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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 276, Issue 1, Pages 153-158Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M006338200
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Recently cytochrome c has been mentioned as an important mediator in the events of cellular oxidative stress and apoptosis, To investigate the influence of charged interfaces on the conformation of cytochrome c, the CD and magnetic circular dichroic behavior of ferric and ferrous cytochrome c in homogeneous medium and in phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylethanolamine/cardiolipin and dicetylphosphate liposomes was studied in the 300-600 and 200-320 nm wavelength region. EPR spectra demonstrate that the association of cytochrome c with membranes promotes alterations of the crystal field symmetry and spin state of the heme Fe3+. The studies also include the effect of P-i, NaCl, and CaCl2. Magnetic circular dichroism and CD results show that the interaction of both ferrous and ferric cytochrome c with charged interfaces promotes conformational changes in the cy-helix content, tertiary structure, and heme iron spin state. Moreover, the association of cytochrome c with different liposomes is sensitive to the heme iron valence state. The more effective association with membranes occurs with ferrous cytochrome c. Dicetylphosphate liposomes, as a negatively charged membrane model, promoted a more pronounced conformational modification in the cytochrome c structure. A decrease in the lipid/protein association is detected in the presence of increasing amounts of CaCl2, NaCl, and P-i, in response to the increase of the ionic strength.
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