2001
Factors that determine the unusually low reduction potential of cytochrome c550 in cyanobacterial photosystem II
Vrettos J, Reifler M, Kievit O, Lakshmi K, de Paula J, Brudvig G. Factors that determine the unusually low reduction potential of cytochrome c550 in cyanobacterial photosystem II. JBIC Journal Of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2001, 6: 708-716. PMID: 11681704, DOI: 10.1007/s007750100249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPCC 6803 photosystem IILow reduction potentialReduction potentialPyrolytic graphite edge electrodeElectron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopySquare wave voltammetryDirect electrochemical measurementsParamagnetic resonance spectroscopyBis-histidine axial ligationHeme reduction potentialCyanobacterial photosystem IIResonance Raman spectraPhotosystem IIWave voltammetryElectrode surfaceElectrochemistry experimentsElectrochemical measurementsElectrochemical valuesAxial ligationSolvent waterCyt c550Solvent exposureRedox titrationPeak separationPSII preparations
1996
EPR Spectroscopic Characterization of Neuronal NO Synthase †
Galli C, MacArthur R, Abu-Soud H, Clark P, Stuehr D, Brudvig G. EPR Spectroscopic Characterization of Neuronal NO Synthase †. Biochemistry 1996, 35: 2804-2810. PMID: 8611587, DOI: 10.1021/bi9520444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpin-spin couplingElectron transferHeme ironElectron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopyEPR spectroscopic characterizationParamagnetic resonance spectroscopyOxygenase domainZero-field splitting parametersFirst coordination shellHeme redox centersNNOS oxygenase domainAir-stable semiquinoneSpectroscopic characterizationRedox centersReductase domainFlavin radicalsInterdomain electron transferFlavin semiquinoneCoordination shellResonance spectroscopyMicrowave power saturationSubstrates bindAnaerobic conditionsSubstrate bindingSemiquinone
1984
Electron spin relaxation of CuA and cytochrome a in cytochrome c oxidase. Comparison to heme, copper, and sulfur radical complexes.
Brudvig G, Blair D, Chan S. Electron spin relaxation of CuA and cytochrome a in cytochrome c oxidase. Comparison to heme, copper, and sulfur radical complexes. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1984, 259: 11001-11009. PMID: 6088526, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)90613-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 1 copperType 2 copperSulfur radicalsBlue copper proteinsMetal centerCopper complexesRadical complexesCopper centerCO complexCopper proteinsProtein environmentLow-spin heme proteinsParamagnetic sitesSpin centersHeme proteinsInorganic copperMagnetic dipolar interactionElectron spin relaxationCopperComplexesSpin-lattice relaxationDipolar interactionsCytochrome c oxidaseRadicalsCuA
1979
Structure of cytochrome a3-Cua3 couple in cytochrome c oxidase as revealed by nitric oxide binding studies.
Stevens T, Brudvig G, Bocian D, Chan S. Structure of cytochrome a3-Cua3 couple in cytochrome c oxidase as revealed by nitric oxide binding studies. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1979, 76: 3320-3324. PMID: 226967, PMCID: PMC383817, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.76.7.3320.Peer-Reviewed Original Research