Abstract
Cytochrome aa3 serves as a terminal oxidase in the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. A procedure for its isolation is described. The purified preparation consists of only one major polypeptide of 38 kDa apparent molecular mass. The enzyme contains two heme α molecules with midpoint potentials of + 220 and + 370 mV, respectively. The copper content is at least 2 Cu/aa3. It has only negligible capacity to oxidize cytochrome c, but rather serves as an oxidase for reduced caldariella quinone as present in the membrane of Sulfolobus.
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Zeitschrift | FEBS Letters |
Jahrgang | 244 |
Ausgabenummer | 2 |
Seiten (von - bis) | 451-455 |
Seitenumfang | 5 |
ISSN | 0014-5793 |
DOIs | |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 27.02.1989 |
Strategische Forschungsbereiche und Zentren
- Forschungsschwerpunkt: Infektion und Entzündung - Zentrum für Infektions- und Entzündungsforschung Lübeck (ZIEL)