Electrostatic analysis of the interaction of cytochrome c with native and dimethyl ester heme substituted cytochrome b5.

The stability of the complex formed between cytochrome c and dimethyl ester heme substituted cytochrome b5 (DME-cytochrome b5) has been determined under a variety of experimental conditions to evaluate the role of the cytochrome b5 heme propionate groups in the interaction of the two native proteins. Interaction between cytochrome c and the modified cytochrome b5 was found to produce a difference spectrum in the visible range that is very similar to that generated by the interaction of the native proteins and that can be used to monitor complex formation between the two proteins. At pH 8 [25 degrees C (HEPPS), I = 5 mM], DME-cytochrome b5 and cytochrome c form a 1:1 complex with an association constant KA of 3 (1) X 10(6) M-1. This pH is the optimal pH for complex formation between these two proteins and is significantly higher than that observed for the interaction between the two native proteins. The stability of the complex formed between DME-cytochrome b5 and cytochrome c is strongly dependent on ionic strength with KA ranging from 2.4 X 10(7) M-1 at I = 1 mM to 8.2 X 10(4) M-1 at I = 13 mM [pH 8.0 (HEPPS), 25 degrees C]. Calculations for the native, trypsin-solubilized form of cytochrome b5 and cytochrome c confirm that the intermolecular complex proposed by Salemme [Salemme, F. R. (1976) J. Mol. Biol. 102, 563] describes the protein-protein orientation that is electrostatically favored at neutral pH.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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