SDHA_ECOLI Two distinct, membrane-bound, FAD-containing enzymes are responsible for the catalysis of fumarate and succinate interconversion; the fumarate reductase is used in anaerobic growth, and the succinate dehydrogenase is used in aerobic growth.[1][2][3][4]
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The structure of Escherichia coli succinate dehydrogenase (SQR), analogous to the mitochondrial respiratory complex II, has been determined, revealing the electron transport pathway from the electron donor, succinate, to the terminal electron acceptor, ubiquinone. It was found that the SQR redox centers are arranged in a manner that aids the prevention of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation at the flavin adenine dinucleotide. This is likely to be the main reason SQR is expressed during aerobic respiration rather than the related enzyme fumarate reductase, which produces high levels of ROS. Furthermore, symptoms of genetic disorders associated with mitochondrial SQR mutations may be a result of ROS formation resulting from impaired electron transport in the enzyme.
Architecture of succinate dehydrogenase and reactive oxygen species generation.,Yankovskaya V, Horsefield R, Tornroth S, Luna-Chavez C, Miyoshi H, Leger C, Byrne B, Cecchini G, Iwata S Science. 2003 Jan 31;299(5607):700-4. PMID:12560550[5]
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↑McNeil MB, Hampton HG, Hards KJ, Watson BN, Cook GM, Fineran PC. The succinate dehydrogenase assembly factor, SdhE, is required for the flavinylation and activation of fumarate reductase in bacteria. FEBS Lett. 2014 Jan 31;588(3):414-21. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.12.019. Epub, 2013 Dec 25. PMID:24374335 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2013.12.019
↑Yankovskaya V, Horsefield R, Tornroth S, Luna-Chavez C, Miyoshi H, Leger C, Byrne B, Cecchini G, Iwata S. Architecture of succinate dehydrogenase and reactive oxygen species generation. Science. 2003 Jan 31;299(5607):700-4. PMID:12560550 doi:10.1126/science.1079605
↑Horsefield R, Yankovskaya V, Sexton G, Whittingham W, Shiomi K, Omura S, Byrne B, Cecchini G, Iwata S. Structural and computational analysis of the quinone-binding site of complex II (succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase): a mechanism of electron transfer and proton conduction during ubiquinone reduction. J Biol Chem. 2006 Mar 17;281(11):7309-16. Epub 2005 Dec 27. PMID:16407191 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M508173200
↑Ruprecht J, Yankovskaya V, Maklashina E, Iwata S, Cecchini G. Structure of Escherichia coli succinate:quinone oxidoreductase with an occupied and empty quinone-binding site. J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 23;284(43):29836-46. Epub 2009 Aug 25. PMID:19710024 doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.010058
↑Yankovskaya V, Horsefield R, Tornroth S, Luna-Chavez C, Miyoshi H, Leger C, Byrne B, Cecchini G, Iwata S. Architecture of succinate dehydrogenase and reactive oxygen species generation. Science. 2003 Jan 31;299(5607):700-4. PMID:12560550 doi:10.1126/science.1079605
