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Title: Optical and resonance raman spectroscopy of the heme groups of the quinol- oxidizing cytochrome aa3 of bacillus subtilis
Authors: Lauraeus, Marko 
Wikström, Mårten 
Varotsis, Constantinos 
metadata.dc.contributor.other: Βαρώτσης, Κωνσταντίνος
Major Field of Science: Natural Sciences
Field Category: Biological Sciences
Keywords: Cytochrome oxidase;Raman spectroscopy;Heme;Bacillus subtilis;Chromatophores;Enzymes--Structure;Hydrogen bonding
Issue Date: 1992
Source: Biochemistry, 1992, Volume 31, Issue 41, Pages 10054-10060
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bi00156a027
Abstract: The cytochrome aa3-type terminal quinol oxidase of Bacillus subtilis catalyzes the four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water. It resembles the aa3-type cytochrome-c oxidase in using heme A as its active-site chromophores but lacks the Cu(A) center and the cytochrome-c oxidizing activity of the mitochondrial enzyme. We have used optical and resonance Raman spectroscopies to study the B. subtilis oxidase in detail. The α-band absorption maximum of the reduced minus oxidized enzyme is shifted by 5-7 nm to the blue relative to most other aa3-type oxidases, and accordingly, we designate the Bacillus enzyme as cytochrome aa3-600. The shifted optical spectrum cannot be ascribed to an alteration in the strength of the hydrogen bond between the formyl group of the low-spin heme and its environment, as the Raman line assigned to this mode in aa3-600 has the same frequency and degree of resonance enhancement as the low-spin heme a formyl mode in most other aa3-type oxidases. Raman modes arise at 194 and 214 cm-1 in aa3- 600, whereas a single band at about 214 cm-1 is assigned to the iron- histidine stretch for the other aa3-type oxidases. Possible explanations for the occurrence of these two modes are discussed. Comparison of formyl and vinyl modes and heme skeletal vibrational modes in different oxidation states of aa3-600 and of beef heart cytochrome-c oxidase shows a strong similarity, which suggests conservation of essential features of the heme environments in these oxidases
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/2159
ISSN: 00062960
15204995
DOI: 10.1021/bi00156a027
Rights: © 1992 American Chemical Society
Type: Article
Affiliation: University of Helsinki 
Affiliation : University of Helsinki 
Michigan State University 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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