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Reviews on structure and function of cytochromes c

  1. Adman, E.T. (1979) A comparison of the structures of electron transfer proteins. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 549, 107-144.
  2. Ambler, R.P. (1991) Sequence variability in bacterial cytochromes c. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 42-47.
  3. Ambler, R.P., Daniel, M., Meyer, T.E. and Kamen, M.D. (1994) Amino acid sequences of cytochromes c2 and c' from the moderately halophilic purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodospirillum salexigens. Biochimie 76, 583-591.
  4. Anthony, C. (1992) The c­type cytochromes of methylotrophic bacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1099, 1-15.
  5. Armstrong, F.A., Allen, H., Hill, O. and Walton, N.J. (1985) Reactions of electron­transfer proteins at electrodes. Q. Rev. Biophys. 18, 261-322.
  6. Bartsch, R.G. (1991) The distribution of soluble metallo­redox proteins in purple phototrophic bacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 28-30.
  7. Berks, B.C. and Ferguson, S.J. (1991) Simplicity and complexity in electron transfer between NADH and c­type cytochromes in bacteria. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 19, 581-588.
  8. Bertrand, P., Asso, M., Mbarki, O., Camensuli, P., More, C. and Guigliarelli, B. (1994) Individual redox characteristics and kinetic properties of the hemes in cytochromes c3: new methods of investigation. Biochimie 76, 524-536.
  9. Bianco, P. and Haladjian, J. (1994) Recent progress in the electrochemistry of c­type cytochromes. Biochimie 76, 605-613.
  10. Caffrey, M.S. (1994) Strategies for the study of cytochrome c structure and function by site­directed mutagenesis. Biochimie 76, 622-630.
  11. Caffrey, M.S. and Cusanovich, M.A. (1994) Site­specific mutagenesis studies of cytochromes c. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1187, 277-288.
  12. Capeillèere­Blandin, C. (1995) Flavocytochrome b2-cytochrome c interactions: The electron transfer reaction revisited. Biochimie 77, 516-530.
  13. Cusanovich, M.A. (1991) Photochemical initiation of electron transfer reactions. Photochem. Photobiol. 53, 845-857.
  14. Cusanovich, M.A. and Caffrey, M.S. (1991) Biological electron transfer: progress and future directions. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 67-70.
  15. Cusanovich, M.A., Meyer, T.E. and Tollin, G. (1988) c­Type cytochromes: Oxidation­reduction properties. In Eichhorn, G.L. and Marzilli, L.G., Eds. Advances in Inorganic Biochemistry, vol. 7: Heme Proteins. Elsevier, New York, pp. 37-91.
  16. Czjzek, M., Payan, F. and Haser, R. (1994) Molecular and structural basis of electron transfer in tetra­ and octa­heme cytochromes. Biochimie 76, 546-553.
  17. DerVartanian, D.V. and LeGall, J. (1974) A monomolecular electron transfer chain: structure and function of cytochrome c3. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 346, 79-99.
  18. Desbois, A. (1994) Resonance Raman spectroscopy of c­type cytochromes. Biochimie 76, 693-707.
  19. Dickerson, R.E. (1979) The cytochromes c: an exercise in scientific serendipity. UCLA Forum Med. Sci. 21, 173-202.
  20. Dolla, A., Blanchard, L., Guerlesquin, F. and Bruschi, M. (1994) The protein moiety modulates the redox potential in cytochromes c. Biochimie 76, 471-479.
  21. Durham, B., Fairris, J.L., McLean, M., Millett, F., Scott, J.R., Sligar, S.G. and Willie, A. (1995) Electron transfer from cytochrome b5 to cytochrome c. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 27, 331-340.
  22. Eaton, W.A., Muñoz, V., Thompson, P.A., Henry, E.R. and Hofrichter, J. (1998) Kinetics and dynamics of loops, alpha­helices, ß­hairpins, and fast­folding proteins. Acc. Chem. Res. 31, 745-753.
