scholarly journals Detection by low-temperature magnetic circular-dichroism spectroscopy of optical absorption bands due to molybdenum (V) in the form of xanthine oxidase giving the Desulpho Inhibited e.p.r. signal

1986 ◽  
Vol 233 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Peterson ◽  
C Godfrey ◽  
A J Thomson ◽  
G N George ◽  
R C Bray
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Xanthine Oxidase ◽  
Absorption Spectra ◽  
Magnetic Circular Dichroism ◽  
Electronic Absorption Spectra ◽  
Visible Region ◽  
Absorption Bands ◽  
Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

The magnetic circular-dichroism (m.c.d.) spectra in the temperature range 1.5-100 K and the electronic absorption spectra at 4.2 and 295 K were measured for a number of desulpho xanthine oxidase derivatives. There were no significant differences between the absorption spectra that could be attributed to molybdenum. However, the visible-region m.c.d. spectrum of the ethanediol-treated metalloprotein (which gives rise to the Desulpho Inhibited e.p.r. signal) contained features assignable to Mo(V) absorption bands. This is the first report of the detection of optical bands of Mo(V) in an enzyme in the presence of other chromophoric centres.

scholarly journals The optical properties of CuA in bovine cytochrome c oxidase determined by low-temperature magnetic-circular-dichroism spectroscopy

1983 ◽  
Vol 215 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Greenwood ◽  
B C Hill ◽  
D Barber ◽  
D G Eglinton ◽  
A J Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Magnetic Circular Dichroism ◽  
Paramagnetic Species ◽  
Type I ◽  
Magnetization Curves ◽  
Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm

The visible-near-i.r.-region m.c.d. (magnetic-circular-dichroism) spectrum recorded at low temperature in the range 450-900 nm is reported for oxidized resting mammalian cytochrome c oxidase. M.c.d. magnetization curves determined at different wavelengths reveal the presence of two paramagnetic species. Curves at 576, 613 and 640 nm fit well to those expected for an x,y-polarized haem transition with g values of 3.03, 2.21 and 1.45, i.e. cytochrome a3+. The m.c.d. features at 515, 785 and 817 nm magnetize as a S = 1/2 paramagnet with average g values close to 2, and simulated m.c.d. magnetization curves obtained by using the observed g values of CuA2+, i.e. 2.18, 2.03 and 1.99, fit well to the experimental observations. The form of the m.c.d. magnetization curve at 466 nm is curious, but it can be explained if CuA2+ and cytochrome a3+ contribute with oppositely signed bands at this wavelength. By comparing the m.c.d. spectrum of the enzyme with that of extracted haem a-bisimidazole complex it has been possible to deconvolute the m.c.d. spectrum of CuA2+, which shows transitions throughout the spectral region from 450 to 950 nm. The m.c.d.-spectral properties of CuA2+ were compared with those of a well-defined type I blue copper centre in azurin isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The absolute intensities of the m.c.d. signals at equal fields and temperatures for CuA2+ are 10-20-fold greater than those for azurin. The optical spectrum of CuA2+ strongly suggests an assignment as a d9 ion rather than Cu(I) bound to a thiyl radical.

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