Ogami, Shinichi, Hijikata, Shoichi, Tsukahara, Tamotsu, Mie, Yasuhiro, Matsuno, Toshihide, Morita, Naoki, Hara, Isao, Yamazaki, Koji, Inoue, Norio, Yokota, Atsushi, Hoshino, Tamotsu, Yoshimune, Kazuaki, Yumoto, Isao
EXTREMOPHILES 13 3 491 - 504 2009年05月
[査読有り][通常論文] A membrane-anchored cytochrome c-550, which is highly expressed in obligately alkaliphilic Bacillus clarkii K24-1U, was purified and characterized. The protein contained a conspicuous sequence of Gly(22)-Asn(34), in comparison with the other Bacillus small cytochromes c. Analytical data indicated that the original and lipase-treated intermediate forms of cytochrome c-550 bind to fatty acids of C-15, C-16 and C-17 chain lengths and C-15 chain length, respectively, and it was considered that these fatty acids are bound to glycerol-Cys(18). Since there was a possibility that the presence of a diacylglycerol anchor contributed to the formation of dimeric states of this protein (20 and 17 kDa in SDS-PAGE), a C18M (Cys(18) -> Met)-cytochrome c-550 was constructed. The molecular mass of the C18M-cytochrome c-550 was determined as 15 and 10 kDa in SDS-PAGE and 23 kDa in blue native PAGE. The C18M-cytochrome c-550 bound with or without Triton X-100 formed a tetramer as the original cytochrome c-550 bound with Triton X-100, as determined by gel filtration. The midpoint redox potential of cytochrome c-550 as determined by redox titration was +83 mV, while that determined by cyclic voltammetric measurement was +7 mV. The above results indicate that cytochrome c-550 is a novel cytochrome c.