Saturday, January 26, 2008

Qi-site inhibitor specificity

Frederik A.J. Rotsaert, Martina G. Ding and Bernard L. Trumpower

Differential efficacy of inhibition of mitochondrial and bacterial cytochrome bc1 complexes by center N inhibitors antimycin, ilicicolin H and funiculosin

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
Volume 1777, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 211-219

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2007.10.011

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Dispensibility of E272 for quinol oxidation

Biochemistry, ASAP Article 10.1021/bi701905a S0006-2960(70)01905-0
Web Release Date: January 24, 2008

Is Cytochrome b Glutamic Acid 272 a Quinol Binding Residue in the bc1 Complex of Saccharomyces cerevisiae?

Nadir Seddiki, Brigitte Meunier, Danielle Lemesle-Meunier, and Gaƫl Brasseur

Friday, January 11, 2008

regulation of supercomplexes

Sonika Saddar, Mary K. Dienhart, and Rosemary A. Stuart
The F1Fo-ATP synthase complex influences the assembly state of the cytochrome bc1-cytochrome oxidase supercomplex and its association with the TIM23 machinery
J. Biol. Chem, 10.1074/jbc.M708440200
The latest version is at
http://www.jbc.org/cgi/doi/10.1074/jbc.M708440200

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Posible link between Complex III and hypertension?

Huynh H, Servant N, Chalifour LE.
Ubiquinol-cytochrome-c reductase 7.2 kDa protein of mitochondrial complex III is steroid-responsive and increases in cardiac hypertrophy and hypertension.
Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2007 Oct;85(10):986-996.
PMID: 18066099