[Spectral properties of cytochromes from Staphylococcus aureus]. 1988

L M Kotelevets, and Iu S Babenko, and M A Lukoianova

Two cytochrome b with peaks at 554 and 558 nm and cytochrome a with alpha-peak at 603 nm were found in intact cells and membranes of Staphylococcus aureus using low-temperature spectrophotometry and registration of second- and fourth-order finite difference spectra of cytochromes. Analysis of the cytochrome functioning in membranes isolated from the cells at the exponential and stationary growth phases revealed no difference in the set of these carriers. Analysis of cytochrome reduction with different substrates demonstrated identity of the cytochrome composition in the respiratory chain, reduced with NADH, lactate, alpha-glycerophosphate, malate and succinate. Cytochrome omicron with gamma-peak at 416 nm in the CO-spectra was found to be involved in oxidation of all the substrates tested both in intact cells and membranes of Staphylococcus aureus.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
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
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
D013053 Spectrophotometry The art or process of comparing photometrically the relative intensities of the light in different parts of the spectrum.
D013211 Staphylococcus aureus Potentially pathogenic bacteria found in nasal membranes, skin, hair follicles, and perineum of warm-blooded animals. They may cause a wide range of infections and intoxications.
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities

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