REACTIONS OF NITRIC-OXIDE WITH CYTOCHROME-C OXIDASE
REACTIONS OF NITRIC-OXIDE WITH CYTOCHROME-C OXIDASE
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00564a020
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
CHAN, SI
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作者:
BRUDVIG, GW;STEVENS, TH;CHAN, SI
The reactions of NO with both oxidized and reduced [beef heart] cytochrome c oxidase are reported. NMR and mass spectroscopy were utilized to determine the products of the reactions; EPR and optical spectroscopy were employed to determine the states of the enzyme produced in each of these reactions. The enzyme catalyzes the consecutive oxidation and reduction of NO. A different cycle was observed when NO was added to the reduced enzyme, to the oxidized enzyme, or to the oxidized enzyme in the presence of azide. It was possible to observe the state of the enzyme at several points in each of these 3 cycles by varying the concentration of NO. The reactions of NO all involved a 1- or 2-electron redox step and could be accounted for by the involvement of only cytochrome a3 and Cua3. On the basis of these results, a mechanism for the reduction of O2 by the enzyme is proposed in which cytochrome a3 functions to anchor O2 and intermediates while remaining in the ferrous state, whereas Cua3 functions to accept electrons from cytochrome a/Cua and transfer them to O2.