Resonance Raman microspectroscopy of myeloperoxidase and cytochrome b558 in human neutrophilic granulocytes.

With (resonance) Raman microscospectroscopy, it is possible to investigate the chemical constitution of a very small volume (0.5 fl) in a living cell. We have measured resonance Raman spectra in the cytoplasm of living normal, myeloperoxidase (MPO)-deficient, and cytochrome b558-deficient neutrophils and in isolated specific and azurophilic granule fractions, using an excitation wavelength of 413.1 nm. Similar experiments were performed after reduction of the redox centers by the addition of sodium dithionite. The specific and azurophilic granules in both redox states appeared to have clearly distinguishable Raman spectra when exciting at a wavelength of 413.1 nm. The azurophilic granules and the cytochrome b558-deficient neutrophils showed Raman spectra similar to that of the isolated MPO. The spectra of the specific granules and the MPO-deficient neutrophils corresponded very well to published cytochrome b558 spectra. The resonance Raman spectrum of the cytoplasmic region of normal neutrophilic granulocytes could be fitted with a combination of the spectra of the specific and azurophilic granules, which shows that the Raman signal of neutrophilic granulocytes mainly originates from MPO and cytochrome b558, at an excitation wavelength of 413.1 nm.     

Spectrophotometric Studies on Intact Muscle : I. Components of the respiratory chain

The concentrations of the components of the respiratory chain were determined in a variety of intact skeletal muscles by a method of spectrophotometric observation of the transmitted light. In the case of the toad sartorius, these measurements were checked against isolated mitochondrial suspensions prepared from toad skeletal muscles. The relative concentrations of the respiratory components were found to be in reasonable agreement with those of various mitochondrial preparations of mammalian tissues and of the ones from toad skeletal muscle. The rather low cytochrome b and pyridine nucleotide levels in the anoxic minus oxygenated difference spectra were shown to be caused to a certain degree by a partial reduction during the resting steady state. Upon treatment with a strong, reducing agent or after long anoxia some absorption bands appeared with maxima at 591, 562 to 564, and 432 to 434 mµ both in the intact and in the mitochondrial fractions of muscle tissue; they do not appear to be associated with the respiratory chain.     

菠萝叶片PEP羧激酶与底物结合时构象的变化

菠萝叶片PEP羧激酶与底物OAA和ATP及配基Mn~(2+)等结合时引起紫外差示吸收光谱峰位和方向上的变化。OAA与酶结合诱导产生的差示吸收光谱在268—280nm处有一个宽负峰。ATP与酶结合出现两个差示负峰(242.5和273.5nm)。双底物OAA和ATP同时与酶结合,光谱上呈现252nm和268nm两个峰。Mn~(2+)不论与ATP或与ATP+OAA一起与酶反应时,皆使原来的峰位漂移,且正负方向逆转。酶蛋白在323nm有最大的荧光发射。OAA引起荧光发射强度增大,ATP及ATP+Mn~(2+)则减弱荧光发射。Mn~(2+)与OAA及ATP的复合效应导致荧光强度进一步减弱。     

Mitochondrial biogenesis during fungal spore germination: respiratory cytochromes of dormant and germinating spores of Botryodiplodia.

The mitochondrial respiratory cytochrome contents of dormant and germinating conidia of Botryodiplodia theobromae were examined. Oxidized versus reduced difference spectra at 77 degrees K of whole mitochondria from physiologically mature germinated spores showed a typical a-band pattern for cytochromes c, b, and a, with absorption maxima at 549, 554 + 559, and 604 nm, respectively, whereas the difference spectrum of the counterpart mitochondrial fraction from dormant spores showed no cytochrome a bands. However, a fraction prepared from dormant spore mitochondria by detergent extraction and (NH4)2SO4 fractionation contained readily detectable quantities of cytochromes c and b (as shown by the a and Soret absorption bands), but it did not contain the a or Soret bands of cytochrome a observed in a counterpart preparation from germinated spores. The pyridine hemochromogen preparation from the dormant spore mitochondria contained no material that is spectroscopically characteristic of a-type heme and protoheme. These results suggest that cytochrome a is not present as a functional molecule in dormant spores. The first spectroscopically detectable cytochromes were observed in whole mitochondria at 210 min of spore germination, and the amount of each of the cytochromes increased with cell growth. A precursor of the heme porphyrin, delta-[4-14C]aminolevulinic acid, was first incorporated (at accelerating rates) into acid-insoluble spore material at 180 min of germination, which appears to be the approximate time of organization of new mitochondria in these spores.     

