title: Ligand binding subsequent to CO photolysis of methionine-modified cytochrome c.
abstract: In this report the kinetics of CO recombination to ferrocytochrome c in which Met80 has been oxidized to a sulfoxide are examined. Transient optical difference spectra suggest that the species formed immediately after photolysis contains a five-coordinate high spin heme. Single wavelength transient absorption data show triphasic kinetics with rate constants of (2.1+/-0.08)x10(4), (2.0+/-0.01)x10(3), and 57+/-0.01 s(-1). The data suggest a model for ligand recombination in which the methionine sulfoxide and CO compete for binding to the five-coordinate heme with rate constants of (2.1+/-0.08)x10(4) and (2.0+/-0.01)x10(3) s(-1), respectively. Carbon monoxide then binds to the population of cytochrome c containing the methionine sulfoxide with a rate constant of 57 s(-1). In addition, the slower than expected rate of methionine sulfoxide recombination (much smaller rate constant than expected for a ligand restricted to the distal heme pocket) is attributed to hydrogen bonding between the unbound methionine sulfoxide and Tyr(68).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. rlarsen@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
authors.forename: Randy W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism*; D006736:Horses; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism*; D010782:Photolysis
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D008024:Ligands; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D008715:Methionine