TY - JOUR
T1 - Properties of the Stable Aerobic and Anaerobic Half-Reduced States of NADPH-Cytochrome c Reductase
AU - Masters, Bettie Sue Siler
AU - Prough, Russell A.
AU - Kamin, Henry
PY - 1975/2/1
Y1 - 1975/2/1
N2 - The microsomal flavoprotein, NADPH-cytochrome c reductase, has been reexamined to determine: (1) the nature of the flavine bound to the enzyme and (2) the oxidation-reduction state of the “half-reduced” form of the flavoprotein. Iyanagi and Mason [Iyanagi, T., and Mason, H.S. (1973), Biochemistry 12, 2297] have recently proposed that NADPH-cytochrome c reductase contains both FAD and FMN as prosthetic groups in lieu of FAD as the sole constituent, as suggested by all previous studies of this enzyme. The data presented herein, utilizing the recently published fluorometric procedure of Faeder and Siegel [Faeder, E. J., and Siegel, L. M. (1973), Anal. Biochem. 53, 332] for the determination of FAD and FMN in mixtures, confirm the conclusions of Iyanagi and Mason for both rat and pig liver reductase preparations. Data for other flavoproteins are also presented. Iyanagi and Mason have also concluded that the air-stable “semiquinone” is a form of NADPH-cytochrome c reductase reduced by one electron per two flavines (F-FH). The present studies, however, do not agree with this conclusion, but instead support our previous results which indicate that both the aerobic and anaerobic half-reduced states of this flavoprotein exist in the two-electron reduced form (FH-FH). Removal of NADP+ does not affect the spectrum of the air-stable halfreduced form of the flavoprotein, nor does it affect the back titration of this intermediate by potassium ferricyanide. The possible implications of these observations on the catalytic cycle of the flavines of NADPH-cytochrome c reductase are discussed.
AB - The microsomal flavoprotein, NADPH-cytochrome c reductase, has been reexamined to determine: (1) the nature of the flavine bound to the enzyme and (2) the oxidation-reduction state of the “half-reduced” form of the flavoprotein. Iyanagi and Mason [Iyanagi, T., and Mason, H.S. (1973), Biochemistry 12, 2297] have recently proposed that NADPH-cytochrome c reductase contains both FAD and FMN as prosthetic groups in lieu of FAD as the sole constituent, as suggested by all previous studies of this enzyme. The data presented herein, utilizing the recently published fluorometric procedure of Faeder and Siegel [Faeder, E. J., and Siegel, L. M. (1973), Anal. Biochem. 53, 332] for the determination of FAD and FMN in mixtures, confirm the conclusions of Iyanagi and Mason for both rat and pig liver reductase preparations. Data for other flavoproteins are also presented. Iyanagi and Mason have also concluded that the air-stable “semiquinone” is a form of NADPH-cytochrome c reductase reduced by one electron per two flavines (F-FH). The present studies, however, do not agree with this conclusion, but instead support our previous results which indicate that both the aerobic and anaerobic half-reduced states of this flavoprotein exist in the two-electron reduced form (FH-FH). Removal of NADP+ does not affect the spectrum of the air-stable halfreduced form of the flavoprotein, nor does it affect the back titration of this intermediate by potassium ferricyanide. The possible implications of these observations on the catalytic cycle of the flavines of NADPH-cytochrome c reductase are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1021/bi00674a022
DO - 10.1021/bi00674a022
M3 - Article
C2 - 234249
AN - SCOPUS:0016609425
VL - 14
SP - 607
EP - 613
JO - Biochemistry
JF - Biochemistry
SN - 0006-2960
IS - 3
ER -