Abstract
The isolated complexes of ferricytochrome c with cytochrome c oxidase, cytochrome c reductase (cytochrome bc1 or complex III), and cytochrome c1 (a subunit of cytochrome c reductase) were investigated by the method of differential chemical modification (Bosshard, H.R. (1979) Methods Biochem. Anal. 25, 273-301). By this method the chemical reactivity of each of the 19 lysyl side chains of horse cytochrome c was compared in free and in complexed cytochrome c and binding sites were deduced from altered chemical reactivities of particular lysyl side chains in complexed cytochrome c. The most important findings follow. 1. The binding sites on cytochrome c for cytochrome c oxidase and cytochrome c reductase, defined in terms of the involvement of particular lysyl residues, are indistinguishable. The two oxidation-reduction partners of cytochrome c interact at the front (exposed heme edge) and top left part of the molecule, shielding mainly lysyl residues 8, 13, 72 + 73, 86, and 87. The chemical reactivity of lysyl residues 22, 39, 53, 55, 60, 99, and 100 is unaffected by complex formation while the remaining lysyl residues in positions 5, 7, 25, 27, 79, and 88 are somewhat less reactive in the complexed molecule. 2. When bound to cytochrome c reductase or to the isolated cytochrome c1 subunit of the reductase the same lysyl side chains of cytochrome c are shielded. This indicates that cytochrome c binds to the c1 subunit of the reductase during the electron transfer process.
Highlights
The isolated complexes of ferricytochrome c with residues of cytochrome c with negatively charged carboxylate cytochrome c oxidase, cytochrome c reductase, and cytochrome c1 were investigated by the method of differential chemical modification
Bythis method the chemical reactivity of each of the 19 lysyl side chains of horse cytochrome c was compared in free and in complexed cytochrome c and binding sites were deduced from altered chemical reactivities of particular lysyl side chains in complexed cytochrome c
The specific binding sites on cytochrome c have been defined in terms of the lysyl residues involved in the complexes with cytochrome c oxidase [1,2,3], with cytochrome c reductase [46] and itsisolated subunit, cytochromec1(7),with cytochrome c peroxidase [8, 9], cytochrome bs, and sulfiteoxidase
Summary
The isolated complexes of ferricytochrome c with residues of cytochrome c with negatively charged carboxylate cytochrome c oxidase, cytochrome c reductase (cytochrome bcl or complex 111), and cytochrome c1 (a subunit of cytochrome c reductase) were investigated by the method of differential chemical modification The specific binding sites on cytochrome c have been defined in terms of the lysyl residues involved in the complexes with cytochrome c oxidase [1,2,3], with cytochrome c reductase [46] and itsisolated subunit, cytochromec1(7),with cytochrome c peroxidase [8, 9], cytochrome bs (lo), and sulfiteoxidase
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