Isolation and properties of cytochrome c-553, cytochrome c-550, and cytochrome c-549, 554 from Nitrobacter agilis |
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Authors: | Ghulam R. Chaudhry Isamu Suzuki Harry W. Duckworth Howard Lees |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada;2. Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada |
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Abstract: | Three c-type cytochromes isolated from Nitrobacter agilis were purified to apparent homogeneity: cytochrome c-553, cytochrome c-550 and cytochrome c-549, 554. Their amino acid composition and other properties were studied. Cytochrome c-553 was isolated as a partially reduced form and could not be oxidized by ferricyanide. The completely reduced form of the cytochrome had absorption maxima at 419, 524 and 553 nm. It had a molecular weight of 25 000 and dissociated into two polypeptides of equal size of 11 500 during SDS gel electrophoresis. The isoelectric point of cytochrome c-553 was pH 6.8. The ferricytochrome c-550 exhibited an absorption peak at 410 nm and the ferrocytochrome c showed peaks at 416, 521 and 550 nm. The molecular weight of the cytochrome estimated by gel filtration and by SDS gel electrophoresis was 12 500. It had an Em(7) value of 0.27 V and isoelectric point pH 8.51. The N-terminal sequence of cytochrome c-550 showed a clear homology with the corresponding portions of the sequences of other c-type cytochromes. Cytochrome c-549, 554 possessed atypical absorption spectra with absorption peaks at 402 nm as oxidized form and at 419, 523, 549 and 554 nm when reduced with Na2S2O4. Its molecular weight estimated by gel filtration and SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was 90 000 and 46 000, respectively. The cytochrome had an isoelectric point of pH 5.6. Cytochrome c-549, 554 was highly autoxidizable. |
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Keywords: | Nitrifying bacteria Respiratory chain (N agilis) |
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