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Changing the heme ligation in flavocytochrome b2: substitution of histidine-66 by cysteine.
Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry - 1 Oct 2000
Mowat C G, Miles C S, Munro A W, Cheesman M R, Quaroni L G, Reid G A, Chapman S K
Abstract excerpt
Substitution by cysteine of one of the heme iron axial ligands (His66) of flavocytochrome b2 (L-lactate:cytochrome c oxidoreductase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has resulted in an enzyme (H66C-b2) which remains a competent L-lactate dehydrogenase (kcat 272+/-6 s(-1), L-lactate KM 0.60+/-0.06 mM, 25 degrees C, I 0.10, Tris-HCl, pH 7.5) but which has no cytochrome c reductase activity. As a result of the...
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