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C Broger

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PubMed1983

Interaction between isolated cytochrome c1 and cytochrome c.

Cytochrome c1 from bovine heart mitochondria was isolated by a modification of the technique of König et al. [(1980) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 621, 283-295] which involved an affinity chromatography step on a gel with yeast cytochrome c as a ligand. Its spectra, electrophoretic pattern in presence of sodium dodecylsulfate, its reducibility by ascorbate and cytochrome c were characteristic of a native cytochrome, with a single polypeptide having an apparent molecular weight of 30 000. By using an arylazido derivative of cytochrome c, having the photoactive group bound to lysine 13, upon illumination a cross-link with the described preparation of cytochrome c1 was obtained. By pepsin digestion of the cross-linked complex a limiting fragment was obtained and partially sequenced. It allowed to identify the site of binding of cytochrome c near the sequence 167-174 of cytochrome c1.

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PubMed1982

Affinity chromatography purification of cytochrome c oxidase and b-c1 complex from beef heart mitochondria. Use of thiol-sepharose-bound Saccharomyces cerevisiae cytochrome c.

A method for simultaneous purification of cytochrome c reductase and cytochrome c oxidase using a cytochrome c affinity column is presented. Cytochrome c from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was linked to an activated thiol-Sepharose gel via its Cys-102 residue located far from the lysine residues on the front side of the molecule, responsible for the interaction with the reductase and oxidase. In previously reported affinity chromatography techniques these lysine residues most probably reacted with the column. Cytochrome c oxidase and reductase from bovine heart mitochondria bind specifically to the affinity column and can be recovered separately at different ionic strength in the elution buffer. The enzymes are highly pure and active.

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PubMed1982

Affinity chromatography purification of cytochrome c binding enzymes.

An efficient affinity chromatography procedure for the isolation of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and reductase is described. Saccharomyces cerevisiae cytochrome c was used as a ligand, bound to a thiol-Sepharose 4B gel through cysteine-107. In this way, the site of interaction of cytochrome c with cytochrome oxidase and reductase remained unmodified and available for binding to a number of partner enzymes. The procedure is adequate for the purification of all those proteins having in common the property of binding with high affinity to cytochrome c--e.g., cytochrome c oxidase, reductase, and peroxidase, sulfite oxidase, and reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria.

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PubMed1981

Structural studies on the cytochrome c oxidase proton pump using a spin-label probe.

We report studies in which we have used N-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl-l-oxyl)-N' -cyclohexylcarbodiimide, a spinlabel analogue of N,N' -dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, to investigate the structural aspects of the cytochrome c oxidase proton pump. We establish that the spin label binds to the reconstituted enzyme at the same site as does N,N' -dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, i.e., within subunit III. ESR studies of the bound spin label indicate that its binding site is situated in an apolar region of the enzyme, though close to its surface. The binding of the spin label to the free oxidase is different form that with the reconstituted enzyme, leading to spin-spin exchange between the bound probe molecules. From this and the fact that N,N' -dicyclohexylcarbodiimide binds to subunits III and IV in the free oxidase, we conclude that these two subunits are at the most 20 A apart.

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PubMed1981

Studies on the molecular basis of H+ translocation by cytochrome c oxidase.

We report here studies which characterize further the interaction of N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide with cytochrome c oxidase leading to inhibition of H+ translocation by the enzyme. Further evidence is presented to show that the inhibition results from a real interaction of DCCD with the enzyme and cannot be accounted for by uncoupling and, contrary to recent criticisms, this interaction occurs specifically with subunit III of the enzyme even at relatively high inhibitor-to-enzyme stoichiometries. Use of a spin-label analogue of DCCD has enabled us to demonstrate that the carbodiimide-binding site is highly apolar and may not lie on the pathway of electron transfer.

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PubMed1980

Interaction of cytochrome c with cytochrome bc1 complex of the mitochondrial respiratory chain.

The binding of cytochrome c to the cytochrome bc1 complex of bovine heart mitochondria was studied. Cytochrome c derivatives, arylazido-labeled at lysine 13 or lysine 22, were prepared and their properties as electron acceptors from the bc1 complex were measured. Mixtures of bc1 complex with cytochrome c derivatives were illuminated with ultraviolet light and afterwards subjected to polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The gels were analysed using dual-wavelength scanning at 280 minus 300 and 400 minus 430 nm. It was found that illumination with ultraviolet light in the presence of the lysine 12 derivative produced a diminution of the polypeptide of the bc1 coplex having molecular weight 30 000 (band IV) and formation of a new polypeptide composed of band IV and cytochrome c. Band IV was identified as cytochrome c1, and it was concluded that this hemoprotein interacts with cytochrome c and contains its binding site in complex III of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Illumination of the bc1 complex in presence of the lysine 22 derivative did not produce changes of the polypeptide pattern.

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