scholarly journals Cytochrome b2, an electron carrier between flavocytochrome b2 and cytochrome c. Rapid kinetic characterization of the electron-transfer parameters with ionic-strength-dependence

1987 ◽  
Vol 245 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Capeillère-Blandin ◽  
J Albani
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Order Rate Constant ◽  
Electron Exchange ◽  
Ionic Strength Dependence ◽  
Flavocytochrome B2 ◽  
Reaction Complex

The oxidation-reduction properties of free cytochrome b2 isolated by controlled proteolysis from flavocytochrome b2, i.e. the flavodehydrogenase-bound cytochrome b2, were investigated by using stopped-flow spectrophotometry. The rapid kinetics of the reduction of cytochrome b2 by flavocytochrome b2 in the presence of L-lactate are reported. The self-exchange rate constant between reduced cytochrome b2 bound to the flavodehydrogenase and free cytochrome b2 was determined to be 10(5) M−1 X S−1 at 5 degrees C, I 0.2 and pH 7.0. The specific electron-transfer reaction between reduced cytochrome b2 and cytochrome c was also studied, giving an apparent second-order rate constant of 10(7) M−1 X S−1 at 5 degrees C, I 0.2 and pH 7.0. This electron-exchange rate is slightly modulated by ionic strength, following the Debye-Hückel relationship with a charge factor Z1Z2 = −1.9. Comparison of these data with those for the reduction of cytochrome c by flavodehydrogenase-bound cytochrome b2 [Capeillère-Blandin (1982) Eur. J. Biochem. 128, 533-542] leads to the conclusion that the intramolecular electron exchange between haem b2 and haem c within the reaction complex occurs at a rate very similar to that determined experimentally in presence of the flavodehydrogenase domain. The low reaction rate observed with free cytochrome b2 is ascribed to the low stability of the reaction complex formed between free cytochrome b2 and cytochrome c.

Cobalt, Iron and Ruthenium Complexes of Picolinic and Dipicolinic Acids: Syntheses, Solution Properties and Kinetics of Electron Transfer Reactions With Cytochrome C(II) and Some Inorganic Reductants

1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
RM Ellis ◽  
JD Quilligan ◽  
NH Williams ◽  
JK Yandell
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Order Rate Constant ◽  
The Self ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Solution Properties ◽  
Cobalt Iron ◽  
Exchange Rate Constant ◽  
Kinetics Of

Tris picolinate complexes of CO111 and RU111 have been synthesized, and their standard potentials measured (432 �10, 403 �2 mV) at 25�C and ionic strength 0.1 mol dm-3. The self-exchange rate constant of Ru ( pic )3O/- was found to be (1 .4 �0.9)×108 dm3 mol-1 s-l, from reaction with cytochrome C(II), Co( bpy )32+ and ~Co( phen )32+. For the reaction between Fe( dipic )2- and cytochrome ~(II), at 2S260C, pH 5.5 and I 0.1 mol dm-3 (KNO3), the second-order rate constant was (3.2 �0.l)×105 dm3 mol-1 s-1,with ΔH+ 19.9 �0.9 kJ mol-1 and ΔS+ -72.8 �.7 J K-1 mol-l. The self-exchange rate constant of Fe( dipic )2-/2- was reevaluated as (5.8 �0.2)×106 dm3 mol-l s-1.

Ionic Strength Dependence of the Reaction between Methanol Dehydrogenase and Cytochrome c-551i: Evidence of Conformationally Coupled Electron Transfer

Biochemistry ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (42) ◽  
pp. 12600-12608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas K. Harris ◽  
Victor L. Davidson ◽  
Longyin Chen ◽  
F. Scott Mathews ◽  
Zong-Xiang Xia
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Methanol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Ionic Strength Dependence ◽  
Strength Dependence

Ionic strength dependence of the non-physiological electron transfer between flavodoxin and cytochrome c 553 from D. vulgaris

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 730-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila J. Sadeghi ◽  
Francesca Valetti ◽  
Carlos A. Cunha ◽  
Maria J. Romão ◽  
Cláudio M. Soares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Ionic Strength Dependence ◽  
Strength Dependence

scholarly journals The importance of the interdomain hinge in intramolecular electron transfer in flavocytochrome b2

1993 ◽  
Vol 291 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
P White ◽  
F D C Manson ◽  
C E Brunt ◽  
S K Chapman ◽  
G A Reid
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Stopped Flow ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
Cytochrome C Reductase ◽  
Flavocytochrome B2 ◽  
Cytochrome C Reduction

The two distinct domains of flavocytochrome b2 (L-lactate:cytochrome c oxidoreductase) are connected by a typical hinge peptide. The amino acid sequence of this interdomain hinge is dramatically different in flavocytochromes b2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Hansenula anomala. This difference in the hinge is believed to contribute to the difference in kinetic properties between the two enzymes. To probe the importance of the hinge, an interspecies hybrid enzyme has been constructed comprising the bulk of the S. cerevisiae enzyme but containing the H. anomala flavocytochrome b2 hinge. The kinetic properties of this ‘hinge-swap’ enzyme have been investigated by steady-state and stopped-flow methods. The hinge-swap enzyme remains a good lactate dehydrogenase as is evident from steady-state experiments with ferricyanide as acceptor (only 3-fold less active than wild-type enzyme) and stopped-flow experiments monitoring flavin reduction (2.5-fold slower than in wild-type enzyme). The major effect of the hinge-swap mutation is to lower dramatically the enzyme's effectiveness as a cytochrome c reductase; kcat. for cytochrome c reduction falls by more than 100-fold, from 207 +/- 10 s-1 (25 degrees C, pH 7.5) in the wild-type enzyme to 1.62 +/- 0.41 s-1 in the mutant enzyme. This fall in cytochrome c reductase activity results from poor interdomain electron transfer between the FMN and haem groups. This can be demonstrated by the fact that the kcat. for haem reduction in the hinge-swap enzyme (measured by the stopped-flow method) has a value of 1.61 +/- 0.42 s-1, identical with the value for cytochrome c reduction and some 300-fold lower than the value for the wild-type enzyme. From these and other kinetic parameters, including kinetic isotope effects with [2-2H]lactate, we conclude that the hinge plays a crucial role in allowing efficient electron transfer between the two domains of flavocytochrome b2.

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