Internal electron transfer in cytochrome c oxidase: evidence for a rapid equilibrium between cytochrome a and the bimetallic site

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Abstract

Internal electron-transfer reactions in cytochrome oxidase following flash photolysis of the CO compounds of the enzyme reduced to different degrees (2-4 electron equiv) have been followed at 445, 605, and 830 nm. Apart from CO dissociation and recombination, two kinetic phases are seen both at 445 and at 605 nm with rate constants of 2 x 10(5) and 1.3 x 10(4) s-1, respectively; at 605 nm, an additional phase with a rate constant of 400 s-1 is resolved. At 830 nm, only the second reaction phase (rate constant of 1.3 x 10(4) s-1) is observed. The amplitude of the first phase is largest with the two-electron-reduced enzyme, whereas that of the second phase is maximal at the three-electron-reduction level. Neither phase shows any marked pH dependence. The reaction in the first phase has a free energy of activation of 41 kJ mol-1 and an entropy of activation of -14 JK-1 mol-1. Analysis suggests that the two rapid reaction phases represent internal electron redistributions between the bimetallic site and cytochrome a, and between cytochrome a and CuA, respectively. The slow phase (400 s-1) probably involves a structural rearrangement.

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