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Chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and gel filtration on Sephadex revealed that pyrazon dioxygenase from pyrazon-degrading bacteria consists of three different enzyme components. No component alone oxidizes the phenyl moiety of pyrazon, only when the three components are combined can oxidation be detected. Following electron paramagnetic resonance and ultraviolet measurements the protein nature of the three components was determined: component A1 (molecular weight about 180000,red-brown in colour) is an iron-sulphur protein. The existence of approximately two moles of iron and two moles of inorganic sulphur per mole of protein was demonstrated. This enzyme component was purified to homogeneity in disc electrophoresis. Component A2 is a yellow protein of a molecular weight of about 67000. FAD was shown to be the prosthetic group of this protein. Component B (molecular weight about 12000, brown in colour) is a protein of the ferredoxin type, which was purified to homogeneity, as demonstrated by disc electrophoresis. A hypothetical scheme for the cooperation of the three components is proposed: component A2 accepts as cosubstrate NADH and functions as a ferredoxin reductase. The ferredoxin, component B, has the function of an electron carrier. The conversion of the substrates is effected by component A1, the terminal dioxygenase.
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PMID:Purification and properties of pyrazon dioxygenase from pyrazon-degrading bacteria. 1 33

A ferredoxin has been purified from Streptomyces griseus grown in soybean flour-containing medium. The homogeneous protein has a molecular weight near 14,000 as determined by both PAGE and size exclusion chromatography. The iron and labile sulfide content is 6-7 atoms/mole protein. EPR spectroscopy of native S. griseus ferredoxin shows an isotropic signal at g = 2.01 which is typical of [3Fe-4S]1+ clusters and which quantitates to 0.9 spin/mole. Reduction of the ferredoxin by excess dithionite at pH 8.0 produces an EPR silent state with a small amount of a g = 1.95 type signal. Photoreduction in the presence of deazaflavin generates a signal typical of [4Fe-4S]1+ clusters at much higher yields (0.4-0.5 spin/mole) with major features at g-values of 2.06, 1.94, 1.90 and 1.88. This latter EPR signal is most similar to that seen for reduced 7Fe ferredoxins, which contain both a [3Fe-4S] and [4Fe-4S] cluster. In vitro reconstitution experiments demonstrate the ability of the S. griseus ferredoxin to couple electron transfer between spinach ferredoxin reductase and S. griseus cytochrome P-450soy for NADPH-dependent substrate oxidation. This represents a possible physiological function for the S. griseus ferredoxin, which if true, would be the first functional role demonstrated for a 7Fe ferredoxin.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a 7Fe ferredoxin from Streptomyces griseus. 215 56

1. Sheep NADPH-ferredoxin reductase (E.C. 1.18.1.2) was purified from the adrenocortical mitochondria. The reductase was typical flavoenzyme and crystallized in ammonium sulfate solution. 2. The properties of the reductase were investigated physicochemically and immunochemically. The minimum molecular weight of the reductase was 52,000 and the reductase has one FAD per mole as a coenzyme. 3. The sheep NADPH-ferredoxin reductase showed a precipitate line against antibody to bovine NADPH-ferredoxin reductase. 4. The compositions and sequences of amino acid residues of this reductase and porcine, bovine, and human enzymes were compared. In spite of differences of mammalian species, the sequence of amino acid residues in the amino-terminal regions were highly homologous. 5. It is suggested that the amino-terminal region may be essential for the function of the NADPH-ferredoxin reductase.
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PMID:Crystallization and comparative characterization of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-ferredoxin reductase from sheep adrenocortical mitochondria. 236 76