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Cardiolipin-based respiratory complex activation in bacteria

2011; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 108; Issue: 19 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.1010427108

1091-6490

Rodrigo Arias‐Cartin, Stéphane Grimaldi, Janine Pommier, Pascal Lanciano, Cédric Schaefer, Pascal Arnoux, Gérard Giordano, Bruno Guigliarelli, Axel Magalon,

Protein Structure and Dynamics

Anionic lipids play a variety of key roles in membrane function, including functional and structural effects on respiratory complexes. However, little is known about the molecular basis of these lipid–protein interactions. In this study, NarGHI, an anaerobic respiratory complex of Escherichia coli , has been used to investigate the relations in between membrane-bound proteins with phospholipids. Activity of the NarGHI complex is enhanced by anionic phospholipids both in vivo and in vitro. The anionic cardiolipin tightly associates with the NarGHI complex and is the most effective phospholipid to restore functionality of a nearly inactive detergent-solubilized enzyme complex. A specific cardiolipin-binding site is identified on the basis of the available X-ray diffraction data and of site-directed mutagenesis experiment. One acyl chain of cardiolipin is in close proximity to the heme b D center and is responsible for structural adjustments of b D and of the adjacent quinol substrate binding site. Finally, cardiolipin binding tunes the interaction with the quinol substrate. Together, our results provide a molecular basis for the activation of a bacterial respiratory complex by cardiolipin.