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  • Title: Molecular and structural basis of electron transfer in tetra- and octa-heme cytochromes.
    Author: Czjzek M, Payan F, Haser R.
    Journal: Biochimie; 1994; 76(6):546-53. PubMed ID: 7880893.
    Abstract:
    The first three-dimensional structure of a dimeric, octa-heme cytochrome c3 (M(r) 26000) from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Norway, established at 2.2 A resolution, is briefly presented and compared to the known 3-D-structures of different C3-type tetraheme cytochromes, in order to contribute to a better understanding of the function of multiheme clusters and of the role of conserved amino acids implicated in possible electron transfer pathways. The dimeric protein crystallizes in the space group P3(1)21 with a = 73.01 A, c = 61.81 A and the asymmetric unit contains one monomer subunit, the dimer being generated by the crystallographic two-fold axis. The 3-D-structure was solved using the molecular replacement method with a model based on the structure of the tetraheme cytochrome c3 (M(r) 13000) from D desulfuricans Norway, presently refined at 1.7 A resolution. The monomeric subunit has the same overall fold as all cytochromes c3 (M(r) 13000). Moreover, the heme core of all examined cytochromes c3 is highly conserved, but differences appear concerning the heme environments and the histidines, axial ligands of the heme-iron atoms.
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