Interactions of wild-type
and Tyr83 mutant (Y83F, Y83S, Y83L,
and Y83H) plastocyanins(PCs) with lysine peptides as models for the PC interacting site of cytochrome
f have been studied byabsorption, resonance Raman,
and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies
and electrochemical measurements. The spectral
and electrochemical properties of PCs corresponded well with each other;species having a longer wavelength maximum for the S(Cys)
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Cu 3d
x2-y2 charge transfer (CT) b
andobserved around 600 nm
and a stronger intensity for the 460-nm absorption b
and exhibited strongerintensities for the positive Met
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Cu 3d
x2-y2 and negative His
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Cu 3d
x2-y2 circular dichroism (CD)b
ands at about 420
and 470 nm, respectively, a lower average
Cu-S frequency, a smaller
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EPR parameter,
and a higher redox potential, properties all related to a weaker Cu-S(Cys) bond
and a more tetrahedralplanar geometry for the Cu site. Similarly, on oligolysine binding to wild-type
and several Tyr83 mutantPCs, a longer absorption maximum for the 600-nm CT b
and, a stronger intensity for the 460-nm absorptionb
and, stronger 420-nm positive
and 470-nm negative CD b
ands,
and a lower average
Cu-S frequencywere observed, suggesting that PC assumes a slight more tetrahedral geometry on binding of oligolysine.Since changes were observed for both wild-type
and Tyr83 mutant PCs, the structural change due tobinding of oligolysine to PC may not be transmitted through the path of Tyr83-Cys84-copper by acation-
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interaction which is proposed for electron transfer.