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Query: EC:1.3.5.1 (succinate dehydrogenase)
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Biochemical studies have demonstrated that dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHOdehase; EC 1.3.3.1 or 1.3.99.11) is the sole enzyme of de novo pyrimidine synthesis in mitochondria, whereas the rest of the pathway takes place in the cytosol. The dehydrogenation of dihydroorotate to orotate is linked to the respiratory chain via ubiquinone. In this study, we show for the first time the ultrastructural localization of DHOdehase. Since the purified enzyme was found to act both as dehydrogenase and as oxidase, the cerium capture technique for detecting enzymatically generated hydrogen peroxide could be applied to pin-point the in situ activity of DHOdehase oxidase in mitochondria of rat heart and kidney cortex. Cerium perhydroxide as the final reaction product was detected predominantly in the matrix with some focal condensation along the inner membrane, but not in the intermembrane space. From this pattern of localization, it is concluded that the active site of the membrane-bound enzyme could face the mitochondrial matrix similar to succinate dehydrogenase. The reliability of the applied method for the demonstration of DHOdehase oxidase was demonstrated by the addition of Brequinar sodium to the incubation medium. This quinoline-carboxylic acid derivative is a potent inhibitor of DHOdehase and has proven anti-proliferative activity. The present observations do not ascertain whether the oxidase is permanently active as a constant portion of the enzyme in vivo, similar to xanthine oxidase/dehydrogenase. However, DHOdehase should be considered as a source of radical oxygen species under pathophysiological conditions.
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PMID:Localization of dihydroorotate oxidase in myocardium and kidney cortex of the rat. An electron microscopic study using the cerium technique. 764 4

Electron transport and production of O2-/H2O2 by the NADH dehydrogenase flavin-semiquinone (FMNH.) and ubisemiquinone (UQH.) were studied in a model of in vivo ischemia-reperfusion in rat kidney. H2O2 production rates were assessed in isolated mitochondria using either succinate, with and without antimycin, or malate-glutamate, with and without rotenone. Respiratory activities of isolated mitochondria and activity of NADH- and succinate-cytochrome c reductase and of NADH- and succinate-dehydrogenase in submitochondrial particles were measured to evaluate the electron flux throughout respiratory carriers. The mitochondrial H2O2 production rate was approximately 1.5- and 4-times increased in ischemic and ischemic-reperfused kidneys, respectively. Ischemia caused a marked decrease in the electron transport throughout the NADH-UQ segment with no significant changes either in the NADH dehydrogenase activity or in the electron flux trough the succinate-cytochrome oxidase segment. Reperfusion did not further affect the NADH-ubiquinone segment but markedly inhibited the succinate-supported oxygen consumption, succinate-cytochrome c reductase and succinate dehydrogenase activity. Our results show a redistribution of the electron flux with an increased rate of superoxide anion/hydrogen peroxide production at NADH dehydrogenase in mitochondria subjected to ischemia only. After 10 min reperfusion an impairment of the electron flow at succinate-cytochrome c segment is established and hydrogen peroxide production by UQH. increases up to maximal values becoming the major source of superoxide anion/hydrogen peroxide.
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PMID:Mitochondrial sites of hydrogen peroxide production in reperfused rat kidney cortex. 772 10

EPR spectroscopy was used to investigate the cytochrome P-450-dependent steroid hydroxylase ecdysone 20-mono-oxygenase of the cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis) and the redox centres associated with membranes from the fat-body mitochondrial fraction. Intense features at g = 2.42, 2.25 and 1.92 from oxidized mitochondrial membranes have been assigned to the low-spin haem form of ferricytochrome P-450, probably of ecdysone 20-mono-oxygenase. High-spin cytochrome P-450 (substrate-bound) was tentatively assigned to a signal at g = 8.0, which was detectable from membranes as prepared. An EPR signal characteristic of a [2Fe-2S] cluster detected from the soluble mitochondrial matrix fraction has been shown to be distinct from the signals associated with mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase, and has therefore been attributed to a ferredoxin. We conclude that the S. littoralis fat-body mitochondrial electron-transport system involved in steroid 20-hydroxylation comprises both ferredoxin and cytochrome P-450 components, and thus resembles the enzyme systems of adrenocortical mitochondria. EPR signals characteristic of the respiratory chain were also observed from fat-body mitochondria and assigned to the iron-sulphur clusters associated with Complex I (Centres N1, N2), Complex II (Centres S1, S3), Complex III (the Rieske centre), and the copper centre of Complex IV, demonstrating similarities to mammalian mitochondria. The reduced membrane fraction also yielded a major resonance at g = 2.09 and 1.88 characteristic of the [4Fe-4S] cluster of electron-transferring flavoprotein: ubiquinone oxidoreductase. As the fat-body is the major metabolic organ of insects, this protein is presumably required for the beta-oxidation of fatty acids in mitochondria. High-spin haem signals in the low-field region of spectra also demonstrated that the mitochondrial fraction contains relatively high concentrations of catalase.
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PMID:EPR spectroscopic characterization of the iron-sulphur proteins and cytochrome P-450 in mitochondria from the insect Spodoptera littoralis (cotton leafworm). 774 2

