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  • Title: Cytochrome c mediates electron transfer between ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase and cytochrome c oxidase by free diffusion along the surface of the membrane.
    Author: Froud RJ, Ragan CI.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1984 Jan 15; 217(2):561-71. PubMed ID: 6320811.
    Abstract:
    Ubiquinol oxidase can be reconstituted from ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase (Complex III) and cytochrome c oxidase (Complex IV) whose endogenous phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine have been replaced by dimyristoylglycerophosphocholine. Phase transition of the lipid has no effect on Complex III and Complex IV activities assayed separately, but ubiquinol oxidase activity rapidly decreases as the temperature is lowered through the phase transition. A spin-labelled yeast cytochrome c derivative has been synthesized. Binding of the cytochrome c to liposomes demonstrates that only cardiolipin is involved under the conditions used for the ubiquinol oxidase experiments. In liposomes consisting of cardiolipin and dimyristoylglycerophosphocholine, e.s.r. (electron-spin-resonance) measurements show that rotational diffusion of cytochrome c is slowed in the gel phase of the latter lipid. We propose that the cytochrome c pool is bound to cardiolipin molecules, whose lateral and rotational diffusion in the bilayer is adequate to account for electron-transport rates.
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