Studies on plant bile pigments, VII. Preparation and characterization of phycobiliproteins with chromophores chemically modified by reduction

Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie
W Kufer, Hugo Scheer

Abstract

The reversible denaturation and reduction with dithionite has been studied for the phycobiliproteins, C-phycocyanin (1) and allophycocyanin (2) from Spirulina platensis, and C-phycoerythrin (4) from Fremyella diplosiphon (both cyanobacteria). By treatment with sodium dithionite, the chromophores are selectively reduced at the central (C-10) methine bridge, producing pigments with bilirubinoid (lambda max = 418 nm from 1 and 2), and vinylpyrroloc (lambda max= 300 nm from 4) chromophores. The extent of reduction is dependent on the state of the protein. The chromophores of denatured biliproteins are completely reduced at 0.5 mM dithionite. In the native pigments, dithionite concentrations up to 0.5 mM lead only to partial reduction, thus forming products containing both reduced and oxidized chromophores (e.g. "phycocyanorubins" from 1 and 2). The reduction is non-statistical with respect to the different chromophores present in 1 and 4, the chromophores absorbing at shorter wavelengths being preferentially reduced. Renaturation of the proteins containing reduced chromophores is accompanied by their reoxidation. This oxidation is complete in the absence of dithionite or at concentrations up to 0.5 mM. At higher dithionite concentr...Continue Reading

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