  23. Englander, S.W., Sosnick, T.R., Mayne, L.C., Shtilerman, M., Qi, P.X. and Bai, Y. (1998) Fast and slow folding in cytochrome c. Acc. Chem. Res. 31, 737-744.
  24. Fee, J.A., Kuila, D., Mather, M.W. and Yoshida, T. (1986) Respiratory proteins from extremely thermophilic, aerobic bacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 853, 153-185.
  25. Ferguson, S.J. (1991) The functions and synthesis of bacterial c­type cytochromes with particular reference to Paracoccus denitrificans and Rhodobacter capsulatus. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 17-20.
  26. Florens, L. and Bruschi, M. (1994) Recent advances in the characterization of the hexadecahemic cytochrome c from Desulfovibrio. Biochimie 76, 561-568.
  27. Gonzales, D.H. and Neupert, W. (1990) Biogenesis of mitochondrial c­type cytochromes. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 22, 753-768.
  28. Gray, H.B. and Winkler, J.R. (1996) Electron transfer in proteins. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 65, 537-561.
  29. Gruebele, M., Sabelko, J., Ballew, R. and Ervin, J. (1998) Laser temperature jump induced protein refolding. Acc. Chem. Res. 31, 699-707.
  30. Guerlesquin, F., Dolla, A. and Bruschi, M. (1994) Involvement of electrostatic interactions in cytochrome c complex formations. Biochimie 76, 515-523.
  31. Guillemette, J.G., Barker, P.D., Eltis, L.D., Lo, T.P., Smith, M., Brayer, G.D. and Mauk, A.G. (1994) Analysis of the bimolecular reduction of ferricytochrome c by ferrocytochrome b5 through mutagenesis and molecular modelling. Biochimie 76, 592-604.
  32. Hampsey, D.M., Das, G. and Sherman, F. (1988) Yeast iso­1­cytochrome c: genetic analysis of structural requirements. FEBS Lett. 231, 275-283.
  33. Higuchi, Y., Akutsu, H. and Yasuoka, N. (1994) A detailed comparison of the refined structures of cytochrome c3 molecules from two strains in Desulfovibrio vulgaris: the relationship between the heme structures and their redox properties. Biochimie 76, 537-545.
  34. Hooper, A.B., Logan, M., Arciero, D.M. and McTavish, H. (1991) c­Cytochromes of the ammonia­oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic bacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 13-16.
  35. Hreggvidsson, G.O. (1991) Two structurally different cytochromes c from Bacillus azotoformans: On the evolution of gram­positive bacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 52-55.
  36. Kamen, M.D. (1983) Cytochrome c in the microbial world. Fed. Proc. 42, 2815-2824.
  37. Kerfeld, C.A. and Krogmann, D.W. (1998) Photosynthetic cytochromes c in cyanobacteria, algae, and plants. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 49, 397-425.
  38. Kranz, R., Lill, R., Goldman, B., Bonnard, G. and Merchant, S. (1998) Molecular mechanisms of cytochrome c biogenesis: three distinct systems. Mol. Microbiol. 29, 383-396.
  39. Krivtsova, I.M. (1976) Cytochrome c complexes with phospholipids. Zh. Evol. Biokhim. Fiziol. (Moscow) 12, 177-180.
  40. Krogmann, D.W. (1991) The low­potential cytochrome c of cyanobacteria and algae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 35-37.
  41. Leder, L. and Bosshard, H.R. (1994) Immunoreactivity of cytochrome c: antibodies to horse cytochrome c distinguish between sequence­related cytochromes only at the level of the 3­D­structure. Biochimie 76, 465-470.
  42. Le Gall, J., Payne, W.J., Chen, L., Liu, M.Y. and Xavier, A.V. (1994) Localization and specificity of cytochromes and other electron transfer proteins from sulfate­reducing bacteria. Biochimie 76, 655-665.
  43. McLendon, G. (1991) Control of biological electron transport via molecular recognition and binding: The "velcro" model. Structure and Bonding 75, 159-174.
  44. Margoliash, E. (1971) The molecular variations of cytochrome c as a function of the evolution of species. Harvey Lect. 66, 177-247.
