Identification of the proton pathway in bacterial reaction centers: Replacement of Asp-M17 and Asp-L210 with Asn reduces the proton transfer rate in the presence of Cd2+
AUTOR(ES)
Paddock, M. L.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
The reaction center (RC) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides converts light into chemical energy through the reduction and protonation of a bound quinone molecule QB (the secondary quinone electron acceptor). We investigated the proton transfer pathway by measuring the proton-coupled electron transfer, kAB(2) [QA⨪QB⨪ + H+ → QA(QBH)−] in native and mutant RCs in the absence and presence of Cd2+. Previous work has shown that the binding of Cd2+ decreases kAB(2) in native RCs ≈100-fold. The preceding paper shows that bound Cd2+ binds to Asp-H124, His-H126, and His-H128. This region represents the entry point for protons. In this work we investigated the proton transfer pathway connecting the entry point with QB⨪ by searching for mutations that greatly affect kAB(2) (≳10-fold) in the presence of Cd2+, where kAB(2) is limited by the proton transfer rate (kH). Upon mutation of Asp-L210 or Asp-M17 to Asn, kH decreased from ≈60 s−1 to ≈7 s−1, which shows the important role that Asp-L210 and Asp-M17 play in the proton transfer chain. By comparing the rate of proton transfer in the mutants (kH ≈ 7 s−1) with that in native RCs in the absence of Cd2+ (kH ≥ 104 s−1), we conclude that alternate proton transfer pathways, which have been postulated, are at least 103-fold less effective.
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