Fumarate reductase of Escherichia coli. Elucidation of the covalent-flavin component
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Monitoring the Reductive and Oxidative Half-Reactions of a Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase using Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometry
Published on: March 18, 2012
Abstract:
Fumarate reductase is a membrane-bound terminal oxidase which is induced when Escherichia coli is grown anaerobically. The purified enzyme is composed of two polypeptide chains of 69,000 and 24,000 daltons and contains 1 mol of covalently bound flavin adenine dinucleotide per mol of enzyme. Fluorescence scanning of SDS-polyacrylamide gels of the protein shows that the flavin is attached to the large subunit. The hypsochromic shift of the 372 nm band of riboflavin to 350 nm in both native fumarate reductase and a flavin peptide released by proteolytic digestion indicates that the flavin is attached via position 8 alpha of riboflavin. Based on the spectral properties and pH-fluorescence dependence we have identified the linkage as 8 alpha-[N(3)-histidyl]FAD.
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