The effect of phospholipid vesicles on the kinetics of reduction of cytochrome c. |
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Authors: | J B Cannon J E Erman |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 USA |
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Abstract: | The rate of reduction of cytochrome c by ascorbate and by 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6,7-dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine was examined as a function of ionic strength and of binding to phospholipid vesicles (liposomes). Binding of cytochrome c to liposomes, which occursat low ionic strength, decreases the rate of reduction by ascorbate by a factor of up to 100, which can be primarily explained on electrostatic grounds. In the absence of liposomes, kinetics of reduction by the neutral pteridine derivative showed no ionic strength dependence. Binding of cytochrome c to liposomes increased the rate of reduction by pteridine. An estimation of the binding constant of cytochrome c to liposomes at 0.06 M ionic strength, pH 7, is given. |
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Keywords: | 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6 7-dimethyl-5 6 7 8-tetrahydro-pteridine Tris Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane Pi phosphate |
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