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Cytochromec oxidase was prepared by sequential extraction of bovine heart muscle submitochondrial particles with sodium deoxycholate, followed by fractional precipitation with ammonium sulfate and chromatography on Sephadex G-75. The resulting preparation had typical absorption spectra, an activity of 1.28 sec−1 (mg protein)−1 (3 ml)−1 in deoxycholate or 4.13 sec−1 (mg protein)−1 (3 ml)−1 in 0.5% Tween 80, and a minimum molecular weight of 120,000 daltons as calculated from the heme content and the total protein. Amino acid analyses of nine preparations yielded a molecular weight per heme of 86,500 daltons. The net charge was calculated to be +8.7 at pH 7.0. Succinylation of cytochromec oxidase in the presence of 500 molar excess of succinic anhydride produced a soluble preparation having a negative charge at neutral pH. The modified enzyme was highly autoxidizable and had little or no activity toward ferrocytochromec as a substrate. Its averageS 20,w was 5.8 and its apparentD was 4.0 × 10−7 cm2 sec−1, from which a molecular weight of 126,000 daltons was calculated. This size of enzyme is considered to be that of the monomer, because the value is practically the same as the minimum molecular weight reported herein, and since it is approximately onehalf the value obtained in our laboratory (and in others) for the unmodified enzyme.
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Hillman, K., Wainio, W.W. Succinylated bovine heart mitochondrial cytochromec oxidase. J Bioenerg Biomembr 9, 181–193 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00743192
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