The concept of high- and low-affinity reactions in bovine cytochrome c oxidase steady-state kinetics |
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Authors: | Karin MC Sinjorgo Jan H Meijling Anton O Muijsers |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Biochemistry, B.C.P. Jansen Institute, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 20151, 1000 HD Amsterdam The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | (1) Analysis of the data from steady-state kinetic studies shows that two reactions between cytochrome c and cytochrome c oxidase sufficed to describe the concave Eadie-Hofstee plots ( and ). It is not necessary to postulate a third reaction of . (2) Change of temperature, type of detergent and type of cytochrome c affected both reactions to the same extent. The presence of only a single catalytic cytochrome c interaction site on the oxidase could explain the kinetic data. (3) Our experiments support the notion that, at least under our conditions (pH 7.8, low-ionic strength), the dissociation of ferricytochrome c from cytochrome c oxidase is the rate-limiting step in the steady-state kinetics. (4) A series of models, proposed to describe the observed steady-state kinetics, is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Electron transfer Steady-state kinetics TMPD N N′ |
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