Hyperthermophilic redox chemistry: a re-evaluation

FEBS Lett. 1998 Dec 4;440(3):311-4. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01466-5.

Abstract

The redox chemistry of Pyrococcus furiosus rubredoxin and ferredoxin has been studied as a function of temperature in direct voltammetry and in EPR monitored bulk titrations. The Ems of both proteins, measured with direct voltammetry, have a normal (linear) temperature dependence and show no pH dependence. EPR monitoring is not a reliable method to determine the temperature dependence of the Em: upon rapid freezing the proteins take their conformation corresponding to the freezing point of the solution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Ferredoxins / chemistry*
  • Ferredoxins / isolation & purification
  • Ferredoxins / metabolism
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Pyrococcus furiosus / chemistry*
  • Pyrococcus furiosus / metabolism
  • Rubredoxins / chemistry*
  • Rubredoxins / isolation & purification
  • Rubredoxins / metabolism
  • Temperature
  • Titrimetry

Substances

  • Ferredoxins
  • Rubredoxins