BCMB – 8110 Control of Electron Transfer in Biology 1- Key Concepts -Transfer Potentials -Electron transfer cofactors 2- Overview of the electron transport chain - Complex I -Complex II -Complex III -Complex IV 3- Advanced Concepts in Protein Structure/Function -Mechanisms of redox control -Mechanisms of proton transfer -Mechanisms of electron transfer
Transfer Potential and the Meaning of Life It’s all about energy!
Free Energy and Reduction Potential
Transfer Potential
Electron Carriers – Coenzyme Q
Electron Carriers – Iron Sulfur Clusters
Universal, Mobile Electron Carriers – Ferredoxins
Electron Carriers – Low Potential Ferredoxins
Electron Carriers – Rieske Type Iron Sulfur Clusters
Electron Carriers – Cytochromes
Electron Carriers – Blue Copper Proteins
Electron Carriers – Flavoprotein
Electron Storage in Flavins
Complex III
Cytochrome bc 1 Complex (Cont.)
Controlling Reduction Potentials, ElectronTransfer And Proton Transfer Rule #1, In most cases, especially for complex metallocenters, proton and electron transfer are coupled.
Redox Control – Rubredoxin
Redox Control – Nitrogenase
Structural Models of the P-Cluster Peters et al. Biochemistry (1997)
Redox Control – Nitrogenase
E m2 (mV) pH Slope = -53 mV / pH pH-dependence for the P Redox Couple 2+/1+
Model for P-Cluster Redox and Proton Transfer Reactions P 2+ P 1+ (H+) P 2+ (H+) P 1+ PNPN P N (H+) E m2 E m2H E m1 E m1H pK a < -348 mV > -224 mV < 6.0 > mV
Structural Models of the P-Cluster Peters et al. Biochemistry (1997)
e- 8 H + + 8e- + N 2 2 NH 3 + H 2 e- H+H+ P N P 1+ P 2+ pH mV-260 mV P N P 1+ P mV pH 8.0
Cytochrome Oxidase- Proton Transfer
Coupled Proton/Electron transfer – Cytochrome Oxidase
Coupled Proton/Electron transfer – Cytochrome Oxidase
Coupled Proton/Electron transfer – Cytochrome Oxidase
Coupled Proton/Electron transfer – Cytochrome Oxidase
COX + Cyc c + broken beef heart mitochondria. Capitanio et al. Biochemistry 42(16) p Coupled Proton/Electron transfer – Cytochrome Oxidase
Coupled Proton/Electron transfer – Cytochrome Oxidase
Electron Transfer – Theory and Experiment