Properties of crystalline reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-adrenodoxin reductase from bovine adrenocortical mitochondria. I. Physicochemical properties of holo- and apo-NADPH-adrenodoxin reductase and interaction between non-heme iron proteins and the reductase

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A crystalline NADPH-adrenodoxin reductase was obtained from bovine adrenocortical mitochondria and its properties were investigated. Its MW and isoelectric point were estimated to be 51,000 and 5.4, respectively. Amino acid and sugar contents and the interaction between the apo-reductase and flavin of NADPH-adrenodoxin reductase were investigated. Formation of a complex of bovine NADPH-adrenodoxin reductase with adrenodoxin, its apoadrenodoxin, or other non-heme Fe proteins caused quenching of fluorescence of the tryptophanyl residue and bound FAD of the NADPH-adrenodoxin reductase. The results suggest that adrenodoxin and apoadrenodoxin bind functionally to a site close to the tryptophanyl residue and the bound FAD of the reductase. The circular dichroism spectrum of oxidized NADPH-adrenodoxin reductase was measured in the UV and visible regions. This spectrum showed negative absorption in the visible region and was not appreciably influenced in either the UV or visible region by formation of a complex with adrenodoxin or apoadrenodoxin.