ISSN:
0947-6539
Keywords:
copper proteins
;
cross-reactions
;
electron-transfer reactions
;
kinetics
;
metalloproteins
;
Chemistry
;
General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The electron self-exchange rate constant for the Type 1 blue copper protein umecyanin from horseradish roots has been determined as 6.1 × 103 M-1 S-1 at pH 7.5, I = 0.100 M, 25°C by an NMR line-broadening method. The value obtained is one of the lower self-exchange rate constants determined for this class of protein; this is attributed to the presence of positively charged residues near to the electron-transfer site. The self-exchange rate constants calculated by means of a Marcus analysis of data for the cross-reactions (25°C) of umecyanin with azurin and cytochrome c551 (both from Pseudomonas aeruginosa) are substantially less at 8.0M-1 S-1 and 13.9M-1S-1, respectively, and are independent of pH in the range 7.0-8.0, I = 0.100M. The discrepancy between the self-exchange rate constants obtained by these two different methods can be rationalised if it is assumed that umecyanin reacts with the two proteins employed in the cross-reaction studies through the same site, but that this site is different from that used for the self-exchange process. A comparison of the primary structure of umecyanin with those of other Type 1 copper proteins has revealed that a glutamine rather than a methionine is likely as the fourth ligand of Cu at the active site. Other comparisons are made with stellacyanin, and the electron-transfer reactivity of the two proteins is discussed.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.19960020118
