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Whitford D, Concar DW, Williams RJ: The promotion of self-association of horse-heart cytochrome c by hexametaphosphate anions. Eur J Biochem. 1991 Aug 1;199(3):561-8.
In the presence of the highly charged hexametaphosphate anion, horse heart cytochrome c aggregates to form stable protein complexes. The formation of protein aggregates has been detected by high-resolution 1H-NMR spectroscopy from an increase in the linewidth of resolved ferricytochrome c resonances with hexametaphosphate concentration. Alternatively, analytical ultracentrifugation reveals protein association from the increase in apparent sedimentation coefficients of cytochrome c in the presence of equimolar hexametaphosphate. Protein aggregation is dependent on the concentration of background electrolyte since in the range 10-150 mM sodium cacodylate alternative stabilisation of dimeric and trimeric complexes was observed by both NMR and analytical ultracentrifugation. A model is proposed for the mechanism of protein aggregation caused by polyphosphate binding to the surface of cytochrome c. |
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