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Cytochrome a620 in Tetrahymena pyriformis. Reactions with carbon monoxide and oxygen at subzero temperatures and photochemical action spectra.

ABSTRACT: 1. Mitochondria-enriched fractions of the ciliate protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis ST contained CO-reacting cytochromes b560 and a620. 2. A non-photodissociable oxygen-containing compound of cytochrome a620 was formed in whole cell suspensions at -114 degrees C after photolysis of CO in the presence of 200 microM-O2. 3. Electron transport, indicated by the oxidation of cytochrome a620 and cytochrome c, occurred at temperatures higher than -72 degrees C. 4. Photochemical action spectra for the relief of respiratory inhibition of whole cells by CO obtained by using a liquid dye laser indicate that the only CO-reacting terminal oxidase detectable was cytochrome a620. 5. It is concluded that the alternative electron transport chains in this organism utilize non-cytochrome terminal oxidases.

SUBMITTER: Lloyd D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1158593 | biostudies-other | 1982 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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