Alkaline Isomerization of Ferricytochrome c: Identification of the Lysine Ligand |
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| Authors: | Harvey Wilgus and Earle Stellwagen |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 |
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| Abstract: | Changes in the visible absorbance spectra of complexes of horse heart cytochrome c hemopeptide 1-65, peptide 66-104, and their guanidinated counterparts are compared with those characteristic of native and fully guanidinated ferricytochrome c over the pH range 7 to 11. Upon raising the pH, the methionine ligand in the guanidinated hemopeptide 1-65.peptide 66-104 complex is replaced by a strong field ligand. By contrast, the methionine ligand in the hemopeptide 1-65.guanidinated peptide 66-104 is replaced by a weak field ligand. These results demonstrate that lysine 13 does not ligate with the heme iron upon isomerization of ferricytochrome c and that the ligand in the horse heart protein is one of the eight lysine residues in the 66-104 segment of the polypeptide, most likely lysine 79. |
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