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Effects of NO2-modification of Tyr83 on the reactivity of spinach plastocyanin with cytochrome f. 1992

H E Christensen, and L S Conrad, and J Ulstrup
Chemistry Department A, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby.

We have investigated the electron transfer (ET) reactions between turnip cytochrome f, and the native and NO2-Tyr83-modified forms of spinach plastocyanin (PCu) at 10.0 degrees C and ionic strength 0.200 M(NaCl), in both directions as a function of pH. The PCu(II)/cytochrome f(II) rate constants in the pH-range 4-6.8 reflect active and remote binding site protonation. At higher pH, NO2-Tyr83 and positively charged residues on cytochrome f are deprotonated, and both native and NO2-modified PCu exhibit a composite rate constant variation in this pH range. When framed by ET theory this pattern is fully understandable in terms of variations in reduction potentials and electrostatic interactions, caused by the protonation equilibria. The rate constant ratio knitro/knative is, however, only 1.04 for the PCu(II)/cytochrome f(II) reactions in spite of a 18 mV higher reduction potential for NO2-Tyr83-modified PCu. This is much lower than the value of 1.42 expected from ET theory solely on the basis of such a reduction potential effect. A similar effect is seen for PCu(I)/cytochrome f(III) for which the low-pH knitro/knative ratio is 0.51. Notable but smaller effects are also observed for the small reaction partners [Fe(CN)6]3-/4- and [Co(phen)3]3+/2+. The effect of NO2-modification in addition to the reduction potential effect can be resolved into a small reorganization energy increase around the copper atom and a smaller electronic transmission coefficient for ET through the Cu/Cys84/Tyr83 sequence. The former effect dominates in the reactions with the small reaction partners, while the electronic effects contribute significantly for PCu/cytochrome f, supporting the concept that the PCu/cytochrome f ET is at the remote PCu binding site.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D009573 Nitrites Salts of nitrous acid or compounds containing the group NO2-. The inorganic nitrites of the type MNO2 (where M Nitrite
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D010944 Plants Multicellular, eukaryotic life forms of kingdom Plantae. Plants acquired chloroplasts by direct endosymbiosis of CYANOBACTERIA. They are characterized by a mainly photosynthetic mode of nutrition; essentially unlimited growth at localized regions of cell divisions (MERISTEMS); cellulose within cells providing rigidity; the absence of organs of locomotion; absence of nervous and sensory systems; and an alternation of haploid and diploid generations. It is a non-taxonomical term most often referring to LAND PLANTS. In broad sense it includes RHODOPHYTA and GLAUCOPHYTA along with VIRIDIPLANTAE. Plant
D010970 Plastocyanin A copper-containing plant protein that is a fundamental link in the electron transport chain of green plants during the photosynthetic conversion of light energy by photophosphorylation into the potential energy of chemical bonds. Plastocyanine,Silver Plastocyanin,Plastocyanin, Silver
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D003580 Cytochromes Hemeproteins whose characteristic mode of action involves transfer of reducing equivalents which are associated with a reversible change in oxidation state of the prosthetic group. Formally, this redox change involves a single-electron, reversible equilibrium between the Fe(II) and Fe(III) states of the central iron atom (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992, p539). The various cytochrome subclasses are organized by the type of HEME and by the wavelength range of their reduced alpha-absorption bands. Cytochrome
D006863 Hydrogen-Ion Concentration The normality of a solution with respect to HYDROGEN ions; H+. It is related to acidity measurements in most cases by pH pH,Concentration, Hydrogen-Ion,Concentrations, Hydrogen-Ion,Hydrogen Ion Concentration,Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations
D001665 Binding Sites The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule. Combining Site,Binding Site,Combining Sites,Site, Binding,Site, Combining,Sites, Binding,Sites, Combining
D014443 Tyrosine A non-essential amino acid. In animals it is synthesized from PHENYLALANINE. It is also the precursor of EPINEPHRINE; THYROID HORMONES; and melanin. L-Tyrosine,Tyrosine, L-isomer,para-Tyrosine,L Tyrosine,Tyrosine, L isomer,para Tyrosine

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