title: Kinetic characterization of the membrane-bound cytochromes of Escherichia coli grown under a variety of conditions by using a stopped-flow dual-wavelength spectrophotometer.
abstract: A study was made of the rapid oxidation kinetics of the cytochromes of Escherichia coli. The b-type cytochromes were kinetically heterogeneous, with one species (presumably cytochrome o) oxidized so rapidly that it could fully support observed oxidation rates. Cytochrome d but not cytochrome a1 was also kinetically competent to support respiration. However, in cells grown anaerobically in the presence of NO3-, cytochrome d exhibited slow oxidation kinetics and a red-shift in its reduced-minus-oxidized difference spectrum.
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D003578:Cytochrome-c Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D003580:Cytochromes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D003580:Cytochromes; D009566:Nitrates; D003578:Cytochrome-c Peroxidase; D002374:Catalase; D010100:Oxygen