title: Chicken liver sulfite oxidase. Kinetics of reduction by laser-photoreduced flavins and intramolecular electron transfer.
abstract: Laser flash photolysis was used to study the reaction of photoproduced 5-deazariboflavin (dRFH.), lumiflavin (LFH.), and riboflavin (RFH.) semiquinone radicals with the redox centers of purified chicken liver sulfite oxidase. Kinetic studies of the native enzyme with dRFH. yielded a second-order rate constant of 4.0 X 10(8) M-1 s-1 for direct reduction of the heme and a first-order rate constant of 310 s-1 for intramolecular electron transfer from the Mo center to the heme. The reaction with LFH. gave a second-order rate constant of 2.9 X 10(7) M-1 s-1 for heme reduction. Reoxidation of the reduced heme due to intramolecular electron transfer to the Mo center gave a first-order rate constant of 155 s-1. The direction of intramolecular electron transfer using dRFH. and LFH. was independent of the buffer used for the experiment. The different first-order rate constants observed for intramolecular electron transfer using dRFH. and LFH. are proposed to result from chemical differences at the Mo site. Flash photolysis studies with cyanide-inactivated sulfite oxidase using dRFH. and LFH. resulted in second-order reduction of the heme center with rate constants identical with those obtained with the native enzyme, whereas the first-order intramolecular electron-transfer processes seen with the native enzyme were absent. The isolated heme peptide of sulfite oxidase gave only second-order kinetics upon laser photolysis and confirmed that the first-order processes observed with the native enzyme involve the Mo site.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kipke
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cusanovich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tollin
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sunde
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Enemark
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004579:Electron Transport; D005415:Flavins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D007834:Lasers; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005415:Flavins; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors