Surerus K K, Oertling W A, Fan C, Gurbiel R J, Einarsdóttir O, Antholine W E, Dyer R B, Hoffman B M, Woodruff W H, Fee J A
Isotope and Structural Chemistry Group, University of California.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 15;89(8):3195-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.89.8.3195.
Cytochrome ba3 from Thermus thermophilus reacts slowly with excess HCN at pH 7.4 to create a form of the enzyme in which CuA, cytochrome b, and CuB remain oxidized, while cytochrome a3 is reduced by one electron, presumably with the formation of cyanogen. We have examined this form of the enzyme by UV-visible, resonance Raman, EPR, and electron nuclear double resonance spectroscopies in conjunction with permutations of 13C- and 15N-labeled cyanide. The results support a model in which one CN- binds through the carbon atom to ferrous a3, supporting a low-spin (S = 0) configuration on the Fe; bridging by this cyanide to the CuB is weak or absent. Four 14N atoms, presumably donated by histidine residues of the protein, provide a strong equatorial ligand field about CuB; a second CN- is coordinated through the carbon atom to CuB in an axial position.
嗜热栖热菌的细胞色素ba3在pH 7.4时与过量HCN反应缓慢,生成一种酶形式,其中CuA、细胞色素b和CuB保持氧化态,而细胞色素a3被一个电子还原,推测同时形成了氰。我们通过紫外可见光谱、共振拉曼光谱、电子顺磁共振光谱和电子核双共振光谱,并结合13C和15N标记氰化物的排列,对这种酶形式进行了研究。结果支持了一种模型,即一个CN-通过碳原子与亚铁a3结合,使Fe上形成低自旋(S = 0)构型;这种氰化物与CuB的桥连作用较弱或不存在。四个14N原子,推测由蛋白质的组氨酸残基提供,在CuB周围形成了一个强的赤道配体场;第二个CN-通过碳原子在轴向位置与CuB配位。