Spectrophotometric analysis of the interaction between cytochrome b5 and cytochrome c

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Abstract

The interaction between cytochrome c and the tryptic fragment of cytochrome b5 has been found to produce a difference spectrum in the Soret region with a maximum absorbance at 416 nm. The intensity of this difference has been used to determine the stoichiometry of complex formation and the stability of the complex formed. At pH 7.0 [25 degrees C (phosphate), mu = 0.01 M], the two proteins were found to form a 1:1 complex with an association constant, KA, of 8(3) x 10(4) M-1. The stability of the complex was found to be strongly dependent on ionic strength with KA increasing to 4(3) x 10(6) M-1 at mu = 0.001 M [25 degrees C, pH 7.0 (phosphate)]. Analysis of the dependence of KA on pH from pH 6.5 to 8 demonstrated that this complex is maximally stable between pH 7 and 8 or about midway between the isoelectric points of the two proteins. Analysis of the temperature dependence of KA revealed that formation of the complex between the two proteins is largely entropic in origin with delta Ho = 1 +/- 3 kcal/mol and delta So = 33 +/- 11 eu [pH 7.0 (phosphate), mu = 0.001 M]. This result may be explained either by the model of Clothia and Janin [Clothia, C., & Janin, J. (1975) Nature (London) 256, 705] in terms of extensive solvent reorganization upon complexation or by the model of Ross and Subramanian [Ross, P. D., & Subramanian, S. (1981) Biochemistry 20, 3096] in which the negative enthalpic and entropic contributions of short-range protein-protein interactions are offset by proton release.

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