Current Microbiology

, Volume 10, Issue 5, pp 309–311 | Cite as

Spectral studies on cytochrome d ofAzotobacter vinelandii

  • Tsanyen Yang
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Abstract

Carbon monoxide binding and photodissociation (photolysis) properties of cytochrome d in the membrane electron transport particles ofAzotobacter vinelandii were investigated at cold temperature. The Soret absorption spectrum of cytochrome d was revealed. The evidence supports the thesis that cytochrome d is the major oxidase that carries out NADH oxidative pathway to oxygen at the late-log stage of cell growth inAzotobacter vinelandii.

Keywords

Oxygen Cell Growth Absorption Spectrum Carbon Monoxide NADH 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Tsanyen Yang
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  1. 1.Department of Biological SciencesBowling Green State UniversityBowling GreenUSA

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