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Spontaneous dissociation of a cytochrome core and a biglobular flavoprotein after mild trypsinolysis of the bifunctional Saccharomyces cerevisiae flavocytochrome b2.

Abstract
Saccharomyces cerevisiae flavocytochrome b2 is known as a bifunctional enzyme which behaves as the association of an FMN flavodehydrogenase with its specific acceptor, a b5-like cytochrome. Mild trypsinolysis gives rise to three complementary fragments (n, X, beta'), both prosthetic groups being still bound. After such proteolysis the separation of a biglobular flavoprotein domain (carrying FMN) from a cytochrome domain (with the heme) is obtained by molecular sieving under non-denaturing conditions. The marked lack of affinity between the tetrameric flavoprotein (X, beta')4 and the monomeric cytochrome core (n) leads to the hypothesis that the two domains are not tightly associated in the native molecule and might more relative to each other. Their respective mobility is possibly required for the catalytic mechanism. The comparison with previous trypsinolysis studies on the flavocytochrome b2 from Hansenula anomala suggests the presence of two common zones of hypersensitivity to proteases, along the protomeric polypeptide chain, and strongly supports the validity of the triglobular model for both flavocytochromes.
AuthorsM Gervais, M Tegoni
JournalEuropean journal of biochemistry (Eur J Biochem) Vol. 111 Issue 2 Pg. 357-67 (Oct 1980) ISSN: 0014-2956 [Print] England
PMID7007037 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Flavoproteins
  • Lactates
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Flavin Mononucleotide
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase (Cytochrome)
  • Trypsin
Topics
  • Flavin Mononucleotide (analysis)
  • Flavoproteins (analysis)
  • Kinetics
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase (analysis)
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase (Cytochrome)
  • Lactates
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Molecular Weight
  • Peptide Fragments (analysis)
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae (enzymology)
  • Trypsin

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