title: Electron self-exchange in high-potential iron-sulfur proteins. Characterization of protein I from Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata.
abstract: During previous research on oxidized and reduced high-potential iron-sulfur proteins (HiPIP hereafter), qualitative different electron self-exchange rates were noticed. We have now investigated this phenomenon in detail for HiPIP I and II from Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata, which differ significantly in total charge and in which the sequence homology is the largest among all known HiPIPs. We have also characterized the electronic structure of HiPIP I through 1H NMR and EPR spectroscopies to parallel the existing characterization of HiPIP II and other HiPIPs. This investigation has allowed us to propose a model, according to which the productive collisions for electron transfer occur through a hydrophobic patch near the cluster. The effects of total charge and redox potential are considered. The possible formation of dimers through the hydrophobic patch at liquid helium temperature is discussed in light of the EPR spectra.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bertini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaudemer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luchinat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piccioli
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D002841:Chromatiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D004579:Electron Transport; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; C007943:high potential iron-sulfur protein