Abstract
Ferredoxin and the flavoprotein, ferredoxin: NADP reductase, have been covalently linked by incubation in the presence of a water soluble carbodiimide. The cross-linking reaction yields an adduct having a 1:1 stoichiometry. The adduct has depressed levels of diaphorase and NADPH oxidase activity and is inactive in reduction of cytochrome c using NADPH as an electron donor. Thus, although similar to an adduct described by Zanetti and coworkers [J Biol Chem 259: 6153–6157 (1984)] in its stoichiometry, the adduct described herein has significantly different enzymatic properties. It is suggested that this may be a reflection of differences in the interaction between the two proteins resulting from differences in experimental conditions in which the two adducts were prepared.
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Abbreviations
- Fd:
-
ferredoxin
- Fp:
-
ferredoxin: NADP reductase
- Fd:
-
Fp covalently linked Fd-Fp adduct
- Fd:Fp:
-
noncovalently linked complex between Fd and Fp
- EDC:
-
1-ethyl-3-(dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide
- Tris:
-
tris-hydroxymethylaminomethane
- MOPS:
-
3-(N-morpholino)propane sulfonic acid
- DCIP:
-
2,6-dichloropenolindophenol
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Colvert, K.K., Davis, D.J. Characterization of a covalently linked complex involving ferredoxin and ferredoxin: NADP reductase. Photosynth Res 17, 231–245 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00035450
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