Detection by low-temperature magnetic circular-dichroism spectroscopy of optical absorption bands due to molybdenum (V) in the form of xanthine oxidase giving the Desulpho Inhibited e.p.r. signal.

The magnetic circular-dichroism (m.c.d.) spectra in the temperature range 1.5-100 K and the electronic absorption spectra at 4.2 and 295 K were measured for a number of desulpho xanthine oxidase derivatives. There were no significant differences between the absorption spectra that could be attributed to molybdenum. However, the visible-region m.c.d. spectrum of the ethanediol-treated metalloprotein (which gives rise to the Desulpho Inhibited e.p.r. signal) contained features assignable to Mo(V) absorption bands. This is the first report of the detection of optical bands of Mo(V) in an enzyme in the presence of other chromophoric centres.     

Electron paramagnetic resonance studies on cytochrome b-558 and peroxidases of pig blood granulocytes.

Low-temperature electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometry on granulocytes prepared from pig blood was carried out with concentrated cellular and subcellular fractions to characterize EPR signals of cytochrome b-558 (cyt b-558). A thick cell suspension (approximately 2 x 10(9) cells/ml), containing mostly neutrophils, showed typical high-spin EPR signals due to myeloperoxidase (MPO) and a low spin signal at a g value of around 3.2. A similar thick granulocyte suspension containing eosinophils showed not only these signals but also low spin heme signals at g values of 2.86, 2.13, and 1.66, which have been reported to be of cyt b-558 (Ueno et al. 1991, FEBS Lett. 281, 130-132). MPO and eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) were released from the membrane fractions with 50 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) containing 1 M NaCl, and then were highly concentrated, in which no cyt b-558 was detected by absorption spectra. The signal at a g value of 2.86 was found only in the EPO fraction, suggesting that this signal is derived from a low-spin form of an EPO-complex, but neither from MPO nor cyt b-558. The O2(-)-forming NADPH oxidase associated in the membranes was solubilized with heptyl-thio-glucoside at 0 degree C and concentrated up to 45 microM cyt b-558 with no modification of the heme moiety confirmed by its O2(-)-generating activity and lack of carbon monoxide-binding capacity. Cyt b-558 showed an anisotropic signal at a g value of 3.2 +/- 0.05, which was cyanide-insensitive and reducible with reductants. The signal intensity was concentration dependent, suggesting that the g = 3.2 signal is characteristic of the low-spin heme iron in cyt b-558.     

Preparation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against human myeloperoxidase

We established 11 hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs), designated AM, against human myeloperoxidase (MPO), by immunizing mice with the three forms of MPO (I, II, and III) purified from healthy human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) and characterized the specificity of the AM MoAbs. Ten of the AM MoAbs reacted similarly to each of the three forms using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. When a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CETAB) extract of human PMN was electrophoresed in a CETAB polyacrylamide gel and transferred to a nitrocellulose filter, IgG1 class AM MoAbs immunostained only the MPO band of the proteins of the extract. In addition, the AM MoAbs reacted to two radioactive bands of 94 and 92 kDa in a HL-60 cell lysate labeled with [35S]methionine for 1 h. After a chase period of 24 h, these bands were replaced by four radioactive bands of 64.5, 43, 16.7, and 13.4 kDa, demonstrating that the MoAbs recognize not only mature MPO but also the MPO precursors of 94 and 92 kDa. The data also indicated that the two major bands of 64.5 and 13.4 kDa corresponded to heavy and light chains of mature MPO, respectively, and the additive intermediate bands of 43 and 16.7 kDa were MPO-related proteins. Moreover, AM MoAbs reacted to a similar extent to the deglycosylated form of MPO III with endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase H (Endo-H). Thus, IgG1 class AM MoAbs recognized MPO with high specificity and reacted to the structure which is commonly conserved in the three mature forms of MPO (I, II, and III), MPO precursors, and deglycosylated MPO with Endo-H. AM MoAbs also specifically reacted to PMN and/or monocytes but did not react to lymphocytes when the cell staining method was used.     

