Cardiolipin enhances the enzymatic activity of cytochrome bd and cytochrome bo 3 solubilized in dodecyl-maltoside
Amer H. Asseri (King Abdulaziz University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
A. Godoy Hernandez (TU Delft - BT/Biocatalysis)
Hojjat Ghasemi Goojani (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Holger Lill (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Junshi Sakamoto (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
D.G.G. McMillan (TU Delft - BT/Biocatalysis)
Dirk Bald (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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Abstract
Cardiolipin (CL) is a lipid that is found in the membranes of bacteria and the inner membranes of mitochondria. CL can increase the activity of integral membrane proteins, in particular components of respiratory pathways. We here report that CL activated detergent-solubilized cytochrome bd, a terminal oxidase from Escherichia coli. CL enhanced the oxygen consumption activity ~ twofold and decreased the apparent KM value for ubiquinol-1 as substrate from 95 µM to 35 µM. Activation by CL was also observed for cytochrome bd from two Gram-positive species, Geobacillus thermodenitrificans and Corynebacterium glutamicum, and for cytochrome bo3 from E. coli. Taken together, CL can enhance the activity of detergent-solubilized cytochrome bd and cytochrome bo3.