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1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Probing the ubiquinol oxidatiousite of Eschenchia col ubiquinol oxidases.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08660136
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Bioproduction chemistry/Bioorganic chemistry
Research InstitutionKYOTO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

MIYOSHI Hideto  KYOTO UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Agriculture, Associate Professor, 農学研究科, 助教授 (20190829)

Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1997
KeywordsRespiratory chaiu / Ubiquinone / Terminal oxidase / Structure activity relation
Research Abstract

Substrate binding sites of the Escherichia coli bo-and bd-type quinol oxidases were probed with systematically synthesized ubiquinol analogues. The apparent K_m values of ubiquinol-2derivatives to the bo-type enzyme were much lower than that of the corresponding 6-n-decyl derivatives. The isoprenoid structure is less hydrophobic than the saturated n-alkyl group with the same carbon, number, therefore, the native isoprenoid side chain appears to play a specific role in quinol binding besides simply increasing hydrophobicity of the molecule. The V_<max> values of 2-methoxy-3-ethoxy analogues were greater than that of 2-ethoxy-3-methoxy analogues irrespective of the side chain structure. This result indicates not only that a methoxy group in the 2-position is recognized more strictly than 3-position by the binding site, but also that the side chain structure does not affect binding of the quinol ring moiety. Systematic analysis of the electron-donating activities of the analogues with different substituents in the 5-position revealed that the 5-methyl group is important for the activity. In the parallel studies with the bd-type enzyme, we obtained similar observations except that almost all quinol analogues, but not ubiquinol-1, elicited a remarkable substrate inhibition at higher concentrations. These results indicate that the structurally unrelated two terminal oxidases share common structural properties for the quinol oxidation site.

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All Publications (2 results)

  • [Publications] K.Sakamoto et al.: "Probing substrate binding site of the Escherichia coliquinol oxidases" Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271. 29897-29902 (1996)

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  • [Publications] K.Sakamoto et al.: "Probing substrate binding site of the Escherichia coli quinol oxidases using synthetic ubiquinol analoques." Journal of Biological chemistry. vol.271. 29897-29902

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Published: 1999-03-16  

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