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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Adam Hopkins, Dr Grant Buchanan, Professor Tracy Palmer FRS FRSE FMedSciORCiD
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The cytochrome bc1-cytochrome aa3 complexes together comprise one of the major branches of the bacterial aerobic respiratory chain. In actinobacteria, the cytochrome bc1 complex shows a number of unusual features in comparison to other cytochrome bc1 complexes. In particular, the Rieske iron-sulfur protein component of this complex, QcrA, is a polytopic rather than a monotopic membrane protein. Bacterial Rieske proteins are usually integrated into the membrane in a folded conformation by the twin arginine protein transport (Tat) pathway. In this study, we show that the activity of the Streptomyces coelicolor M145 cytochrome bc1 complex is dependent upon an active Tat pathway. However, the polytopic Rieske protein is still integrated into the membrane in a tatC mutant strain, indicating that a second protein translocation machinery also participates in its assembly. Difference spectroscopy indicated that the cytochrome c component of the complex was correctly assembled in the absence of the Tat machinery. We show that the intact cytochrome bc1 complex can be isolated from S. coelicolor M145 membranes by affinity chromatography. Surprisingly, a stable cytochrome bc1 complex containing the Rieske protein can be isolated from membranes even when the Tat system is inactive. These findings strongly suggest that the additional transmembrane segments of the S. coelicolor Rieske protein mediate hydrophobic interactions with one or both of the cytochrome subunits. © 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Author(s): Hopkins A, Buchanan G, Palmer T
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Bacteriology
Year: 2014
Volume: 196
Issue: 1
Pages: 50-59
Print publication date: 01/01/2014
Online publication date: 18/10/2013
Acceptance date: 10/10/2013
Date deposited: 15/02/2019
ISSN (print): 0021-9193
ISSN (electronic): 1098-5530
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
URL: https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00776-13
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00776-13
PubMed id: 24142258
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