Preparation of monomeric cytochrome C oxidase: its kinetics differ from those of the dimeric enzyme |
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Authors: | Katarzyna A. Nałȩcz Reinhard Bolli Angelo Azzi |
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Affiliation: | Medizinisch-chemisches Institut der Universität Bern Bühlstrasse 28, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Bovine cytochrome c oxidase in 0.1% dodecylmaltoside, 50 mM KCl and 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4 is monodisperse with an apparent Mr 360,000 (dimer) as estimated by filtration on Ultrogel AcA 34. In the absence of added KCl the apparent Mr is 160,000 (monomer). The dimeric enzyme has a high and a low affinity site for cytochrome c; the monomeric, only the high affinity site. The results are consistent with the existence of one active site per monomer, having high affinity for cytochrome c. Since in a dimer the two sites are in close proximity, the binding of the first molecule of cytochrome c to the first site hinders the binding of the second molecule to the second site. The kinetic data fit with a model of homotropic negative cooperativity. The effect of salts on the cytochrome c oxidase kinetics is also present in isolated bovine heart mitochondria. |
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