TY - JOUR
T1 - Cytochrome c oxidase in Neurospora crassa contains myristic acid covalently linked to subunit 1
AU - Vassilev, Alexei O.
AU - Plesofsky-Vig, Nora
AU - Brambl, Robert
PY - 1995/9/12
Y1 - 1995/9/12
N2 - Radiolabel from [3H] myristic acid was incorporated by Neurospora crassa into the core catalytic subunit 1 of cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.9.3.1), as indicated by immunoprecipitation. This modification of the subunit, which was specific for myristic acid, represents an uncommon type of myristoylation through an amide linkage at an internal lysine, rather than an N-terminal glycine. The [3H]myristate, which was chemically recovered from the radiolabeled subunit peptide, modified an invariant Lys-324, based upon analyses of proteolysis products. This myristoylated lysine is found within one of the predicted transmembrane helices of subunit 1 and could contribute to the environment of the active site of the enzyme. The myristate was identified by mass spectrometry as a component of mature subunit 1 of a catalytically active, purified enzyme. To our knowledge, fatty acylation of a mitochondrially synthesized inner-membrane protein has not been reported previously.
AB - Radiolabel from [3H] myristic acid was incorporated by Neurospora crassa into the core catalytic subunit 1 of cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.9.3.1), as indicated by immunoprecipitation. This modification of the subunit, which was specific for myristic acid, represents an uncommon type of myristoylation through an amide linkage at an internal lysine, rather than an N-terminal glycine. The [3H]myristate, which was chemically recovered from the radiolabeled subunit peptide, modified an invariant Lys-324, based upon analyses of proteolysis products. This myristoylated lysine is found within one of the predicted transmembrane helices of subunit 1 and could contribute to the environment of the active site of the enzyme. The myristate was identified by mass spectrometry as a component of mature subunit 1 of a catalytically active, purified enzyme. To our knowledge, fatty acylation of a mitochondrially synthesized inner-membrane protein has not been reported previously.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.92.19.8680
DO - 10.1073/pnas.92.19.8680
M3 - Article
C2 - 7567996
AN - SCOPUS:0029048180
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 92
SP - 8680
EP - 8684
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 19
ER -