Structural highlights
Function
[COX2_THETH] Subunits I and II form the functional core of the enzyme complex. Electrons originating in cytochrome c are transferred via heme a and Cu(A) to the binuclear center formed by heme a3 and Cu(B).
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The structure of the CuA-containing, extracellular domain of Thermus thermophilus ba3-type cytochrome c oxidase has been determined to 1.6 A resolution using multiple X-ray wavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD). The Cu2S2 cluster forms a planar rhombus with a copper-copper distance of 2.51 +/- 0.03 A. X-ray absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) studies show that this distance is unchanged by crystallization. The CuA center is asymmetrical; one copper is tetrahedrally coordinated to two bridging cysteine thiolates, one histidine nitrogen and one methionine sulfur, while the other is trigonally coordinated by the two cysteine thiolates and a histidine nitrogen. Combined sequence-structure alignment of amino acid sequences reveals conserved interactions between cytochrome c oxidase subunits I and II.
The CuA domain of Thermus thermophilus ba3-type cytochrome c oxidase at 1.6 A resolution.,Williams PA, Blackburn NJ, Sanders D, Bellamy H, Stura EA, Fee JA, McRee DE Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Jun;6(6):509-16. PMID:10360350[1]
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References
- ↑ Williams PA, Blackburn NJ, Sanders D, Bellamy H, Stura EA, Fee JA, McRee DE. The CuA domain of Thermus thermophilus ba3-type cytochrome c oxidase at 1.6 A resolution. Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Jun;6(6):509-16. PMID:10360350 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/9274
