Abstract

A highly purified and active cytochrome b - c 1 complex has been isolated from the chromatophores of the photosynthetic bacteria Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26, through steps of Triton X-100 solubilization, salt fractionation and calcium phosphate column chromatography. The isolated enzyme complex catalyzes fully antimycin A sensitive oxidation of ubiquinol by cytochrome c with a turnover number of 1500 per minute at 23° based on cytochrome c 1. It contains 8.3 nmoles of cytochromes b and c 1 per mg protein and shows four polypeptides in the sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

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