INFLUENCE OF CHARGE AND POLARITY ON THE REDOX POTENTIALS OF HIGH-POTENTIAL IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS - EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF 2 GROUPS
INFLUENCE OF CHARGE AND POLARITY ON THE REDOX POTENTIALS OF HIGH-POTENTIAL IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS - EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF 2 GROUPS
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00045a008
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发表时间:
1995-11-14
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
MEYER, TE
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作者:
HEERING, HA;BULSINK, YBM;MEYER, TE
We have investigated the HiPIPs from Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata (iso-l and iso-2), Chromatium vinosum, Rhodocyclus gelatinosus, Rhodocyclus tenuis (strain 2761), Rhodopila globiformis, and Rhodospirillum salinarum (iso-2) by direct electrochemistry. Using a glassy carbon electrode with a negatively charged surface, direct, unpromoted electrochemistry is possible with the positively charged HiPIPs. With the negatively charged HiPIPs, the positively charged and flexible bridging promoter poly (L-lysine) is required. The stability of the response can be improved by morpholin, aspartate, tryptophan, or 4,4'-dipyridyl. These ''stabilizers'' prevent the blocking of the electrode by denatured protein. The redox potential of 500 mV found for R. salinarum iso-2 is the highest HiPIP potential reported. The presence of histidines in the sequence does not per se predict a pH-dependent redox potential. Only C. I vinosum and R. gelatinosus HiPIPs show a weak but significant pH dependence with a difference of 35 mV between the low- and the high-pH form and maximum slopes of -20 mV/unit. The dependence of the midpoint potential on temperature and on ionic strength varies over the different HiPIPs. The dependence of the potentials on root I cannot be fully explained by the Debye-Huckel theory because the linearity exceeds the limiting concentration and only small negative slopes are observed (0 to -28 mV/root M). Combination of the sequences, the optical spectra, the overall charges, and the redox thermodynamics suggests the existence of two groups of HiPIPs. One group consists of Chromatium-like HiPIPs with redox potentials between 300 and 350 mV, modulated only by the solvation of the cluster. The second group is formed by Ectothiorhodospira-like HiPIPs with potentials between 50 and 500 mV, modulated by the overall charge of the Peptide (25 mV/unit) and by the solvation of the cluster.