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Cryo-EM structures of engineered active bc1-cbb3 type CIII2CIV super-complexes and electronic communication between the complexes

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
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  1. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Biology; OSTI
  2. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Perelman School of Medicine. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group
  3. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Biology; Albert-Ludwigs Univ. of Freiburg (Germany). Faculty of Medicine. Inst. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  4. Hewbrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel). Inst. of Life Sciences. School of Computer Science and Engineering
  5. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Biology
  6. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Perelman School of Medicine. Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Respiratory electron transport complexes are organized as individual entities or combined as large supercomplexes (SC). Gram-negative bacteria deploy a mitochondrial-like cytochrome (cyt) bc1 (Complex III, CIII2), and may have specific cbb3-type cyt c oxidases (Complex IV, CIV) instead of the canonical aa3-type CIV. Electron transfer between these complexes is mediated by soluble (c2) and membrane-anchored (cy) cyts. Here, we report the structure of an engineered bc1-cbb3 type SC (CIII2CIV, 5.2Å resolution) and three conformers of native CIII2 (3.3 Å resolution). The SC is active in vivo and in vitro, contains all catalytic subunits and cofactors, and two extra transmembrane helices attributed to cyt cy and the assembly factor CcoH. The cyt cy is integral to SC, its cyt domain is mobile and it conveys electrons to CIV differently than cyt c2. The successful production of a native-like functional SC and determination of its structure illustrate the characteristics of membrane-confined and membrane-external respiratory electron transport pathways in Gram-negative bacteria.
Sponsoring Organization:
German Research Foundation (DFG); Ministry of Science and Technology; NCI; National Institutes of Health (NIH); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-91ER20052
OSTI ID:
1816760
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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