Amine dehydrogenase of Pseudomonas putida: properties of the heme-prosthetic group.

There was approximately five times more hemoprotein (amine dehydrogenase) in crude extracts obtained from Pseudomonas putida grown on benzylamine than present in extracts from succinate-grown cells. The difference (reduced minus oxidized) spectrum of the purified enzyme possessed alpha,beta, and gamma bands at 550, 523, and 416 nm, respectively. The difference spectrum of the pyridine hemochrome derivative had absorption maxima at 416, 520, and 550 nm. These results, together with the fact that the heme group was covalently bound to the enzyme, indicated that the amine dehydrogenase from P. putida was a hemoprotein which contained heme c. The heme content was calculated at 2.01 mol/mol of enzyme. The enzyme was composed of two nonidentical subunits, but heme was present solely in the heavier unit. Carbon monoxide did not inhibit enzymatic activity, nor would it combine with the reduced or oxidized form of the enzyme. Amine dehydrogenase activity was inhibited by carbonyl agents with semicarbazide and cuprizone acting noncompetitively, whereas KCN and isoniazid inhibited by competitive and uncompetitive mechanisms, respectively. Spectral observations suggested that inhibition by these reagents was not due to an interaction with the heme moiety.     

Distribution of aspartate aminotransferase activity in yeasts, and purification and characterization of mitochondrial and cytosolic isoenzymes from Rhodotorula minuta [corrected

The distribution of aspartate aminotransferase activity in yeasts was determined. The number of species of the enzyme in each yeast was determined by zymogram analysis. All the yeasts, except for the genus Saccharomyces, showed two or three activity bands on a zymogram. From among the strains, Rhodotorula minuta [corrected] and Torulopsis candida were selected for examination of the existence of yeast mitochondrial isoenzymes, because these strains showed two clear activity bands on the zymogram and contained a high amount of the enzyme. Only one aspartate aminotransferase was purified from T. candida: the component in the minor band on the zymogram was not an isoenzyme of aspartate aminotransferase. On the other hand, two aspartate aminotransferases were purified to homogeneity from R. minuta [corrected]. The components in the main and minor activity bands on the zymogram were identified as the mitochondrial and cytosolic isoenzymes, respectively, in a cell-fractionation experiment. The enzymatic properties of these isoenzymes were determined. The yeast mitochondrial isoenzyme resembled the animal mitochondrial isoenzymes in molecular weight (subunits and native form), absorption spectrum, and substrate specificity. The amino acid composition was closely similar to that of pig mitochondrial isoenzyme. Rabbit antibody against the yeast mitochondrial isoenzyme, however, did not form a precipitin band with the pig mitochondrial isoenzyme.     

Pyruvate carboxylase in lactating rat and rabbit mammary gland

1. Pyruvate carboxylase [pyruvate-carbon dioxide ligase (ADP), EC 6.4.1.1] was found in cell-free preparations of lactating rat and rabbit mammary glands, and optimum assay conditions for this enzyme were determined. 2. Subcellular-fractionation studies with marker enzymes showed pyruvate carboxylase to be distributed between the mitochondrial and soluble fractions of lactating rat mammary gland. Evidence is presented that the soluble enzyme is not an artifact due to mitochondrial damage. 3. In contrast, pyruvate carboxylase in lactating rabbit mammary gland is confined to the mitochondrial fraction. 4. The final product of pyruvate carboxylase action in the mitochondrial and particle-free supernatant fractions of lactating rat mammary gland was shown to be citrate. 5. The effects of freeze-drying, ultrasonic treatment and freezing-and-thawing on the specific activity of mitochondrial pyruvate carboxylase were investigated.     

Hydrogen-bonding in enzyme catalysis. Fourier-transform infrared detection of ground-state electronic strain in acyl-chymotrypsins and analysis of the kinetic consequences.

