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在单晶中,细胞染色体c和细胞染色体c过氧化酶之间进行电子转移
Seong A Kang1, Pieti J Marjavaara, Brian R Crane
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 2, 2004
概括
细胞染色体c (Cc) 和细胞染色体c过氧化酶 (CcP) 之间的蛋白质间电子转移 (ET) 是由分子结构决定的. 水晶研究表明,蛋白质的关联,而不仅仅是导向,决定了溶液中的ET速率.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 电子转移是指电子的转移.
背景情况:
- 细胞染色体c (Cc) 和细胞染色体c过氧化酶 (CcP) 对于理解蛋白间电子转移 (ET) 是至关重要的.
- 这些蛋白质之间的ET速率的确切机制是复杂的,并受到它们的相互作用的影响.
研究的目的:
- 研究晶体结构中的分子协会如何影响Cc-CcP ET.的溶液活性.
- 为了比较光激发的CcP和不同形式的Cc (酵母和马) 之间的ET率.
主要方法:
- 使用光激发的 Zn 与氨酸替代的 CcP.
- 在晶体结构中测量到酵母Fe (III) Cc和马Fe (III) Cc的ET率.
- 分析了晶体结构,以与观察到的溶液反应性相关联.
主要成果:
- 发现ET速率是由晶体结构中存在的分子关联决定的.
- 在酵母Cc (yCc) 和马Cc (hCc) 中观察到类似的前期ET率,尽管它们的方向不同.
- 与hCc复合体相比,yCc复合体的ET回归速度更快,与结构预测保持一致.
结论:
- 该研究表明,晶体包装和分子关联直接影响蛋白间电子转移动态.
- 即使在晶体状态下,ET的 conformational gating 也会发生,幅度的变化很小.
- 结构合预测准确地反映了观察到的yCc和hCc复合体之间的ET速率差异.
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