Purification and characterization of the cytochrome c oxidase from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides.
Purification and characterization of the cytochrome c oxidase from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides.
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球形红假单胞菌细胞色素 c 氧化酶的纯化和表征。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1982.tb06667.x
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1982
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Ludwig,B
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Gennis,RB;Casey,RP;Azzi,A;Ludwig,B
When grown aerobically in the dark,Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroidesdevelops a respiratory chain similar to that in mitochondria and the photosynthetic apparatus is suppressed. The aa3‐type cytochrome c oxidase fromRps. sphaeroideshas been purified in Triton X‐100 by affinity chromatography with Sepharose 4B coupled to yeast cytochromec. The oxidase contains 14 nmol heme a/mg protein and is composed of three polypeptide subunits with relative molecular masses of 45000, 37000 and 35000. The enzyme is highly active in the presence of detergents, with a maximal velocity of 300s−1/mol oxidase using either yeast or horse‐heart cytochromec.TheRps. sphaeroides oxidaseis cross‐reactive with antibodies directed against the oxidases fromParacoccus denitrificansandSaccharomyces cerevisiae. A particularly close relationship is indicated in the case ofP. denitrificans. TheRps. sphaeroidesoxidase has been incorporated into phospholipid vesicles. The resulting oxidase in these vesicles demonstrates high enzymatic activity and a respiratory control ratio of 5. Using these vesicles, no evidence for proton extrusion accompanying cytochrome c oxidation was observed. The data suggest that theRps. sphaeroides oxidasedoes not function as a proton pump.