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. 1984 May 1;219(3):1043–1047. doi: 10.1042/bj2191043

Measurement of the oxidation-reduction potentials for one-electron and two-electron reduction of electron-transfer flavoprotein from pig liver.

M Husain, M T Stankovich, B G Fox
PMCID: PMC1153579  PMID: 6743239

Abstract

Potentiometric titrations of pig liver electron-transfer flavoprotein (ETF) were performed at pH 7.5 and 4 degrees C, both in the reductive and oxidative directions. Reduction of ETF to the hydroquinone form required a total of two reducing equivalents/mol of ETF with the formation of sub-stoichiometric amounts of anionic semiquinone as an intermediate. The oxidation-reduction potentials for the two one-electron couples, oxidized ETF/ETF semiquinone and ETF semiquinone/fully reduced ETF, are +4 mV and -50 mV respectively. The overall midpoint potential for the two-electron couple (oxidized ETF/fully reduced ETF) is -23 mV.

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