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  • Title: Replacement of lysine 45 by uncharged residues modulates the redox-Bohr effect in tetraheme cytochrome c3 of Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough).
    Author: Saraiva LM, Salgueiro CA, da Costa PN, Messias AC, LeGall J, van Dongen WM, Xavier AV.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1998 Sep 01; 37(35):12160-5. PubMed ID: 9724528.
    Abstract:
    The structural basis for the pH dependence of the redox potential in the tetrahemic Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough) cytochrome c3 was investigated by site-directed mutagenesis of charged residues in the vicinity of heme I. Mutation of lysine 45, located in the neighborhood of the propionates of heme I, by uncharged residues, namely threonine, glutamine and leucine, was performed. The replacement of a conserved charged residue, aspartate 7, present in the N-terminal region and near heme I was also attempted. The analysis of the redox interactions as well as the redox-Bohr behavior of the mutated cytochromes c3 allowed the conclusion that residue 45 has a functional role in the control of the pKa of the propionate groups of heme I and confirms the involvement of this residue in the redox-Bohr effect.
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