Abstract

The thermodynamic parameters which govern the homotropic (e −/e −) and heterotropic (e −/H +) cooperativity in the tetrahaem cytochrome c 3 isolated from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough) were determined, using the paramagnetic shifts of haem methyl groups in the NMR spectra of intermediate oxidized states at different pH levels. A model is put forward to explain how the network of positive and negative cooperativities between the four haems and acid/base group(s) enables the protein to achieve a proton-assisted 2e − step.

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