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The Alkaline Conformational Equilibria of Cytochrome C Studied by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy

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The heme protein cytochrome c (Cyt) serves as an electron carrier in the respiratory chain of aerobic organism [1]. In alkaline solutions, the ferric Cyt exhibits pH-dependent equilibria including conformational transitions which have been suggested to be related with those occuring during the physiological redox process with cytochrome c oxidase (CcO). In this work, we have studied these conformational equilibria of Cyt by resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Postfach 101365, D-45413, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany

    S. Döpner & P. Hildebrandt

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada

    F. I. Rosell & A. G. Mauk

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  1. Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

    P. Carmona

  2. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain

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Döpner, S., Hildebrandt, P., Rosell, F.I., Mauk, A.G. (1997). The Alkaline Conformational Equilibria of Cytochrome C Studied by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. In: Carmona, P., Navarro, R., Hernanz, A. (eds) Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules: Modern Trends. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5622-6_37

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