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Stark effect experiments in cytochrome c-type proteins: structural hierarchies

M Köhler1, J Gafert, J Friedrich

  • 1Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, Germany.

Biophysical Journal
|July 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Hole-burning Stark effect experiments reveal cytochrome c

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Area of Science:

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Spectroscopy

Background:

  • Cytochrome c is a crucial protein in electron transport.
  • Understanding its heme group's electronic properties is vital.
  • Hole-burning spectroscopy probes molecular environments and electronic transitions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the electronic structure and charge distribution of cytochrome c's heme group.
  • Examine the influence of metal ion substitution (Fe to Zn) on heme properties.
  • Correlate protein structural variations with spectroscopic observations.

Main Methods:

  • Hole-burning Stark effect spectroscopy was applied to cytochrome c.
  • Experiments were conducted on both native and Zn-substituted cytochrome c.
  • Computational calculations of electrostatic fields within the heme group were performed.

Main Results:

  • Free-base cytochrome c exhibits an effective inversion center within the protein.
  • Zn-cytochrome c shows a dipole moment in the low-frequency range, indicated by spectral hole splitting.
  • Significant charge redistribution occurs in Zn-cytochrome c at the maximum of the inhomogeneous band.
  • Calculations revealed electrostatic field variations at the pyrrole rings and metal site.

Conclusions:

  • Cytochrome c's heme pocket structure influences chromophore behavior and electronic properties.
  • Protein subconformations lead to distinct heme pocket structures, affecting spectral characteristics.
  • The observed spectral features are linked to a distribution of protein structures causing inhomogeneous broadening.

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