Abstract:
:Heme propionate-7 in cytochrome c is an ionizable group located in a region of the protein that is inaccessible to bulk solvent. Electrostatic stabilization of this functional group appears to be achieved through interaction of heme propionate-7 with several amino acid residues that occur within hydrogen-bonding distance of it. To investigate the functional and spectroscopic roles of the amino acid residues that contribute to the immediate environment of heme propionate-7, the following variant forms of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) cytochrome c have been prepared and characterized by electrochemical and spectrochemical analyses: Arg38Ala, Tyr48Phe, Ala38Phe, Tyr48Phe/Trp59Phe, and Arg38Ala/Tyr48Phe/Trp59Phe. For each protein, the dependence of midpoint reduction potential and NMR spectrum on pH was determined, and the UV (250-450 nm) circular dichroic (CD) spectrum was measured. All of the variant proteins exhibited decreased reduction potentials with the greatest difference (-65 to -70 mV) exhibited by the multiply mutated proteins. The electrostatic properties of the variant proteins as reflected by the oxidation-state dependence of the His-39 pKa value were similar to those of the wild-type protein. Previous indirect assignments of minima in the CD spectrum of cytochrome c at 282 and 289 nm to Trp-59 are confirmed by spectra of the variant cytochromes in which this residue is replaced by Phe. The present results establish that the electrochemical effects of eliminating hydrogen-bonding interactions with heme propionate-7 are not additive and that the functional modulation of cytochrome c through regulation of the heme propionate-7 dielectric environment involves a complex combination of solvation effects and electrostatic or hydrogen-bonding interactions.
journal_name
Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Davies AM,Guillemette JG,Smith M,Greenwood C,Thurgood AG,Mauk AG,Moore GRdoi
10.1021/bi00071a019subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-05-25 00:00:00pages
5431-5issue
20eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
32pub_type
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