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Reviews on structure and function of cytochrome bc1 complex

  1. Beattie, D.S. (1986) Is the cytochrome b-c1 complex a proton pump? Probably yes. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 18, 1-20.
  2. Beattie, D.S. (1993) A proposed pathway of proton translocation through the bc complexes of mitochondria and chloroplasts. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 25, 233-244.
  3. Bechmann, G., Schulte, U. and Weiss, H. (1992) Mitochondrial ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase. In Ernster, L., Ed. Molecular Mechanisms in Bioenergetics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 199-216.
  4. Brandt, U. (1996a) Bifurcated ubihydroquinone oxidation in the cytochrome bc1 complex by proton­gated charge transfer. FEBS Lett. 387, 1-6.
  5. Brandt, U. (1996b) Energy conservation by bifurcated electron­transfer in the cytochrome­bc1 complex. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1275, 41-46.
  6. Brandt, U. (1998) The chemistry and mechanics of ubihydroquinone oxidation at center P (Qo) of the cytochrome bc1 complex. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1365, 261-268.
  7. Brandt, U. and Trumpower, B.L. (1994) The protonmotive Q cycle in mitochondria and bacteria. Crit. Rev. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 29, 165-197.
  8. Brasseur, G., Saribas, A.S. and Daldal, F. (1996) A compilation of mutations located in the cytochrome b subunit of the bacterial and mitochondrial bc1 complex. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1275, 61-69.
  9. Capaldi, R.A., Halphen, D.G., Zhang, Y.Z. and Yanamura, W. (1988) Complexity and tissue specificity of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 20, 291-311.
  10. Colson, A.M. (1993) Random mutant generation and its utility in uncovering structural and functional features of cytochrome b in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 25, 211-220.
  11. Crofts, A.R. and Berry, E.A. (1998) Structure and function of the cytochrome bc1 complex of mitochondria and photosynthetic bacteria. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 8, 501-509.
  12. Crofts, A.R., Barquera, B., Bechmann, G., Guergova, M., Salcedo­Hernandez, R., Hacker, B., Hong, S. and Gennis, R.B. (1995) Structure and function in the bc1­complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. In Mathis, P., Ed. Photosynthesis: From Light to Biosphere, Vol. II. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 493-500.
  13. Crofts, A.R., Barquera, B., Gennis, R.B., Kuras, R., Guergova­Kuras, M. and Berry, E.A. (1997) Mechanistic aspects of the Qo­site of the bc1­complex as revealed by mutagenesis studies, and the crystallographic structure. In Peschek, G.A., Löffelhardt, W. and Schmetterer, G., Eds. The Phototrophic Prokaryotes. Plenum, Vienna, pp. 229-239.
  14. de Vries, S. (1986) The pathway of electron transfer in the dimeric QH2:cytochrome c oxidoreductase. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 18, 195-224.
  15. Gabellini, N. (1988) Organization and structure of the genes for the cytochrome b/c1 complex in purple photosynthetic bacteria. A phylogenetic study describing the homology of the b/c1 subunits between prokaryotes, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 20, 59-83.
  16. Geier, B.M., Haase, U. and von Jagow, G. (1994) Inhibitor binding to the Qp­site of bc1 complex: Comparative studies of yeast mutants and natural inhibitor resistant fungi. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 22, 203-209.
  17. Gennis, R.B. (1991) Some recent advances relating to prokaryotic cytochrome c reductases and cytochrome c oxidases. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 21-24.
  18. Gennis, R.B., Barquera, B., Hacker, B., Van Doren, S.R., Arnaud, S., Crofts, A.R., Davidson, E., Gray, K.A. and Daldal, F. (1993) The bc1 complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 25, 195-209.
  19. Glaser, E., Eriksson, A. and Sjoling, S. (1994) Bifunctional role of the bc1 complex in plants. Mitochondrial bc1 complex catalyses both electron transport and protein processing. FEBS Lett. 346, 83-87.
  20. Graham, L.A., Brandt, U., Sargent, J.S. and Trumpower, B.L. (1993) Mutational analysis of assembly and function of the iron-sulfur protein of the cytochrome bc1 complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 25, 245-257.