I.r. difference spectra are presented for 3-(indol-3-yl)acryloyl-, cinnamoyl-, 3-(5-methylthien-2-yl)acryloyl-, dehydrocinnamoyl- and dihydrocinnamoyl-chymotrypsins at low pH, where the acyl-enzymes are catalytically inactive. At least two absorption bands are seen in each case in the ester carbonyl stretching region of the spectrum. Cinnamoyl-chymotrypsin substituted at the carbonyl carbon atom with 13C was prepared. A difference spectrum in which 13C-substituted acyl-enzyme was subtracted from [12C]acyl-enzyme shows two bands in the ester carbonyl region and thus confirms the assignment of the features to the single ester carbonyl group. The frequencies of the ester carbonyl bands are interpreted in terms of differential hydrogen-bonding. In each case a lower-frequency relatively narrow band is assigned to a productive potentially reactive binding mode in which the carbonyl oxygen atom is inserted in the oxyanion hole of the enzyme active centre. The higher-frequency band, which is broader, is assigned to a non-productive binding mode in each case, where a water molecule bridges from the carbonyl oxygen atom to His-57; this mode is equivalent to the crystallographically determined structure of 3-(indol-3-yl)acryloyl-chymotrypsin, i.e. the Henderson structure. A difference spectrum of dihydrocinnamoyl-chymotrypsin taken at higher pH shows resolution of a feature centred upon 1731 cm-1, which is assigned to a non-bonded conformer in which the carbonyl oxygen atom is not hydrogen-bonded. Perturbation of the protein spectrum in the presence of acyl groups is interpreted in terms of enhanced structural rigidity. It is reported that the ester carbonyl region of the difference spectrum of cinnamoyl-subtilisin is complicated by overlap of features that arise from protein perturbation. Measurements of carbonyl absorption frequencies in a number of solvents of the methyl esters of the acyl groups used to make acyl-enzymes have permitted determination of the apparent dielectric constants experienced by carbonyl groups in the enzyme active centre as well as a discussion of the effects of polarity. The ester carbonyl bond strengths of the various conformations were estimated by using simple harmonic oscillator theory and an empirical relation between the force constants and bond strengths. The fractional bond breaking induced by hydrogen-bonding was used to calculate rate enhancement factors by using absolute reaction rate theory.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Structural studies on prolyl hydroxylase. Conformation from circular dichroism spectroscopy

The circular dichroism spectra of purified prolyl hydroxylase [EC 1.14.11.12] in the native and heat-denatured states were obtained at pH 7.8. Analysis of the far-uv spectrum of the native enzyme gave an estimate of 40% alpha-helix, 40% beta-structure and 20% random coil. The near-uv spectrum contained several negative dichroic bands that can be attributed to phenylalanyl, tyrosyl and tryptophyl residues situated in an asymmetric environment in the protein. These bands were not seen in the enzyme denatured by heat. The denaturation was monitored by changes in the alpha-helical content as well as the activity of the enzyme as a function of temperature. The normalized transition profiles with respect to the change in helical content and the loss of enzyme activity were coincidental, indicating the involvement of the alpha-helical segments in maintaining the enzyme activity.     

The lipoprotein lipase of white adipose tissue. Studies on the intracellular distribution of the adipocyte-associated enzyme.

The separation of rat epididymal adipocytes into plasma-membrane, mitochondrial, microsomal and cytosol fractions is described. The fractions, which were characterized by marker-enzyme analysis and electron-micrographic observation, from the cells of fed and 24 h-starved animals were used to prepare acetone/diethyl ether-dried powders for the measurement of lipoprotein lipase activities. The highest specific activities and proportion of recovered lipoprotein lipase activity were found in the plasma-membrane and microsomal fractions. The two fractions from the cells of fed rats showed similar activities and enrichments of the enzyme, these activities being higher than the plasma-membrane and lower than the microsomal activities recovered from the cells of starved animals. Chicken and guinea-pig anti-(rat lipoprotein lipase) sera were prepared, and an indirect labelled-second-antibody cellular immunoassay, using 125I-labelled rabbit anti-(chicken IgG) or 125I-labelled sheep anti-(guinea-pig IgG) antibodies respectively, for the detection of cell-surface enzyme was devised and optimized. The amount of immunodetectable cell-surface lipoprotein lipase was higher for cells isolated from fed animals than for cells from 24 h-starved animals, when either anti-(lipoprotein lipase) serum was used in the assay. The amount of immunodetectable cell-surface lipoprotein lipase fell further when starvation was extended to 48 h. The lipoprotein lipase of plasma-membrane vesicles was shown to be a patent activity and to be immunodetectable in a modification of the cellular immunoassay. Although the functional significance of the adipocyte surface lipoprotein lipase is not known, the possibility of it forming a pool of enzyme en route to the capillary endothelium is advanced.     

