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The role of a disulfide bridge in the stability and folding kinetics of Arabidopsis thaliana cytochrome c(6A).
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 2012 Februrary
Cytochrome c(6A) is a eukaryotic member of the Class I cytochrome c family possessing a high structural homology with photosynthetic cytochrome c(6) from cyanobacteria, but structurally and functionally distinct through the presence of a disulfide bond and a heme mid-point redox potential of +71mV (vs normal hydrogen electrode). The disulfide bond is part of a loop insertion peptide that forms a cap-like structure on top of the core α-helical fold. We have investigated the contribution of the disulfide bond to thermodynamic stability and (un)folding kinetics in cytochrome c(6A) from Arabidopsis thaliana by making comparison with a photosynthetic cytochrome c(6) from Phormidium laminosum and through a mutant in which the Cys residues have been replaced with Ser residues (C67/73S). We find that the disulfide bond makes a significant contribution to overall stability in both the ferric and ferrous heme states. Both cytochromes c(6A) and c(6) fold rapidly at neutral pH through an on-pathway intermediate. The unfolding rate for the C67/73S variant is significantly increased indicating that the formation of this region occurs late in the folding pathway. We conclude that the disulfide bridge in cytochrome c(6A) acts as a conformational restraint in both the folding intermediate and native state of the protein and that it likely serves a structural rather than a previously proposed catalytic role.
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