Two unusual amino acid substitutions in cytochrome b of the colorless alga Polytomella spp.:: Correlation with the atypical spectral properties of the bH heme

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作者
Antaramian, A [1 ]
Funes, S [1 ]
Vázquez-Acevedo, M [1 ]
Atteia, A [1 ]
Coria, R [1 ]
González-Halphen, D [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fisiol Celular, Dept Mol Genet, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
关键词
Polytomella; Chlamydomonas; mitochondria; bc(1) complex; cytochrome b; Chlorophyceae;
D O I
10.1006/abbi.1998.0680
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The dithionite-reduced spectra of the purified be, complexes from the colorless alga Polytomella spp. and the closely related green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii were compared. The spectrum of the be, complex from C. reinhardtii showed a profile similar to those of the be, complexes from other species;;In contrast, the be, complex from Polytomella spp. exhibits a double-peak spectrum in the alpha-band region, where the absorption bands of cytochrome c(1) and cytochrome b are completely resolved. To further understand the molecular basis of these spectroscopic differences, the mitochondrial gene encoding cytochrome b of Polytomella spp. was cloned, sequenced, and compared with that of C, I reinhardtii. The Polytomella spp. cytochrome Ib gene is 1113 bp long and does nest contain introns. The deduced protein sequence exhibits 56% identity and 68% similarity with the cytochrome b of C. reinhardtii, and in a poylogenetic analysis it clearly affiliated with the b-type cytochromes of C. reinhardtii and C. smithii. A comparison of the primarily sequences of the Polytomella spp. cytochrome b with Other b-type cytochromes, and its analysis based on the structure featuring eight transmembrane stretches, allowed the identification of a tyrosine in position 114, which substitutes for a tryptophan present in all mitochondrial b-type cytochromes sequenced tea date. In addition, the primary sequence of the cytochrome b from Polytomella; spp. has a serine at position 36, instead of a nonpolar residue (alanine or leucine) found in all other species. In the proposed model for cytochrome b, both residues Tyr,,, and Ser,, are in close proximity to the high-potential b, heme. The above data suggest that the polar residues Y-114 and S-36, each one by itself or ill combination, may interact with heme b, of Polytomella spp. and, thus, may be responsible for the unique spectroscopic characteristics of cytochrome b. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
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