Identification of axial ligands of cytochrome c552 from Nitrosomonas europaea
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- 4 April 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 342 (2) , 217-220
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(94)80504-0
Abstract
Cytochrome c 552 from Nitrosomonas europaea was analyzed by visible, EPR and MCD spectroscopies. The visible and MCD data show that histidine and methionine are the axial ligands to the heme iron of the ferric protein. The EPR spectrum of the cytochrome shows an atypical highly axial low spin (HALS) type signal with g‐values that make it difficult to identify the axial ligands. These results reinforce the value of near‐infrared MCD spectroscopy for assigning ligands in ferric heme systems and point out the difficulties in using only EPR spectroscopy for the same purpose. The description of another c‐cytochrome exhibiting a HALS‐type EPR signal will eventually be helpful in explaining the physical basis for this unusual signal.Keywords
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