title: Nuclear-magnetic-resonance determination of the electron self-exchange rate constant of Clostridium pasteurianum rubredoxin.
abstract: The iron ion of rubredoxins efficiently exchanges one electron between the Fe(II) and Fe(III) oxidation states in mixtures of oxidized and reduced protein. The conditions under which the relaxation properties of the NMR signals can provide information about this exchange process have been worked out. The rate constant for the rubredoxin electron self-exchange ranges between 1.5 x 10(5) M-1 s-1 at 12 degrees C and 3 x 10(5) M-1 s-1 at 30 degrees C with an activation energy of the order of 24-30 kJ mol-1 in 50 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7. The increase of the electron self-exchange rate constant with ionic strength suggests that neutralizing electrostatic repulsion between the active sites of two molecules further accelerates the already fast electron exchange.
authors.affiliation: Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Mati ere Condensée, SCIB-SCPM, CEA-Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaillard
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang-Jackson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moulis
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003013:Clostridium / Q000737:chemistry; D004579:Electron Transport; D004583:Electrons; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012416:Rubredoxins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012416:Rubredoxins; C077196:rubredoxin protein, Clostridium pasteurianum; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D007501:Iron