Identification of the haem-binding subunit of cytochrome b−245
- 15 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 264 (3) , 921-924
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2640921
Abstract
Cytochrome b-245 from neutrophil plasma membranes contains two types of subunit with apparent molecular masses from gel electrophoresis in the presence of SDS of 23 kDa and 76-92 kDa. Radiation-inactivation analysis revealed a single-exponential decay process for the visible absorption of the haem chromophore in the membrane, corresponding to a molecular mass of 21 +/- 5 kDa for the haem-containing polypeptide chain. Sedimentation equilibrium of the cytochrome solubilized by the detergent Triton N101 showed that the protein was polydisperse, with a molecular mass of approx. 350 kDa for the smallest detectable species. In another detergent, n-octyl beta-O-glucopyranoside (octyl glucoside), the molecular mass of the haem-containing particle was found to be 20-30 kDa. Thus the quaternary structure of the protein breaks down in this detergent. The haem group is inferred to be attached to the smaller subunit.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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