Reaction of cytochrome c in the electron-transport chain of Paracoccus denitrificans |
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Authors: | Helen C. Davies Lucile Smith Maria Elena Nava |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.;2. the Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The reaction of the cytochrome c oxidase (ferrocytochrome c:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.9.3.1) of Paracoccus denitrificans cytoplasmic membranes with the endogenous cytochrome c of the membranes was studied, as well as its interaction with added exogenous cytochrome c from P. denitrificans or bovine heart. The polarographic method was employed, using N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine plus ascorbate to reduce the cytochrome c. We found that overall electron transport can proceed maximally while the cytochrome c remains membrane bound; NADH or succinoxidase activities were not inhibited by the addition of substances which bind the P. denitrificans cytochrome c strongly. In contrast to our observations with the spectrophotometric method (Smith, L., Davies, H.C. and Nava, M.E. (1976) Biochemistry 15, 5827–5831), in the polarographic assays the membrane-bound oxidase reacts with about equal rapidity with exogenous bovine and P. denitrificans cytochromes c. The reaction of the oxidase with the endogenous cytochrome c proceeds at high rates and preferentially to that with exogenous cytochrome c; the reaction with the latter, but not the former is inhibited by positively charged poly(l-lysine). The cytochrome c and the oxidase appear to be very closely associated on the membrane. |
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Keywords: | Electron transport Respiratory chain Polarography (P. denitrificans) TMPD Hepes |
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