  21. Graham, L.A., Brandt, U. and Trumpower, B.L. (1994) Protease maturation of the Rieske iron-sulphur protein after its insertion into the mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 22, 188-191.
  22. Hauska, G., Nitschke, W. and Herrmann, R.G. (1988) Amino acid identities in the three redox center­carrying polypeptides of cytochrome bc1/b6f complexes. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 20, 211-228.
  23. Knaff, D.B. (1990) The cytochrome bc1 complex of photosynthetic bacteria. Trends Biochem. Sci. 15, 289-291.
  24. Konstantinov, A.A. (1990) Vectorial electron and proton transfer steps in the cytochrome bc1 complex. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1018, 138-141.
  25. Link, T.A. (1997) The role of the `Rieske' iron sulfur protein in the hydroquinone oxidation (QP) site of the cytochrome bc1 complex. The `proton­gated affinity change' mechanism. FEBS Lett. 412, 257-264.
  26. Link, T.A. and Iwata, S. (1996) Functional implications of the structure of the `Rieske' iron-sulfur protein of bovine heart mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1275, 54-60.
  27. Link, T.A., Haase, U., Brandt, U. and von Jagow, G. (1993) What information do inhibitors provide about the structure of the hydroquinone oxidation site of ubihydroquinone:cytochrome c oxidoreductase? J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 25, 221-232.
  28. Nalecz, M.J. (1986) Is there sufficient experimental evidence to consider the mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex a proton pump? Probably no. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 18, 21-38.
  29. Ostermeier, C. and Michel, H. (1997) Crystallization of membrane proteins. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 7, 697-701.
  30. Rich, P.R. (1984) Electron and proton transfers through quinones and cytochrome bc complexes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 768, 53-79.
  31. Rich, P.R. (1986) A perspective on Q­cycles. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 18, 145-156.
  32. Rieske, J.S. (1986) Experimental observations on the structure and function of mitochondrial complex III that are unresolved by the protonmotive ubiquinone­cycle hypothesis. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 18, 235-257.
  33. Rodel, G. (1997) Translational activator proteins required for cytochrome b synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr. Genet. 31, 375-379.
  34. Steinrucke, P., Gerhus, E., Jetzek, M., Turba, A. and Ludwig, B. (1991) The cytochrome c reductase/oxidase respiratory pathway of Paracoccus denitrificans: genetic and functional studies. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 23, 227-239.
  35. Stouthamer, A.H. (1991) Metabolic regulation including anaerobic metabolism in Paracoccus denitrificans. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 23, 163-185.
  36. Thöny­Meyer, L. (1997) Biogenesis of respiratory cytochromes in bacteria. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 61, 337-376.
  37. Trumpower, B.L. (1981) Function of the iron-sulfur protein of the cytochrome b-c1 segment in electron­transfer and energy­conserving reactions of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 639, 129-155.
  38. Trumpower, B.L. (1990a) Cytochrome bc1 complexes of microorganisms. Microbiol. Rev. 54, 101-129.
  39. Trumpower, B.L. (1990b) The protonmotive Q cycle. Energy transduction by coupling of proton translocation to electron transfer by the cytochrome bc1 complex. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 11409-11412.
  40. Trumpower, B.L. (1991) The three­subunit cytochrome bc1 complex of Paracoccus denitrificans. Its physiological function, structure, and mechanism of electron transfer and energy transduction. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 23, 241-255.
  41. Trumpower, B.L. and Gennis, R.B. (1994) Energy transduction by cytochrome complexes in mitochondrial and bacterial respiration: The enzymology of coupling electron transfer reactions to transmembrane proton translocation. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 63, 675-716.
  42. von Jagow, G., Link, T.A. and Ohnishi, T. (1986) Organization and function of cytochrome b and ubiquinone in the cristae membrane of beef heart mitochondria. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 18, 157-179.
  43. Wikström, M. and Krab, K. (1986) The semiquinone cycle. A hypothesis of electron transfer and proton translocation in cytochrome bc­type complexes. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 18, 181-193.
  44. Yu, C.­A. and Yu, L. (1993) Mitochondrial ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase complex: Crystallization and protein:ubiquinone interaction. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 25, 259-273.
Bibliography on structural studies of cytochrome bc1 complex