title: Structure of an electron transfer complex. II. Chemical modification of carboxyl groups of cytochrome c peroxidase in presence and absence of cytochrome c.
abstract: Cytochrome c peroxidase forms an electron transfer complex with cytochrome c. The complex is governed by ionic bonds between side chain amino groups of cytochrome c and carboxyl groups of peroxidase. To localize the binding site for cytochrome c on the peroxidase, we have used the method of differential chemical modification. By this method the chemical reactivity of carboxyl groups (toward carbodiimide/aminoethane sulfonate) was compared in free and in complexed peroxidase. When ferricytochrome c was bound to cytochrome c peroxidase, acidic residues 33, 34, 35, 37, 221, 224, and 1 to 3 carboxyls at the C terminus became less reactive by a factor of approximately 4, relative to the remaining 39 carboxylates of peroxidase. Of the less reactive residues those in the 30-40 region and the 221/224 pair are on opposite sides of the surface area which contains the heme propionates. We, therefore, propose that the binding site for cytochrome c on cytochrome c peroxidase spans the area where one heme edge comes close to the molecular surface. The results are in very good agreement with chemical cross-linking studies (Waldmeyer, B., and Bosshard, H.R. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 5184-5190); they also support a hypothetical model predicted on the basis of the known crystal structures of cytochrome c and peroxidase (Poulos, T.L., and Kraut, J. (1980) J. Biol. Chem. 255, 10322-10330).
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bechtold
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Bosshard
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism*; D003578:Cytochrome-c Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D004579:Electron Transport; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010544:Peroxidases; D003578:Cytochrome-c Peroxidase; D014357:Trypsin