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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 21, 9739-9745, 07, 1986

Functional coupling between enzymes of the chromaffin granule membrane

LM Wakefield, AE Cass and GK Radda

The reactions of cytochrome b561 with other redox-active components of the adrenal chromaffin granule were examined using optical difference spectroscopy. It was shown that there is no direct electron transfer between the cytochrome and dopamine beta-hydroxylase, but that in the presence of ascorbate, turnover of dopamine beta-hydroxylase causes an oxidation of the cytochrome, which is partially reversed by the action of the mitochondrial NADH:A-. oxidoreductase. Thus, these three proteins may be functionally coupled via ascorbate. A quantitative study of the relationship between the redox state of the cytochrome and the ascorbate radical concentration measured by EPR showed that ascorbate reduces the cytochrome in a one-electron transfer reaction. Generation of a proton electrochemical gradient across the granule membrane causes only a small (20 mV) increase in the cytochrome midpoint potential suggesting the cytochrome is not a proton pump. The data are consistent with a model in which cytochrome b561, by reacting with ascorbate or ascorbate free radical on either side of the granule membrane, could couple the ascorbate-consuming reaction of the dopamine beta-hydroxylase inside the chromaffin granule to the ascorbate- regenerating reaction of the NADH:A-. oxidoreductase on the outer mitochondrial membrane. The H+-ATPase of the granule membrane could both drive the flow of electrons in the direction from cytosol to granule and replenish protons consumed by the turnover of dopamine beta- hydroxylase inside the granule.
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