  45. Margoliash, E. and Schejter, A. (1966) Cytochrome c. Adv. Protein Chem. 21, 113-286.
  46. Margoliash, E., Fitch, W.M. and Dickerson, R.E. (1968) Molecular expression of evolutinary phenomena in the primary and tertiary structures of cytochrome c. Brookhaven Symp. Biol. 21, 259-305.
  47. Marion, D. (1994) Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of cytochromes c in solution. Biochimie 76, 631-640.
  48. Mathis, P., Ortega, J.M. and Venturoli, G. (1994) Interaction between cytochrome c and the photosynthetic reaction center of purple bacteria: Behaviour at low temperature. Biochimie 76, 569-579.
  49. Mauk, A.G. (1991) Electron transfer in genetically engineered proteins. The cytochrome c paradigm. Structure and Bonding 75, 131-158.
  50. Mauk, A.G., Mauk, M.R., Moore, G.R. and Northrup, S.H. (1995) Experimental and theoretical analysis of the interaction between cytochrome c and cytochrome b5. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 27, 311-330.
  51. Meyer, T.E. (1991) Evolution of cytochromes and photosynthesis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 31-34.
  52. Meyer, T.E. and Kamen, M.D. (1982) New perspectives on c­type cytochromes. Adv. Protein Chem. 35, 105-212.
  53. Meyer, T.E., Tollin, G. and Cusanovich, M.A. (1994) Protein interaction sites obtained via sequence homology. The site of complexation of electron transfer partners of cytochrome c revealed by mapping amino acid substitutions onto three­dimensional protein surfaces. Biochimie 76, 480-488.
  54. Millett, F., Miller, M.A., Geren, L. and Durham, B. (1995) Electron transfer between cytochrome c and cytochrome c peroxidase. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 27, 341-351.
  55. Mills, G.C. (1991) Cytochrome c: gene structure, homology and ancestral relationships. J. Theor. Biol. 152, 177-190.
  56. Moore, G.R. (1991) Bacterial 4­alpha­helical bundle cytochromes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 38-41.
  57. Moser, C.C., Page, C.C., Farid, R. and Dutton, P.L. (1995) Biological electron transfer. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 27, 263-274.
  58. Moura, J.J.G., Costa, C., Liu, M.­Y., Moura, I. and LeGall, J. (1991) Structural and functional approach toward a classification of the complex cytochrome c system found in sulfate­reducing bacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 61-66.
  59. Nicholls, P. (1974) Cytochrome c binding to enzymes and membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 346, 261-310.
  60. Onuchic, J.N., Beratan, D.N., Winkler, J.R. and Gray, H.B. (1992) Pathway analysis of protein electron­transfer reactions. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 21, 349-377.
  61. Paik, W.K., Polastro, E. and Kim, S. (1980) Cytochrome c methylation: enzymology and biologic significance. Curr. Top. Cell Regul. 16, 87-111.
  62. Paik, W.K., Cho, Y.B., Frost, B. and Kim, S. (1989) Cytochrome c methylation. Biochem. Cell Biol. 67, 602-611.
  63. Pettigrew, G.W. (1991) The cytochrome c peroxidase of Paracoccus denitrificans. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 25-27.
  64. Pielak, G.J., Concar, D.W., Moore, G.R. and Williams, R.J.P. (1987) The structure of cytochrome c and its relation to recent studies of long­range electron transfer. Protein Engineering 1, 83-88.
  65. Pinheiro, T.J.T. (1994) The interaction of horse heart cytochrome c with phospholipid bilayers. Structural and dynamic effects. Biochimie 76, 489-500.
  66. Pollock, W.B.R. and Voordouw, G. (1994) Molecular biology of c­type cytochromes from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. Biochimie 76, 554-560.
  67. Postnikova, G.B. (1986) Mechanism of electron transfer between myoglobin derivatives and ferricytochrome c. Biofizika (Moscow) 31, 163-175.
