Cytochrome c</scene> <font color='cyan'>(colored cyan)</font> bound to one cyto c1 as viewed from intermembrane space and from slice through membrane <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c/4'>showing that the hemes</scene> of the two cytochromes are in close contact. The <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Hem_cyto_c_transparent/2'>two hemes</scene> seen through transparent spacefill. |
| - | <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes/3'>Fe/S center</scene> is in the head of each <font color='red'>Rieske protein</font>. Each of the Fe/S centers is complexed with <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes_his/2'>two His</scene>. As a result of bending at the <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes_hinge/3'>hinge region</scene> the head can be in one of three possible positions. Here the Fe/S head is in the <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes_his_sma525/2'>cyto b position</scene> in which a His of the Fe/S/His complex is in contact with the ubiquinol (actually <font color='red'>stigmatellin</font> in this model) bound at the Q<sub>P</sub> site of cyto b. Wider view of <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes_posit_cytob/6'>cyto b position</scene>. Make a mental snap shot of | + | <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes/3'>Fe/S center</scene> is in the head of each <font color='red'>Rieske protein</font>. Each of the Fe/S centers is complexed with <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes_his/2'>two His</scene>. As a result of bending at the <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes_hinge/3'>hinge region</scene> (colored cyan) the head can be in one of three possible positions. Here the Fe/S head is in the <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes_his_sma525/2'>cyto b position</scene> in which a His of the Fe/S/His complex is in contact with the ubiquinol (actually <font color='red'>stigmatellin</font> in this model) bound at the Q<sub>P</sub> site of cyto b. Wider view of <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes_posit_cytob/6'>cyto b position</scene>. Make a mental snap shot of how close the Risieke head and Fe/S center is to cyto b and Q<sub>P</sub> site in order to compare it to the next scene. The <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Load_1bgy/3'>Int position</scene> is intermediate between the other two positions. This view is generating by 1BGY.pdb and takes longer to load since a new pdb file is loading, and it does not have stigmatellin bound at Q<sub>P</sub>, so the Rieske protein is in an intermediate position which is not as close to cyto b. The third position is the cyto c1 position in which the Fe/S contacts the cyto c1 heme through <scene name='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Fes_posit_cytoc1/2'>the second His</scene> which is hydrogen bonded to a carboxylate oxygen of the heme in c1. |
== Q Cycle == | == Q Cycle == | ||
<applet load='1kyo' size='400' color='black' frame='true' align='right' scene ='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Sma_525_red/1' name='third'/>The cycle starts with the binding of UQH<sub>2</sub>, ubiquinol, to cytochrome b at a Q<sub>P</sub> site. In the applet to the right the Q<sub>P</sub> site is binding <font color=red>stigmatellin</font>. This binding causes the Rieske protein to flex at the hinge region rotating the Fe/S head so that the His which is bound to the Fe/S also binds to the UQH<sub>2</sub> at Q<sub>P</sub>. Binding of the His to UQH<sub>2</sub> reduces its pK, and the quinol loses a proton. The position of Q<sub>P</sub> in the complex is such that the proton which is lost diffuses to the intermembrane space. | <applet load='1kyo' size='400' color='black' frame='true' align='right' scene ='Complex_III_of_Electron_Transport_Chain/Sma_525_red/1' name='third'/>The cycle starts with the binding of UQH<sub>2</sub>, ubiquinol, to cytochrome b at a Q<sub>P</sub> site. In the applet to the right the Q<sub>P</sub> site is binding <font color=red>stigmatellin</font>. This binding causes the Rieske protein to flex at the hinge region rotating the Fe/S head so that the His which is bound to the Fe/S also binds to the UQH<sub>2</sub> at Q<sub>P</sub>. Binding of the His to UQH<sub>2</sub> reduces its pK, and the quinol loses a proton. The position of Q<sub>P</sub> in the complex is such that the proton which is lost diffuses to the intermembrane space. | ||
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Introduction
Complex III of the electron transport chain contains as many as 11 subunits per monomer. The structure shown to the right has 9. (The 'initial scene' green link available in the Jmol applet shows the dimer structure along with Heavy Chain (Vh) Of Fv-Fragment, Light Chain (Vl) Of Fv-Fragment and Cytochrome C, Iso-1 all of which are a part of 1KYO.PDB. The link to OCA in the green box below contains additional information on the complete complex and the individual peptide components.) of the complex within the inner mitochondrial membrane with labels. reveals that one of the peptides of each subunit invades the space of the other subunit. of each monomeric unit have a direct role in the passage of electrons in the respiratory chain. The subunits that are colored are active in the electron transport chain. The grey peptides have other catalytic activities and functions, and the interior spaces which are created by the positions of the other subunits have a role in the movement of the substrates from one active site to another active site within the complex. The two subunits of cytochrome b (colored green) for the most part are buried in the complex and have minimal exposure to the intermembrane space and matrix. Cytochrome c1 subunits are positioned on top of cytochrome b and their outer surfaces are exposed to the intermembrane space. They are held in place by helical tails that extend deep into the complex and membrane. The Rieske subunits are Fe/S proteins with three domains: membrane domain (long helical segment that extends into the membrane), head domain which contains the Fe/S center and hinge domain (short segment between the other two).
Structure of three active components
Each cytochrome b contains (displayed as spacefill and colored cpk). Identify each of the hemes by toggling off the spin and hovering the curser over an atom of the heme. Hem 501 and Hem 502 are in one cytochrome b, and Hem 521 and Hem 522 are in the other one. The two hemes in each cytochrome b are in different environments and therefore have different properties, e.g. reduction potential. Hemes 501 & 521 have a lower potential than the other two and are called bL for low potential, and the other two are called bH for high potential. Each of the cytochrome b's have two binding sites for substrate. Ubiquinol binds at one of the sites, QP, and the inhibitor stigmatellin also binds at this site in both cytochrome b's (stigmatellin seen in the applet below)(), and the site is adjacent to the bL heme. The other site, QN, binds ubiquinone, and outlines this site which is adjacent to the bH heme. In this view you are looking into the lit pocket in which the ubiquinone binds. You can rotate the structure and observe the binding pocket in the other subunit.
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is in the head of each Rieske protein. Each of the Fe/S centers is complexed with . As a result of bending at the (colored cyan) the head can be in one of three possible positions. Here the Fe/S head is in the in which a His of the Fe/S/His complex is in contact with the ubiquinol (actually stigmatellin in this model) bound at the QP site of cyto b. Wider view of . Make a mental snap shot of how close the Risieke head and Fe/S center is to cyto b and QP site in order to compare it to the next scene. The is intermediate between the other two positions. This view is generating by 1BGY.pdb and takes longer to load since a new pdb file is loading, and it does not have stigmatellin bound at QP, so the Rieske protein is in an intermediate position which is not as close to cyto b. The third position is the cyto c1 position in which the Fe/S contacts the cyto c1 heme through which is hydrogen bonded to a carboxylate oxygen of the heme in c1.
Q Cycle
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