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The molecular weight of bovine heart mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase in 2% or 3% deoxycholate was determined by the sedimentation velocity method to be 228,000 daltons from an S20,w=8.44×10−13 sec, a D20,w=3.21×10−7 cm2 sec−1, and the\(\bar v = 0.72\) reported by others. The S20,w value was only slightly concentration-dependent. When the deoxycholate in our preparation was replaced with Tween 80 the S value increased to between 16 and 17. When one preparation in Tween 80 was allowed to stand at room temperature, the S value increased in successive determinations to reach 51.5 at the end of approximately 7 h. The minimum molecular weight of the enzyme as calculated from the heme content (determined from the absorbance at 603 nm) and total protein content (determined from total nitrogen) was 110,000. An amino acid analysis when related to the heme content yielded a minimum molecular weight of 85,000.
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Wainio, W.W., Laskowska-Klita, T., Rosman, J. et al. Molecular weight of cytochrome oxidase. J Bioenerg Biomembr 4, 455–467 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01648972
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