Complex II (succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is an important enzyme complex in both the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and the aerobic respiratory chains of mitochondria in eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic organisms. In this study, homology probing with mixed primers for the polymerase chain reaction and subsequent sequence analysis were successfully applied to clone cDNA for the flavoprotein (Fp) subunit of human liver complex II. The isolated clone contains an open reading frame of 1,992 nucleotides and encodes a mature protein of 621 amino acids with a molecular weight of 68,011. The amino acid sequence was highly homologous with that of bovine heart Fp (93.2%) and was quite different from the partial sequence of human placental Fp reported previously [Malcovati et al. (1991) in Flavins and Flavoproteins 1990, pp. 727-730], which showed striking homology to that of Bacillus subtilis. To solve this discrepancy, the partial cDNA sequences of the stomach and placental Fp subunits of human complex II were determined in addition to the full length cDNA of liver. The sequence data, sensitivity to thiol reagents and antigenic properties indicated that the major from of FP subunit in human complex II is unique at least among the three tissues analyzed, and is more similar to the Fp subunit of bovine heart than to that of B. subtilis.
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PMID:Human complex II (succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase): cDNA cloning of the flavoprotein (Fp) subunit of liver mitochondria. 779 81

The dependence of electron flux through quinone-reducing and quinol-oxidizing pathways on the redox state of the ubiquinone (Q) pool was investigated in plant mitochondria isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum cv. Bintje, fresh tissue and callus), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and Arum italicum. We have determined the redox state of the Q pool with two different methods, the Q-electrode and Q-extraction techniques. Although results from the two techniques agree well, in all tissues tested (with the exception of fresh potato) an inactive pool of QH2 was detected by the extraction technique that was not observed with the electrode. In potato callus mitochondria, an inactive Q pool was also found. An advantage of the extraction method is that it permits determination of the Q redox state in the presence of substances that interfere with the Q-electrode, such as benzohydroxamate and NADH. We have studied the relation between rate and Q redox state for both quinol-oxidizing and quinone-reducing pathways under a variety of metabolic conditions including state 3, state 4, in the presence of myxothiazol, and benzohydroxamate. Under state 4 conditions or in the presence of myxothiazol, a non-linear dependence of the rate of respiration on the Q-redox state was observed in potato callus mitochondria and in sweet potato mitochondria. The addition of benzohydroxamate, under state 4 conditions, removed this non-linearity confirming that it is due to activity of the cyanide-resistant pathway. The relation between rate and Q redox state for the external NADH dehydrogenase in potato callus mitochondria was found to differ from that of succinate dehydrogenase. It is suggested that the oxidation of cytoplasmic NADH in vivo uses the cyanide-resistant pathway more than the pathway involving the oxidation of succinate. A model is used to predict the kinetic behaviour of the respiratory network. It is shown that titrations with inhibitors of the alternative oxidase cannot be used to demonstrate a pure overflow function of the alternative oxidase.
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PMID:The relationship between electron flux and the redox poise of the quinone pool in plant mitochondria. Interplay between quinol-oxidizing and quinone-reducing pathways. 781 62

We provide the first full-length cDNA and amino acid sequences for beef heart CII-3, one of two hydrophobic subunits that bind succinate dehydrogenase to the mitochondrial inner membrane to form succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (EC 1.3.99.1). Other low molecular weight proteins present in preparations of the isolated complex, including three possible forms of the second anchor polypeptide CII-4, have been identified by amino terminal sequencing.
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PMID:The cDNA sequence of beef heart CII-3, a membrane-intrinsic subunit of succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase. 794 3

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and near-infrared magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) have been used to identify the ligands to the cytochrome b556 component of succinate: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (succinate dehydrogenase) from Escherichia coli. The 'highly axial low spin' (HALS) EPR spectrum suggests bis(histidine) ligation of the heme with the histidines in a staggered configuration. The near-infrared MCD spectrum exhibits a low energy maximum at 1600 nm which is also clearly indicative of bis(histidine) ligation of the heme iron. The data unambiguously demonstrate that the heme b556 is ligated to E. coli succinate dehydrogenase via two histidines.
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PMID:Identification of the axial heme ligands of cytochrome b556 in succinate: ubiquinone oxidoreductase from Escherichia coli. 798 90

