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Rieske iron-sulfur protein of the cytochrome bc(1) complex: a potential target for fungicide discovery. 2012

Wen-Chao Yang, and Hui Li, and Fu Wang, and Xiao-Lei Zhu, and Guang-Fu Yang
Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, 430079 Wuhan, PR China.

The cytochrome bc(1) complex (complex III, cyt bc(1)) is an essential component of cellular respiration. Cyt bc(1) has three core subunits that are required for its catalytic activity: cytochrome b, cytochrome c(1), and the Rieske iron-sulfur protein (ISP). Although most fungicides inhibit this enzyme by binding to the cytochrome b subunit, resistance to these fungicides has developed rapidly due to their widespread application. Resistance is mainly associated with mutations in cytochrome b, the only subunit encoded by mitochondrial DNA. Recently, the flexibility and motion of the ISP and its essential role in electron transfer have received intense attention; this leads us to propose a new classification of cyt bc(1) inhibitors (three types of Q(o) inhibitors) that mobilize, restrict, or fix the rotation of the ISP. Importantly, the strengths of the ISP-inhibitor interactions correlate with inhibitor activity and the development of resistance to Q(o) inhibitors, thereby offering clues for designing novel cyt bc(1) inhibitors with high potency and a low risk of resistance.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008958 Models, Molecular Models used experimentally or theoretically to study molecular shape, electronic properties, or interactions; includes analogous molecules, computer-generated graphics, and mechanical structures. Molecular Models,Model, Molecular,Molecular Model
D004791 Enzyme Inhibitors Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction. Enzyme Inhibitor,Inhibitor, Enzyme,Inhibitors, Enzyme
D005659 Fungicides, Industrial Chemicals that kill or inhibit the growth of fungi in agricultural applications, on wood, plastics, or other materials, in swimming pools, etc. Industrial Fungicides
D013329 Structure-Activity Relationship The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups. Relationship, Structure-Activity,Relationships, Structure-Activity,Structure Activity Relationship,Structure-Activity Relationships
D014450 Electron Transport Complex III A multisubunit enzyme complex that contains CYTOCHROME B GROUP; CYTOCHROME C1; and iron-sulfur centers. It catalyzes the oxidation of ubiquinol to UBIQUINONE, and transfers the electrons to CYTOCHROME C. In MITOCHONDRIA the redox reaction is coupled to the transport of PROTONS across the inner mitochondrial membrane. Complex III,Cytochrome bc1 Complex,Ubiquinol-Cytochrome-c Reductase,Coenzyme Q-Cytochrome-c Reductase,Coenzyme QH2-Cytochrome-c Reductase,Core I Protein, UCCreductase,Core I Protein, Ubiquinol-Cytochrome c Reductase,Core II Protein, UCCreductase,Core II Protein, Ubiquinol-Cytochrome c Reductase,Cytochrome b-c2 Oxidoreductase,Cytochrome bc1,Dihydroubiquinone-Cytochrome-c Reductase,QH(2)-Cytochrome-c Reductase,QH(2)-Ferricytochrome-c Oxidoreductase,Ubihydroquinone-Cytochrome-c Reductase,Ubiquinol-Cytochrome c Reductase,Ubiquinone-Cytochrome b-c2 Oxidoreductase,Coenzyme Q Cytochrome c Reductase,Coenzyme QH2 Cytochrome c Reductase,Core I Protein, Ubiquinol Cytochrome c Reductase,Core II Protein, Ubiquinol Cytochrome c Reductase,Cytochrome b c2 Oxidoreductase,Dihydroubiquinone Cytochrome c Reductase,Reductase, Ubiquinol-Cytochrome c,Ubihydroquinone Cytochrome c Reductase,Ubiquinol Cytochrome c Reductase,Ubiquinone Cytochrome b c2 Oxidoreductase
D015394 Molecular Structure The location of the atoms, groups or ions relative to one another in a molecule, as well as the number, type and location of covalent bonds. Structure, Molecular,Molecular Structures,Structures, Molecular
D055808 Drug Discovery The process of finding chemicals for potential therapeutic use. Drug Prospecting,Discovery, Drug,Prospecting, Drug

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