title: Concerted movement of side chains in the haem vicinity observed on ligand binding in cytochrome c' from rhodobacter capsulatus.
abstract: We have determined the structure of n-butylisocyanide-bound Rhodobacter capsulatus cytochrome c'. This is the first example of a ligand-bound structure of a class IIa cytochrome c. Compared with the structure of native cytochrome c', there are significant conformational changes of amino acid residues in the haem vicinity, accompanied by a rearrangement of the hydrogen bonding pattern. The results suggest that rearrangements resulting from ligand binding could drive dimer dissociation in some species and also that the haem propionate may participate in proton transfer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tahirov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Misaki
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cusanovich
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yasuoka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000737:chemistry*; D006418:Heme / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008024:Ligands; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009038:Motion; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011522:Protons; D016354:Rhodobacter capsulatus / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D008024:Ligands; D009570:Nitriles; D011522:Protons; C002990:butyl isocyanide; D006418:Heme