On the redox conformational change in cytochrome c.

AUTOR(ES)

Rackovsky, S

RESUMO

The relationship between the crystal structures of oxidized and reduced tuna cytochrome c has been reexamined by a superposition method motivated by recent studies of the cytochrome c-cytochrome c peroxidase complex. It is shown that the observed structural changes precisely reflect the binding face suggested by chemical modification studies. It is further suggested that the large observed motion of lysine-27 and a smaller overall motion of the two binding edges constitute a redox binding-affinity switch and that the driving force for the conformational change of the protein is provided by the internal conformational change and charge redistribution of the heme, which cause it to tilt, under the influence of covalent and nonbonded interactions, within its protein envelope. A picture is presented of the molecule as an electron storage/transfer machine with three elements--a binding module, an electron storage module, and a conformational energy-storage module.

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