Abstract
Membranes of the extremely thermoacidophilic archaeon Desulfurolobus ambivalens grown under aerobic conditions contain a quinol oxidase of the cytochrome aa3-type as the most prominent hemoprotein. The partially purified enzyme consists of three polypeptide subunits with apparent molecular masses of 40, 27 and 20 kDa and contains two heme A molecules and one copper atom. CO difference spectra suggest one heme to be a heme a3-centre. The EPR spectra indicate the presence of a low-spin and a high-spin heme species. Redox titrations of the solubilized enzyme show the presence of two reduction processes, with apparent potentials of + 235 and + 330 mV. The enzyme cannot oxidize reduced cytochrome c, but rather serves as an oxidase of caldariella quinone. Due to their very simple composition, D. ambivalens cell appear as a promising candidate to study Structure-function relationships of cytochrome aa3 in the integral membrane state.
| Originalsprache | Englisch |
|---|---|
| Zeitschrift | FEMS Microbiology Letters |
| Jahrgang | 117 |
| Ausgabenummer | 3 |
| Seiten (von - bis) | 275-280 |
| Seitenumfang | 6 |
| ISSN | 0378-1097 |
| DOIs | |
| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 15.04.1994 |
Fördermittel
This work was supported by EEC project BIO2-CT 93-0274, grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (to S.A. and G.S.) and JNICT, Portugal (grant STRDA/C/BIO/416/ 92). The authors would like to thank Prof. A.V. Xavier for critical discussion of the manuscript.
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