Cleavage of the iron-methionine bond in c-type cytochromes: crystal structure of oxidized and reduced cytochrome c(2) from Rhodopseudomonas palustris and its ammonia complex.

ABSTRACT: The three-dimensional structures of the native cytochrome c(2) from Rhodopseudomonas palustris and of its ammonia complex have been obtained at pH 4.4 and pH 8.5, respectively. The structure of the native form has been refined in the oxidized state at 1.70 A and in the reduced state at 1.95 A resolution. These are the first high-resolution crystal structures in both oxidation states of a cytochrome c(2) with relatively high redox potential (+350 mV). The differences between the two oxidation states of the native form, including the position of internal water molecules, are small. The unusual six-residue insertion Gly82-Ala87, which precedes the heme binding Met93, forms an isolated 3(10)-helix secondary structural element not previously observed in other c-type cytochromes. Furthermore, th

SUBMITTER: Geremia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2368772 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature