ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE STUDIES ON NEUTROPHIL CYTOCHROME B(558) - EVIDENCE THAT LOW-SPIN HEME IRON IS ESSENTIAL FOR O-2-RADICAL-ANION GENERATING ACTIVITY

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作者
FUJII, H
JOHNSON, MK
FINNEGAN, MG
MIKI, T
YOSHIDA, LS
KAKINUMA, K
机构
[1] UNIV GEORGIA,DEPT CHEM,ATHENS,GA 30602
[2] UNIV GEORGIA,CTR METALLOENZYME STUDIES,ATHENS,GA 30602
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10.1074/jbc.270.21.12685
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Cytochrome b(558) purified from pig neutrophils was studied to characterize the spin state of the heme iron in relation to its O-2-radical-anion generating activity. ESR spectra of cytochrome b(558) either from resting or stimulated neutrophils showed a low-spin hemoprotein with g(1,2,3) of 3.2, 2.1, and 1.3 (estimated), At physiological pH, the oxidized cytochrome b(558) is in a purely low-spin state, On lowering or raising pH from 7, the spin state changes to high-spin. The ESR spectrum of high-spin cytochrome b(558) was identical to that of methemoglobin, suggesting that the axial-ligand type in both hemoproteins may be the same, i.e. histidine is the fifth ligand. The ratio of the low-spin to high-spin heme in cytochrome b(558) was evaluated by magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy. The pH of cytochrome b(558) was varied to form different ratios of the low-spin to high-spin states of the heme, and its O-2-radical-anion generating activity was examined in cell-free systems, O-2-radical-anion farming activity decreased concomitant with loss of the low-spin heme, which provides direct evidence that the low-spin state of cytochrome b(558) is essential to generate O-2-radical-anion and the heme retains the low-spin state through the redox cycle.
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页码:12685 / 12689
页数:5
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