EXAFS of the type‐1 copper site of rusticyanin
- 20 August 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 269 (1) , 117-121
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(90)81133-9
Abstract
Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra at the Cu K-edge have been recorded of the oxidized and reduced form at pH 3.5 of rusticyanin, the type-1 or ‘blue’-copper protein from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. The EXAFS of oxidized rusticyanin is well simulated with models assuming a ligand set of 2 N(His) and 1 S(Cys) at 1.99 and 2.16 Å, respectively. Upon reduction, the average Cu-N ligand distance increases by approx. 0.08Å. For both redox states studied, the fit by the simulation is significantly improved by including a contribution of an additional sulfur ligand at approx. 2.8 Å. From comparison with structural data of other blue-copper proteins, it is concluded that the copper coordination environment is relatively rigid, which may be a clue to its high redox potential.Keywords
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