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1Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Abstract:
The preparation and spectrophotometric characterization of (both Fe2+ and Fe3+ forms) poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG; av FW 5000)-modified horse cytochrome c (cyt c(PEG)n) with different degrees of modification (nav = 6, 19) by UV-vis spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy, resonance Raman spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry are described. Extensive modification (nav = 19) of cyt c causes gross structural deformation of the heme as evidenced by major spectral changes in the UV-vis and circular dichroism spectral signatures of both the Fe2+ and Fe3+ forms. Modification of cyt c by six PEG residues, however, produces a protein in which the heme active site is structurally and functionally intact (UV-vis, circular dichroism, and resonance Raman) and which exhibits at least quasireversible direct electron transfer (Eo' = 338 +/- 5 mV vs SHE; (2.1 +/- 0.6) x 10(-3) cm/s) at bis(4-pyridyl) disulfide-modified Au electrodes.
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