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. 1982 Feb;79(3):815–819. doi: 10.1073/pnas.79.3.815

Increase in apparent compressibility of cytochrome c upon oxidation.

D Eden, J B Matthew, J J Rosa, F M Richards
PMCID: PMC345843  PMID: 6278497

Abstract

The apparent molal adiabatic compressibilities of ferri- and ferrocytochrome c have been determined from measurements of density and sound velocity. The values found were +2.99 X 10(-8) and -2.40 X 10(-8) cm5 mol-1 dyne-1 for the ferri and ferro forms, respectively. Experiments were performed on identical solutions containing either the oxidized or reduced form of protein. Solutions of ferricytochrome c were found to have significantly greater adiabatic compressibility than equivalent solutions of ferrocytochrome c at 25 degrees C and pH 7.15. The remarkable similarity of the three-dimensional structures of the ferri and ferro proteins [Takano, T. & Dickerson, R.E. (1980) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 77, 6371-6375] strongly suggests that this difference in compressibility is due to an increase in volume fluctuations within ferricytochrome c relative to the ferro form rather than a change in equilibrium structure or hydration. Such a difference in the dynamic properties of the structures is consistent with both the crystallographic thermal B factors and the observed increase in amide hydrogen exchange kinetics when ferrocytochrome c is oxidized. The relative magnitude of the root mean square volume fluctuations is approximated from an ideal solution treatment of the compressibility data and yields a ratio of delta Vrms (ferri cyt c)/ delta Vrms (ferro cyt c) = 1.3.

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