title: Energetics of heme binding to native and denatured states of cytochrome b562.
abstract: Cytochrome b562 is a four-helix bundle protein containing a noncovalently bound b-type heme prosthetic group. For the first time, energetics of heme binding to an apocytochrome were measured by isothermal titration calorimetry. The heme is tightly bound to native apocytochrome b562, with a dissociation constant (Kd) of approximately 9 nM (DeltaG degrees = 11 kcal mol-1) at 25 degrees C. Unexpectedly, the thermally denatured apoprotein is also capable of specifically binding heme with modest affinity (Kd = 3 microM, DeltaG degrees = 7.6 kcal mol-1). This interaction results in the dependence of holocytochrome b562 stability on protein concentration in the submicromolar range.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sturtevant
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sligar
mesh_terms: D001059:Apoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002151:Calorimetry; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism*; D006427:Hemin / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001059:Apoproteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006418:Heme; D006427:Hemin; C017850:cytochrome b562, E coli