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Ubiquinone at center N is responsible for triphasic reduction of cytochrome b in the cytochrome bc(1) complex.

We have examined the pre-steady state reduction kinetics of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cytochrome bc(1) complex by menaquinol in the presence and absence of endogenous ubiquinone to elucidate the mechanism of triphasic cytochrome b reduction. With cytochrome bc(1) complex from wild type yeast, cytochrome b reduction was triphasic, consisting of a rapid partial reduction phase, an apparent partial reoxidation phase, and a slow rereduction phase. Absorbance spectra taken by rapid scanning spectroscopy at 1-ms intervals before, during, and after the apparent reoxidation phase showed that this was caused by a bona fide reoxidation of cytochrome b and not by any negative spectral contribution from cytochrome c(1). With cytochrome bc(1) complex from a yeast mutant that cannot synthesize ubiquinone, cytochrome b reduction by either menaquinol or ubiquinol was rapid and monophasic. Addition of ubiquinone restored triphasic cytochrome b reduction, and the duration of the reoxidation phase increased as the ubiquinone concentration increased. When reduction of the cytochrome bc(1) complex through center P was blocked, cytochrome b reduction through center N was biphasic and was slowed by the addition of exogenous ubiquinone. These results show that ubiquinone residing at center N in the oxidized cytochrome bc(1) complex is responsible for the triphasic reduction of cytochrome b.[1]

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