高粱叶片磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶溶液构象状态的紫外差示吸收光谱研究

PEP诱导产生的差光谱在237nm是一强负峰,在252nm附近呈宽负峰。Mg~(2+)产生的差光谱在275nm附近为正的阔峰,在237nm处为一负峰。PEP、Mg~(2+)共同与酶作用的差光谱在263nm附近呈宽的负峰。正效应剂G6P、Gly及GG分别存在条件下PEP羧化酶的差光谱亦各具明显差异,在270nm以下光区内尤其显著。在284nm和291nm为两个负峰,Gly诱导的峰强度大于G6P的,而GG复合效应剂对此两峰的影响表现很大的协同作用。Mal作用于酶的差光谱在246nm处有一负峰。     

Steady-state and transient polarized absorption spectroscopy of photosytem I complexes from the cyanobacteria Arthrospira platensis and Thermosynechococcus elongatus

Core antenna and reaction centre of photosytem I (PS I) complexes from the cyanobacteria Arthrospira platensis and Thermosynechococcus elongatus have been characterized by steady-state polarized absorption spectroscopy, including linear dichroism (LD) and circular dichroism (CD). CD spectra and the second derivatives of measured 77 K CD spectra reveal the spectral components found in the polarized absorption spectra indicating the excitonic origin of the spectral forms of chlorophyll in the PS I complexes. The CD bands at 669-670(+), 673(+), 680(−), 683-685(−), 696-697(−), and 711(−) nm are a common feature of used PSI complexes. The 77 K CD spectra of the trimeric PS I complexes exhibit also low amplitude components around 736 nm for A. platensis and 720 nm for T. elongatus attributed to red-most chlorophylls. The LD measurements indicate that the transition dipole moments of the red-most states are oriented parallel to the membrane plane. The formation of P700⁺A₁⁻ or ³P700 was monitored by time-resolved difference absorbance and LD spectroscopy to elucidate the spectral properties of the PS I reaction centre. The difference spectra give strong evidence for the delocalization of the excited singlet states in the reaction centre. Therefore, P700 cannot be considered as a dimer but should be regarded as a multimer of the six nearly equally coupled reaction centre chlorophylls in accordance with structure-based calculations. On the basis of the results presented in this work and earlier work in the literature it is concluded that the triplet state is localized most likely on P_A, whereas the cation is localized most likely on P_B.     

Photochromic pigments in akinetes and pigment characteristics of akinetes in comparison with vegetative cells of Anabaena variabilis

Since akinete germination is triggered by light and the action spectrum for this process has features in common with the spectra of the two photochromic pigments, phycochromes b and d, a search was made for the presence of these phycochromes in akinetes of the blue-green alga. Anabaena variabilis Kützing. Allophycocyanin-B was also looked for, since the action spectrum for akinete germination points to a possible participation of this pigment too. Isoelectric focusing was used for purification of the pigments. The different fractions were investigated for phycochromes b and d by measuring the absorbance difference spectra: for phycochrome b. 500 nm irradiated minus 570 nm irradiated, and for phycochrome d, 650 nm irradiated minus 610 nm irradiated. For determination of allophycocyanin-B. fourth derivative analysis of absorption spectra was made for some of the fractions from the isoelectric focusing column. Phycochrome b was also assayed for by measuring in vivo absorption difference spectra. The assays were positive for all three pigments. The complete photosynthetic pigment systems were also studied by in vivo fluorescence measurements on both akinetes and vegetative cells of Anabaena variabilis. Fluorescence emission and excitation spectra at selected emission wavelengths were measured at room temperature and liquid nitrogen temperature. The energy transfer from phycoerythrocyanin to phycocyanin is very efficient under all conditions, as is the energy transfer from phycocyanin to allophycocyanin at room temperature. At low temperature, however, phycocyanin is partly decoupled from allophycocyanin, particularly in the akinetes; the energy transfer from allophycocyanin to chlorophyll a is less efficient at low temperature in both types of cells, but especially in akinetes. Delayed light emission was measured for both types of cells and found to be very weak in akinetes compared to vegetative cells. From this study it would seem that akinetes lack an active photosystem II, although the 691 nm peak in the 570 nm excited low temperature fluorescence emission spectrum proves the presence of photosystem II chlorophyll, and also its energetic connection to the phycobilisomes.     

