title: Electrophoresis at elevated hydrostatic pressure of the multiheme hydroxylamine oxidoreductase.
abstract: The behavior of the multiheme protein hydroxylamine oxidoreductase (HAO) in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was studied at hydrostatic pressures up to 3 kbar at 25 degrees C. Due to the limited working volume of the high pressure vessel, the electrophoresis cells were miniaturized. A microcell which accommodates 6 capillary gel tubes is described. Between 1 bar and 1.5 kbar the enzyme did not undergo structural changes detectable in the gel system. At approximately 2 kbar the active form of the enzyme was partially dissociated. At higher pressures, the enzyme was converted to forms which were irreversibly inactive and had a higher apparent molecular mass, suggesting aggregation or denaturation.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherches du Service de Santé des Armées, Unité de Biochimie, La Tronche, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Arciero
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Hooper
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balny
mesh_terms: D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D004589:Electrophoresis, Disc; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006420:Hemeproteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006420:Hemeproteins; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C021401:hydroxylamine dehydrogenase