Electron Transport and Oxygen Utilization

Front Matter....Pages i-xxx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Cytochrome c Function....Pages 3-15
Conformational Differences Between Ferri- and Ferrocytochrome c....Pages 17-26
Structure Analysis of a Ferricytochrome c from the Cyanobacterium, Anacystis nidulans....Pages 27-32
Structural and Functional Diversity Among Bacterial Electron Transport Protein....Pages 33-41
Conformational Transitions of Ferricytochrome c Studied by 13C and 2H Nmr Spectroscopy....Pages 43-49
Cytochrome c Mobility in the Eukaryotic Electron Transport Chain....Pages 51-56
Cytochrome c′: A Dimeric, High-Spin Heme Protein....Pages 57-59
Iron (III) Porphyrin Structural Changes Accompanying the Low-Spin—High-Spin Transition....Pages 61-65
How Does Nature Control Cytochrome Redox Potentials?....Pages 67-72
Attempted Time-Resolved Measurement of Photo-Assisted Charge Transfer of Cytochrome c-Iron Hexacyanide....Pages 73-80
Spatial Range of Electron Transfer Processes: The Complex (Cytochrome c) · [Fe(CN)6]2....Pages 81-84
Cytochrome c—Mediated Electron Transfer Studies with Photoaffinity-Labeled Derivatives of Cytochrome c....Pages 85-87
Correlation Between the Optical and Magnetic Properties of Ferric N-Acetylated Heme Octapeptide Complexes....Pages 89-94
The Contribution of Electrostatic Factors to the Oxidation—Reduction Potentials of c-Type Cytochromes....Pages 95-99
Charge-Transfer States and Redox Properties of Heme Complexes in Proteins....Pages 101-109
Optimal Protein Relaxation for Electron Transfer in Bacterial Photosynthesis....Pages 111-115
Electrochemical and Thin-Layer Spectroelectrochemical Studies of Iron Porphyrins....Pages 117-123
Discussion for Session I....Pages 125-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Structure of Cytochrome c Oxidase....Pages 139-144
The Structure of the Matrix Side of Beef Heart Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase....Pages 145-150
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Heme-Heme Interactions in Pig Heart Cytochrome Oxidase: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of the Carbon Monoxide Compound....Pages 151-155
Primary Structure and Function of Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunits....Pages 157-163
Protomer Model for Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase....Pages 165-170
The Nature and the Distribution of the Metal Centers in Cytochrome c Oxidase....Pages 171-177
Electron Nuclear Double Resonance Studies on Cytochrome c Peroxidase and Cytochrome c Oxidase....Pages 179-183
The Optical and Vibrational Properties of Cytochrome a and a3 in Cytochrome Oxidase....Pages 185-190
Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Cytochrome Oxidase Using Soret Excitation....Pages 191-198
Near Infrared Magnetic and Natural Circular Dichroism of Cytochrome c Oxidase and Its Derivatives....Pages 199-204
Structure of the Cytochrome Oxidase (a3) Heme Pocket....Pages 205-208
Ligands in Heme Iron in Chloroperoxidase: An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study....Pages 209-215
Cytochrome c Peroxidase: Stereochemistry of Its Peroxidase and Cytochrome Oxidase Activities....Pages 217-221
Proton Nmr Characterization of the Oxidized Forms of Cytochrome c Peroxidase and Soybean Leghemoglobin....Pages 223-227
Modes of Bonding of Dioxygen, Oxide, and Hydroxide to Iron Porphyrins and Copper....Pages 229-235
Binuclear Porphyrin Complexes....Pages 237-243
Role of π-Cation Radicals in the Enzymatic Cycles of Peroxidases, Catalases, and Nitrite and Sulfite Reductases....Pages 245-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Oxygen Transport and Oxygen Reduction?....Pages 255-266
Reaction of Cytochrome c Oxidase with Oxygen....Pages 267-269
Properties of Cytochrome Oxidase Relevant to Its Proton-Translocating Function....Pages 271-277
Structures and Iron Centers of Protocatechuate Dioxygenases....Pages 279-283
Free Radical Nature of Compound I....Pages 285-291
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
A Two Subunit Cytochrome c Oxidase from Paracoccus denitrificans....Pages 293-296
Effects of Alkyl Glycoside Detergents on the Physical and Kinetic Properties of Cytochrome Oxidase....Pages 297-303
Epr and Endor of NO-Ligated Cytochrome c Oxidase....Pages 305-309
Dynamical and Temperature-Dependent Effects of Lipid-Protein Interactions Between Cytochrome c Oxidase and a Phosphatidylcholine....Pages 311-318
Iron Bleomycin....Pages 319-322
Copper in Cytochrome Oxidase....Pages 323-327
Discussion for Sessions II and III....Pages 329-341
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Iron-Sulfur Proteins Past Endeavors and Present Challenges....Pages 345-359
Packing Densities and Iron-Sulfur Proteins....Pages 361-364
Structure-Electron Transfer Relations in High Potential Iron-Sulfur Proteins....Pages 365-369
Evidence for a Novel Three-Iron Center in Two Ferredoxins and Aconitase....Pages 371-374
Crystallographic Studies of Azotobacter Ferredoxin A Seven-Iron Protein....Pages 375-380
Function of the Iron-Sulfur Protein of the Cytochrome b-c1 Segment in Electron Transfer Reactions of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain....Pages 381-386
Location of Rieske Iron-Sulfur Cluster in the Mitochondrial Membrane....Pages 387-393
Spectral Evidence for Twofold Multiplicity in Two-Iron Ferredoxins....Pages 395-398
Crystallographic Properties of the MoFe Protein of Nitrogenases from Clostridium pasteurianum and Azotobacter vinelandii....Pages 399-403
Circular Dichroism and Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Nitrogenase Proteins....Pages 405-409
Epr Studies of Some Oxygen-Stable Hydrogenases....Pages 411-415
Discussion for Session IV Electron Transport by Iron-Sulfur Proteins....Pages 417-429
After Dinner Program: To Honor Max Perutz....Pages 431-441
Back Matter....Pages 443-446