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  • Title: Use of specific trifluoroacetylation of lysine residues in cytochrome c to study the reaction with cytochrome b5, cytochrome c1, and cytochrome oxidase.
    Author: Smith MB, Stonehuerner J, Ahmed AJ, Staudenmayer N, Millett F.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1980 Sep 05; 592(2):303-13. PubMed ID: 6250589.
    Abstract:
    The preparation, purification, and characterization of four new derivatives of cytochrome c trifluoroacetylated at lysines 72, 79, 87, and 88 are reported. The redox reaction rates of these derivatives with cytochrome b5, cytochrome c1 and cytochrome oxidase indicated that the interaction domain on cytochrome c for all three proteins involves the lysines immediately surrounding the heme crevice. Modification of lysines 72, 79, 87 had a large effect on the rate of all three reactions, while modification of lysine 88 had a very small effect. Even though lysines 87 and 88 are adjacent to one another, lysine 87 is at the top left of the heme crevice oriented towards the front of cytochrome c, while lysine 88 is oriented more towards the back. Since the interaction sites for cytochrome c1 and cytochrome oxidase are essentially identical, cytochrome c probably undergoes some type of rotational diffusion during electron transport.
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