Circular dichroism of catechol 1,2-dioxygenase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

Circular dichroism (CD) spectra of catechol 1,2-dioxygenase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus exhibit three positive ellipticity bands between 240 and 300 nm (250, 283, and 292 nm), two negative bands at 327 and 480 nm, and a low-intensity positive band at 390 nm. The fractions of helix β-form, and unordered form of the enzyme are 8, 38, and 54%, respectively. The circular dichroic bands at 327 and 480 nm and a part of the positive bands at 292 and 390 nm are associated with enzyme activity. Significant changes in absorption and CD spectra of the enzyme were observed when the temperature of the enzyme preparation was increased to 47°C, coinciding with the sharp decrease in enzyme activity observed at this temperature.     

Myeloperoxidase-deficient polymorphonuclear leucocytes. Longitudinal study during the preremission--and the remission phase in acute myeloid leukaemia. Comparison to neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (NAP) activity

Serial determinations of MPO and NAP activities in granulocytes were performed during the preremission phase and the remission phase in patients with AML. Of 18 patients examined during the preremission period, 9 showed an increased number of MPO deficient PMN. Complete remission was attained in 4 of these, in 3 the number of abnormal granulocytes changed to normal 7, 7 and 14 days before and in 1 simultaneously with the attainment of complete remission. In the other patients no changes in granulocyte MPO activity occurred during the preremission period. All 20 patients examined during complete remission showed a normal MPO activity in granulocytes. Of eight patients, who at diagnosis had shown abnormal granulocyte MPO activity, three developed relapse. In two of these, an increased number of MPO deficient PMN reappeared two and eight months prior to and in one simultaneous with clinical and laboratory suspicion of relapse. A statistically significant relation between low NAP scores and an increased number of MPO deficient PMN was found (P = 0.011). Serial determinations of MPO activities in PMN, although restricted to cases of AML with initially abnormal values, may prove helpful in predicting achievement of complete remission and may furthermore prove to be useful as an indicator of early relapse.     

Photoacoustic spectroscopy of Anacystis nidulans. II. Characterization of pigment holochroms and thermal deactivation spectrum

The photoacoustic spectrum of Anacystis nidulans recorded at room temperature is qualitatively similar to low-temperature absorption or fluorescence excitation spectra. The bands of pigment holochroms are well resolved compared to room-temperature absorption spectra. The thermal deactivation spectrum obtained by extrapolating acoustic data for an infinitely thin sample indicates that the photosynthetic efficiency decreases from phycocyanin to chlorophyll a and carotenoids.     

Studies on spectral characteristics of allophycocyanin isolated from Anabaena cylindrical: Curve-fitting analysis

Spectroscopic characteristics of allophycocyanin (APC) isolated from Anabaena cylindrica were studied by curve-fitting analyses of absorption spectra measured at room temperature. Gaussian curve-fittings based on the least-squares method were done on absorption spectra for three different dissociation-association conditions of the protein. The composition of the component bands was similar in the three absorption spectra and could be classified into three groups depending on changes in band intensity; the first group was represented by the main band at 653 nm, which was intense in the trimer APC but markedly reduced in the monomer. The second group was represented by the main band at 607 nm, which showed opposite changes. The third group had its main band at 623 nm, and it remained the same in the three absorption spectra. The sum of the band area of the variable components (the first and second groups) was almost equal to that of the constant components (the third group). These results indicate that: (i) APC has two types of phycocyanobilin (PCB) which differ in their spectroscopic characteristics. (ii) The PCB responsible for the variable component bands, and thus for the spectral changes, has two excitation states corresponding to 653 and 607 nm, respectively, and the spectral changes are ascribable to variations in the relative frequencies of occurrence of the two states: in associated APC the first state predominates, and in dissociated APC, the second. (iii) PCB for the constant component bands has only one excitation state corresponding to the 623-nm band. Changes in the emission spectra correlate with these changes in the absorption spectra, suggesting that in APC the phycocyanobilins responsible for and independent of absorption spectrum changes act as the fluorescing and sensitizing types, respectively.