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. 1970 Jun;45(6):723–727. doi: 10.1104/pp.45.6.723

The Cytochromes of Prototheca zopfii1

B L Epel a,2, W L Butler a
PMCID: PMC396501  PMID: 16657381

Abstract

The respiratory pigments of Prototheca zopfii include seven cytochromes: two c-type cytochromes, a soluble c(549) and a membrane bound c(551); three b-type cytochromes, b(555), b(559) and b(564); and cytochromes a and a3. Cytochromes a and a3 could be resolved spectrally in the α-band region by reducing the cells in the presence of methanol and cyanide. Methanol shifted the absorption maximum of cytochrome a from 598 to 603 nanometers and permitted dithionite (or substrate) to reduce the cyanide-cytochrome a3 complex to give a well defined 595-nanometer absorption band. Methanol did not interfere with CO binding by cytochrome a3, and CO did not alter the methanol effect on cytochrome a. Azide and cyanide, which partially inhibited exogenous respiration, stimulated endogenous respiration. Frozen steady states of the electron transport chain in the presence of cyanide and azide indicated that the stimulation by these inhibitors was due to an increased autooxidation of one of the b-type cytochromes, possibly b(564).

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