Abstract

It has been possible to demonstrate, using affinity chromatography, that Chlorobium flavocytochrome c-553 forms an electrostatically stabilized complex with Chlorobium cytochrome c-555. The binding site for cytochrome c-555 appears to be located on the heme-containing subunit of flavocytochrome c-553. This complex appears to be involved in the flavocytochrome c-553-catalyzed transfer of electrons from sulfide to cytochrome c-555. Complex formation has also been demonstrated between Chlorobium cytochromes c-555 and c-551, two components involved in the oxidation of thiosulfate by this green sulfur bacterium. Affinity chromatography data also suggest the possibility that the cytochrome binding sites on the Chlorobium flavocytochrome c-553 and on flavocytochrome c-552 from the purple sulfur bacterium Chromatium vinosum may be similar.

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