EPR study of the redox interactions in cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki. 1989

H Benosman, and M Asso, and P Bertrand, and T Yagi, and J P Gayda
Laboratoire d'Electronique des Milieux Condensés, Unité Associé 784 au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Provence, Marseille.

We present a new examination of the EPR redox titration data for the tetraheme cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki. Our analysis includes the contribution of the interaction potentials between the four redox sites and is based on the model previously developed for the study of cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Norway. We observed, as for D. desulfuricans Norway cytochrome c3, that the conformation of the heme with the lowest redox potential, heme 4, is sensitive to the redox state of the heme with the highest potential, heme 1. However in D. vulgaris Miyazaki cytochrome c3 spectral simulations show that heme 4 is present in two conformational states which interconvert partially when heme 1 is reduced. The sets of redox parameters which satisfy the fitting procedure of the titration curves are in the following domain: -250 mV less than or equal to e41 less than or equal to -220 mV, -325 mV less than or equal to e2 less than or equal to -320 mV, -335 mV less than or equal to e3 less than or equal to -330 mV, -360 mV less than or equal to e4 less than or equal to -355 mV, -5 mV less than or equal to I12 less than or equal to 20 mV, -10 mV less than or equal to I13 less than or equal to 5 mV, -15 mV less than or equal to I23 less than or equal to -5 mV, -15 mV less than or equal to I24 less than or equal to -10 mV, -25 mV, less than or equal to I34 less than or equal to -15 mV. As in D. desulfuricans Norway cytochrome c3 the interactions are moderate. Simple electrostatic considerations suggest that these moderate values could be related to the large accessibility of the hemes to the solvent. Our work does not confirm the existence of a cooperative interaction between heme 2 and heme 3 which has been proposed on the basis of electrochemical measurements.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008433 Mathematics The deductive study of shape, quantity, and dependence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Mathematic
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
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
D003574 Cytochrome c Group A group of cytochromes with covalent thioether linkages between either or both of the vinyl side chains of protoheme and the protein. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992, p539) Cytochromes Type c,Group, Cytochrome c,Type c, Cytochromes
D003901 Desulfovibrio A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria capable of reducing sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide. Organisms are isolated from anaerobic mud of fresh and salt water, animal intestines, manure, and feces.
D004578 Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy A technique applicable to the wide variety of substances which exhibit paramagnetism because of the magnetic moments of unpaired electrons. The spectra are useful for detection and identification, for determination of electron structure, for study of interactions between molecules, and for measurement of nuclear spins and moments. (From McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 7th edition) Electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy is a variant of the technique which can give enhanced resolution. Electron spin resonance analysis can now be used in vivo, including imaging applications such as MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. ENDOR,Electron Nuclear Double Resonance,Electron Paramagnetic Resonance,Paramagnetic Resonance,Electron Spin Resonance,Paramagnetic Resonance, Electron,Resonance, Electron Paramagnetic,Resonance, Electron Spin,Resonance, Paramagnetic
D006418 Heme The color-furnishing portion of hemoglobin. It is found free in tissues and as the prosthetic group in many hemeproteins. Ferroprotoporphyrin,Protoheme,Haem,Heme b,Protoheme IX
D001667 Binding, Competitive The interaction of two or more substrates or ligands with the same binding site. The displacement of one by the other is used in quantitative and selective affinity measurements. Competitive Binding

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