Influences of the Hydrophobicity of the Heme-binding Pocket on the Properties and Functions of Cytochrome b_5 Mutants

IntroductionElectrontransferreactionsarethekeystepsinphoto synthesis ,respirationandmanyotherbiochemicalprocess es.1Cytochromeb5isaredoxproteinexistingwidelyinnature ,whichactsasanelectron carrierduringvariouselectrontransferprocessesinthebiologicalsystem .2Cytochromeb5isamembraneproteinwithmolecularweightofapproximately 16kDa ,ofwhichthehydrophobicC terminaldomainanchorscytochromeb5tothemem brane ,andthehydrophilicN terminaldomaincontainshemeprostheticgroupandexhibitsthebiologicalfunctionsof…     

Influences of the Hydrophobicity of the Heme－binding Pocket on the Properties and Functions of Cytochrome b5 Mutants

The mutation sites of the four mutants F35Y, P40V, V45E and V45Y of cytochrome b5 are located at the edge of the heme-binding pocket. The solvent accessible areas of the “pocket inte-rior“ of the four mutants and the wild-type cytochrome b5 have been calculated based on their crystal structures at high resolu-tion. The change in the hydrophobicity of the heme-binding pocket resulting from the mutation can be quantitatively de-scribed using the difference of the solvent accessible area of the “pocket interior“ of each mutant from that of the wild-type cy-tochrome b5. The influences of the hydrophobicity of the heme-binding pocket on the protein stability and redox potential are discussed.     

Structures of Cytochrome b_5 Mutated at the Charged Surface-Residues and Their Interactions with Cytochrome c

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