1. Cytochrome
c, which contains more than 32 per cent of the amino groups in the acetylated form or more than 22 per cent in the succinylated form showed no activity in the cytochrome oxidase reaction. The ability of the modified cytochrome
c preparation to reduce cytochrome
a decreased with the degree of modification.
2. The activity of TCA-modified cytochrome
c decreased more rapidly than the ability to reduce cytochrome
a. 3.
The binding of TNBS with 3.6 moles of the ε-amino groups of the lysine residues per mole of cytochrome c caused almost complete loss of the cytochrome oxidase activity.
4. The cytochrome oxidase activity of guanidinated cytochrome
c preparations was as high as that of native cytochrome
c. 5. Protamines and poly-lysine showed a great inhibition on cytochrome oxidase activity. However, copolymer containing glutamic acid and lysine showed little inhibitory effect.
6. The reaction mechanism between cytochromes
a and
c is discussed on the basis of the above results.
We wish to express our thanks to Prof. Noguchi, J., University of Kanazawa, Prof. Satake, K., Tokyo Metropolitan University, Dr. Iwai, K., University of Tokyo and Dr. Hamaguchi, K., the Institute of Protein Research, University of Osaka for their generosity in providing samples of compounds used in this study. We would also like to thank Messers. Orii, Y., and Ohnishi, K., in our Laboratory for helpful discussion during the course of this work.
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