title: 1H-n.m.r. evaluation of the ferricytochrome c-cardiolipin interaction. Effect of superoxide radicals.
abstract: The interaction between ferricytochrome c and cardiolipin was investigated by 1H n.m.r. at 270 MHz. From the phospholipid-induced changes of the protein spectral features it is concluded that the first 2 equivalents of cardiolipin cause a conformational change at the lower part of the solvent-exposed haem edge, involving a rearrangement of the hydrogen-bond interactions of propionate 6, thus partly accounting for the lowered redox potential of cytochrome c in the presence of cardiolipin. The increased value for the pK of the alkaline isomerization of ferricytochrome c shows that cardiolipin stabilizes the native structure of the protein, indicating that the oxidized form assumes ferrocytochrome c-like properties. Peroxidation of cardiolipin by superoxide radical ions drastically decreases the protein binding to this phospholipid. The implications of this finding, and the likelihood of the ternary cytochrome c-cardiolipin-cytochrome c oxidase complex, for the binding of cytochrome c to cytochrome c oxidase in vivo, are discussed in relation to peroxidative damage following ischaemia and reperfusion.
authors.affiliation: Wallenberg Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Soussi
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bylund-Fellenius
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Scherstén
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Angström
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002308:Cardiolipins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism*; D005609:Free Radicals; D006736:Horses; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002308:Cardiolipins; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D005609:Free Radicals; D013481:Superoxides