2ce0 | pdb_00002ce0

STRUCTURE OF OXIDIZED ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA CYTOCHROME 6A

spinqualitylabelsall models 2ce0, resolution 1.24Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2ce0 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Arath. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: HEC Related: 2ce1 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum Function [CYC6_ARATH] Functions as an electron carrier between membrane-bound cytochrome b6-f and photosystem I in oxygenic photosynthesis. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Cytochrome c6A is a unique dithio-cytochrome present in land plants and some green algae. Its sequence and occurrence in the thylakoid lumen suggest that it is derived from cytochrome c6, which functions in photosynthetic electron transfer between the cytochrome b6f complex and photosystem I. Its known properties, however, and a strong indication that the disulfide group is not purely structural, indicate that it has a different, unidentified function. To help in the elucidation of this function the crystal structure of cytochrome c6A from Arabidopsis thaliana has been determined in the two redox states of the heme group, at resolutions of 1.2 A (ferric) and 1.4 A (ferrous). These two structures were virtually identical, leading to the functionally important conclusion that the heme and disulfide groups do not communicate by conformational change. They also show, however, that electron transfer between the reduced disulfide and the heme is feasible. We therefore suggest that the role of cytochrome c6A is to use its disulfide group to oxidize dithiol/disulfide groups of other proteins of the thylakoid lumen, followed by internal electron transfer from the dithiol to the heme, and re-oxidation of the heme by another thylakoid oxidant. Consistent with this model, we found a rapid electron transfer between ferro-cytochrome c6A and plastocyanin, with a second-order rate constant, k2=1.2 x 10(7) M(-1) s(-1). Structure of cytochrome c6A, a novel dithio-cytochrome of Arabidopsis thaliana, and its reactivity with plastocyanin: implications for function.,Marcaida MJ, Schlarb-Ridley BG, Worrall JA, Wastl J, Evans TJ, Bendall DS, Luisi BF, Howe CJ J Mol Biol. 2006 Jul 28;360(5):968-77. Epub 2006 Jun 16. PMID:16815443 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Cytochrome c

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