The respiratory chain of adult Paragonimus westermani, a lung fluke, was characterized in isolated mitochondria. The fluke mitochondria exhibited cyanide- and antimycin A-sensitive succinate oxidase activity at a rate of 16.8 nmol O2 min-1 mg-1 protein. The succinate oxidation was shown to be stimulated by ADP and linked to the formation of membrane potential. The specific activities of oxidoreductases composing the succinate oxidase system, i.e., succinate-ubiquinone and succinate--cytochrome c oxidoreductase (complex II and complex II-III, respectively) and cytochrome c oxidase (complex IV), were compared in mitochondria from adult Paragonimus, bovine heart (an aerobic tissue), and muscle of adult Ascaris suum which possesses an anaerobic respiratory chain. The activity values of complex II-III and complex IV were high, middle, and low for bovine heart, Paragonimus, and A. suum, respectively, whereas the activity of complex II was comparable among the three sources. The cytochrome contents of Paragonimus mitochondria as determined by difference absorption spectrophotometry ranged between those in Ascaris and bovine mitochondria for types c and aa3 cytochromes. Paragonimus mitochondria exhibited a high activity of NADH-fumarate reductase; the specific activity was about 18-fold higher in fluke submitochondria than in bovine heart submitochondria. Quinone analysis by HPLC and mass spectrometry showed that the fluke mitochondria contain both rhodoquinone-10 and ubiquinone-10 at concentrations of 0.572 and 0.321 nmol mg-1 mitochondrial protein, respectively. These data clearly show that mitochondria from adult P. westermani, unlike adult Ascaris mitochondria, possess both cyanide-sensitive succinate oxidase and NADH-fumarate reductase systems, indicating that the fluke mitochondria are facultatively anaerobic.
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PMID:Respiratory chain of the lung fluke Paragonimus westermani: facultative anaerobic mitochondria. 803 Nov 21

Succinate dehydrogenase (EC 1.3.99.1) is an intrinsic bacterial or inner mitochondrial membrane protein that catalyses the oxidation of succinate and donates electrons to the respiratory chain via quinone acceptors. It is a heterotetramer composed of a flavoprotein, an iron-sulfur, and two hydrophobic subunits. We purified succinate dehydrogenase by blue native gel electrophoresis, determined the amino-terminal sequence of the Sdh4p subunit and used this information to clone the SDH4 gene. It encodes a precursor protein of 181 amino acids that is converted to the 150-amino acid mature Sdh4p protein with a mass of 16,638 Da. Hydrophobicity analysis predicts that Sdh4p forms three transmembrane alpha-helices. We have constructed an SDH4 mutant by targeted gene disruption; it retains the ability to grow on rich glycerol medium. Western blot analysis of SDH4 disruption mutant membrane fractions indicates that membrane attachment of the flavoprotein and iron-sulfur subunits is impaired but not abolished. This membrane-bound enzyme is able to reduce ubiquinone, although less efficiently than the wild-type enzyme. These findings indicate that Sdh4p contributes both to the membrane attachment of the catalytic flavoprotein and iron-sulfur subunits and to electron transfer to ubiquinone.
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PMID:Isolation and characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SDH4 gene encoding a membrane anchor subunit of succinate dehydrogenase. 812 6

A simple system for aerobic assay of the quinol-fumarate reductase reaction catalyzed by purified soluble bovine heart succinate-ubiquinone reductase in the presence of NADH, NAD(P)H-quinone reductase (DT-diaphorase) and an appropriate quinone is described. The reaction is inhibited by carboxin, suggesting that the same quinone/quinol binding site is involved in electron transfer from succinate to ubiquinone and from ubiquinol to fumarate. The kinetic properties of the reaction in both directions and comparative affinities of the substrate binding sites of the enzyme to substrates (products) and competitive inhibitors are reported. Considerable difference in affinity of the substrates binding site to oxaloacetate was demonstrated when the enzyme was assayed in the direct and reverse directions. These results were taken to indicate that the oxidized dicarboxylate-free enzyme is an intermediate during the steady-state succinate-ubiquinone reductase reaction, whereas the reduced dicarboxylate-free enzyme is an intermediate of the steady-state ubiquinol-fumarate reductase reaction. No difference in the reactivity of the substrate-protected cysteine and arginine residues was found when the pseudo-first-order rate constants for N-ethylmaleimide and phenylglyoxal inhibition were determined for oxidized and quinol-reduced enzyme. Quinol-fumarate reductase activity was reconstituted from the soluble succinate dehydrogenase and low-molecular-mass ubiquinone reactivity conferring protein(s). No reduction of cytochrome b was observed in the presence of quinol generating system, whereas S-3 low temperature EPR-detectable iron-sulfur center was completely reduced by quinol under equilibrium (without fumarate) or steady-state (in the presence of fumarate). No significant reduction of ferredoxin type iron-sulfur centers was detected during the steady-state quinol-fumarate oxidoreductase reaction. The data obtained eliminate participation of cytochrome b in the quinol-fumarate reductase reaction and show that the rate limiting step of the overall reaction lies between iron-sulfur center S-3 and lower midpoint potential redox components of the enzyme.
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PMID:Fumarate reductase activity of bovine heart succinate-ubiquinone reductase. New assay system and overall properties of the reaction. 841 79


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