PMID- 29901388 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190403 LR - 20190403 IS - 1520-4995 (Electronic) IS - 0006-2960 (Linking) VI - 57 IP - 28 DP - 2018 Jul 17 TI - Response of Heme Symmetry to the Redox State of Bovine Cytochrome c Oxidase. PG - 4105-4113 LID - 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00459 [doi] AB - Second-derivative absorption spectroscopy was employed to monitor the response of effective symmetry of cytochromes a and a(3) to the redox and ligation states of bovine cytochrome c oxidase (CcO). The Soret band pi --> pi* electronic transitions were used to display the changes in symmetry of these chromophores induced by the reduction of CcO inhibited by the exogenous ligands and during catalytic turnover. The second derivative of the difference absorption spectra revealed only a single Soret band for the oxidized cytochromes a and a(3) and cyanide-ligated oxidized cytochrome a(3). In contrast, two absorption bands were resolved in ferrous cytochrome a and ferrous cytochrome a(3) ligated with cyanide. A transition from one-band spectrum to two-band spectrum indicates the lowering of symmetry of these hemes due to the alteration of their immediate surroundings. It is suggested that the changes in polarity occurring in the vicinity of these cofactors are main reason for the split of the Soret band of both ferrous cytochrome a and cyanide-bound ferrous cytochrome a(3). FAU - Kopcova, Katarina AU - Kopcova K AD - Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science , University of P. J. Safarik , Jesenna 5 , 041 54 Kosice , Slovak Republic. FAU - Blascakova, Ludmila AU - Blascakova L AD - Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park , University of P. J. Safarik , Jesenna 5 , 041 54 Kosice , Slovak Republic. FAU - Kozar, Tibor AU - Kozar T AD - Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park , University of P. J. Safarik , Jesenna 5 , 041 54 Kosice , Slovak Republic. FAU - Jancura, Daniel AU - Jancura D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1968-8709 AD - Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science , University of P. J. Safarik , Jesenna 5 , 041 54 Kosice , Slovak Republic. AD - Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park , University of P. J. Safarik , Jesenna 5 , 041 54 Kosice , Slovak Republic. FAU - Fabian, Marian AU - Fabian M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7571-6164 AD - Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park , University of P. J. Safarik , Jesenna 5 , 041 54 Kosice , Slovak Republic. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180629 PL - United States TA - Biochemistry JT - Biochemistry JID - 0370623 RN - 0 (Cyanides) RN - 0 (Cytochromes a3) RN - 42VZT0U6YR (Heme) RN - 9035-34-1 (Cytochromes a) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Cyanides/chemistry/metabolism MH - Cytochromes a/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Cytochromes a3/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Electrons MH - Heme/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Oxidation-Reduction EDAT- 2018/06/15 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/04 06:00 CRDT- 2018/06/15 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/06/15 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00459 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochemistry. 2018 Jul 17;57(28):4105-4113. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00459. Epub 2018 Jun 29.