Interaction between the cytochrome caa 3 respiratory chain complex and F 1 F 0 -ATP synthase from extremely alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4 has been hypothesized to be required for robust ATP synthesis by this alkaliphile under conditions of very low protonmotive force. Here, such an interaction was probed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and by saturation transfer electron paramagnetic resonance (STEPR). When the two purified complexes were embedded in phospholipids vesicles individually [(caa 3 ) × PL, (F 1 F 0 ) × PL)] or in combination [(caa 3 +F 1 F 0 ) × PL] and subjected to DSC analysis, they underwent exothermic thermodenaturation with transition temperatures at 69, 57, and 46/75 °C, respectively. The enthalpy change, ΔH, (−8.8 Kcal/mmol) of protein-phospholipid vesicles containing both cytochrome caa 3 and F 1 F 0 was smaller than that (−12.4 Kcal/mmol) of a mixture of protein-phospholipid vesicles formed from each individual electron transfer complex [(caa 3 × PL) + (F 1 F 0 × PL)]. The rotational correlation time of spin-labeled caa 3 (65 µs) in STEPR studies increased significantly when the complex was mixed with F 1 F 0 prior to being embedded in phospholipids vesicles (270 µs). When the complexes were reconstituted separately then mixed together, or either mitochondrial cytochrome bc 1 or F 1 F 0 was substituted for the alkaliphile F 1 F 0 , the correlation time was unchanged (65-70 µs). Varying the ratio of the two alkaliphile complexes in both the DSC and STEPR experiments indicated that the optimal stoichiometry is 1:1. These results demonstrate a specific interaction between the cytochrome caa 3 and F 1 F 0 -ATP synthase from B. pseudofirmus OF4 in a reconstituted system. They support the suggestion that physical association between these complexes may contribute to sequestered proton transfers during alkaliphile oxidative phosphorylation at high pH.