RGD Reference Report - 2-Nitrosofluorene and N-hydroxy-2-aminofluorene react with the ubiquinone-reduction center (center N) of the mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex. - Rat Genome Database

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2-Nitrosofluorene and N-hydroxy-2-aminofluorene react with the ubiquinone-reduction center (center N) of the mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex.

Authors: Klohn, PC  Brandt, U  Neumann, HG 
Citation: Klohn PC, etal., FEBS Lett. 1996 Jul 8;389(3):233-7.
RGD ID: 2298961
Pubmed: PMID:8766706   (View Abstract at PubMed)

We determined the sites of artificial electron transfer onto 2-nitrosofluorene (NOF), a metabolite of carcinogenic 2- acetylaminofluorene in mitochondria and isolated cytochrome bc1 complex. NOF-induced O2 consumption in mitochondria was sensitive to antimycin A, but insensitive to myxothiazol. In the isolated cytochrome bc1 complex, NOF induced rapid MOA-stilbene-insensitive reoxidation of cytochrome b, whereas in the presence of antimycin A, reoxidation was very slow. The corresponding hydroxylamine, N-hydroxy-2-aminofluorene (N-OH-AF), reduced cytochrome b specifically through center N of the cytochrome bc1 complex. We conclude that NOF and N-OH-AF bind to center N of the cytochrome bc1 complex and act as electron acceptor and donor, respectively. The N-OH-AF/NOF interconversion is considered to be involved in the cytotoxicity of 2-acetylaminofluorene in vivo.

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Gene Mt-cyb mitochondrially encoded cytochrome b Rattus norvegicus

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