  68. Ramasarma, T., Rasheed, B.K., Vijaya, S., Puranam, R.S., Shivaswamy, V., Gaikwad, A.S. and Kurup, C.K. (1992) Functions of cytochrome c in regulation of electron transfer and protein folding. Indian J. Biochem. Biophys. 29, 173-178.
  69. Reed, J.C. (1997) Cytochrome c: Can't live with it - can't live without it. Cell 91, 559-562.
  70. Salemme, F.R. (1977) Structure and function of cytochromes c. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 46, 299-329.
  71. Scherer, S. (1990) Do photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport chains share redox proteins? Trends Biochem. Sci. 15, 458-462.
  72. Senn, H. and Wüthrich, K. (1985) Amino acid sequence, haem­iron co­ordination geometry and functional properties of mitochondrial and bacterial c­type cytochromes. Q. Rev. Biophys. 18, 111-134.
  73. Shastry, M.C.R., Sauder, J.M. and Roder, H. (1998) Kinetic and structural analysis of submillisecond folding events in cytochrome c. Acc. Chem. Res. 31, 717-725.
  74. Skulachev, V.P. (1998) Cytochrome c in the apoptotic and antioxidant cascades. FEBS Lett. 423, 275-280.
  75. Stuart, R.A. and Neupert, W. (1990) Apocytochrome c: an exceptional mitochondrial precursor protein using an exceptional import pathway. Biochimie 72, 115-121.
  76. Telford, J.R., Wittung­Stafshede, P., Gray, H.B. and Winkler, J.R. (1998) Protein folding triggered by electron transfer. Acc. Chem. Res. 31, 755-763.
  77. Thony­Meyer, L., Ritz, D. and Hennecke, H. (1994) Cytochrome c biogenesis in bacteria: a possible pathway begins to emerge. Mol. Microbiol. 12, 1-9.
  78. Trumpower, B.L. (1990) Cytochrome bc1 complexes of microorganisms. Microbiol. Rev. 54, 101-129.
  79. van Beeumen, J. (1991) Primary structure diversity of prokaryotic diheme cytochromes c. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 56-60.
  80. Wallace, C.J. (1993) Understanding cytochrome c function: engineering protein structure by semisynthesis. FASEB J. 7, 505-515.
  81. Williams, R.J.P. (1991) Uncoupled and coupled electron transfer reactions. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 71-74.
  82. Wood, P.M. (1984) Bacterial proteins with CO­binding b­ or c­type haem. Functions and absorption spectroscopy. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 768, 293-317.
  83. Wood, P.M. (1991) Why do c­type cytochromes exist? - Reprise. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 5-7.
  84. Xie, Z. and Merchant, S. (1998) A novel pathway for cytochromes c biogenesis in chloroplasts. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1365, 309-318.
  85. Yamanaka, T. and Fukumori, Y. (1995) Molecular aspects of the electron transfer system which participates in the oxidation of ferrous ion by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 17, 401-413.
  86. Yamanaka, T., Nagano, T., Shoji, K. and Fukumori, Y. (1991) Cytochromes c of Nitrobacter winogradskyi and Thiobacillus novellus: structure, function and evolution. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1058, 48-51.
  87. Yeh, S.­R., Han, S. and Rousseau, D.L. (1998) Cytochrome c folding and unfolding: a biphasic mechanism. Acc. Chem. Res. 31, 727-736.
  88. Zannoni, D. and Daldal, F. (1993) The role of c­type cytochromes in catalyzing oxidative and photosynthetic electron transport in the dual functional plasmamembrane of facultative phototrophs. Arch. Microbiol. 160, 413-423.

Books

  1. Pinheiro, T.J.T. (1993) The interaction of cytochrome c with anionic phospholipid bilayers: A nuclear and electron magnetic resonance study. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Oxford.
  2. Pettigrew, G.W. and Moore, G.R. (1987) Cytochromes c. Biological Aspects. Springer­Verlag, Berlin - Heidelberg - New York.
  3. Moore, G.R. and Pettigrew, G.W. (1990) Cytochromes c. Evolutionary, Structural, and Physicochemical Aspects. Springer­Verlag, Berlin - Heidelberg - New York.
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